Fimat Banque

Fimat Banque
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFinance
FoundedJune 1986 (June 1986)
Defunct2008 (2008)
FateMerged
SuccessorNewedge Group
HeadquartersParis, France
Key people
Patrice Blanc (Chairman)
François Bloch (CEO Fimat Banque)
ProductsFinancial services
Number of employees
1,900 (2008)
ParentSociété Générale
Websitewww.fimat.com[dead link]

Fimat Banque or Fimat was a French financial services company and stock broker that operated between 1986 and 2008 when it was merged to form Newedge Group. Fimat was part of French bank Société Générale Group.

At its peak, Fimat Group consisted of more than 1,900 staff in 26 market places and was a member of 44 derivatives exchanges and 19 stock exchanges worldwide.[1] In 2006, Fimat achieved a global market share of 6.5% on major derivatives exchanges on which it was a member. In 2008 Newedge Group was established a global multi-asset brokerage from the merger of Fimat and Calyon Financial.

  1. ^ "Fimat, the Futures King". Business Week. May 13, 2002. Archived from the original on August 4, 2002.