references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . october 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message newedge group type s.a. corporation industry finance founded january 1 2008 headquarters paris france parent soci t g n rale website www.newedge.com newedge group is a global multi asset brokerage formed in 2008 from the merger of fimat and calyon financial the brokerage arms of french financial companies soci t g n rale and credit agricole respectively . it offers execution clearing and prime brokerage services . newedge is one of the world s largest futures commission merchants fcm and has locations in 14 countries . newedge which primarily serves institutional clients provides access to more than 85 exchanges and employs approximately 2 400 associates . contents 1 background 1.1 calyon financial history 1.2 fimat history 2 products and services 3 references 4 external links background edit calyon financial history edit carr futures was established in chicago paris and singapore in 1987 . three years later it acquired the drexel brokerage teams . in the early 1990s the company opened offices in london madrid new york city and tokyo . cr dit agricole acquired carr in 1996 . the following year the company acquired the institutional futures division of dean witter and diversified into commodities and foreign exchange markets . in the early 2000s carr added offices in houston and montreal and changed its named to calyon financial in 2004 . fimat history edit fimat was established in 1986 following the creation of the french futures and options exchange in february of that year . fimat futures usa inc was formed in chicago on january 3 1989 . in 1991 fimat started its usa dpg desk in new york with value added execution of futures . the company opened an office in canada in 1994 . the following year it acquired brody white and diversified into commodities . the global fx product line launched in 1999 . fimat began cross margining with its fimatrix project in 2001 . it acquired the assets of preferred trade in the united states in 2005 cube financial the next year and japanese commodity broker himawari the year after that . products and services edit the new combined company newedge group formed in 2008 and primarily serves institutional clients offering products involved in global asset execution global asset clearing prime brokerage solutions global asset financing and market research . 1 the firm is also versed in navigating money market instruments bonds currencies equities and commodities on the otc market . in addition to these products newedge offers an electronic platform for trading and order routing cross margining and the processing and centralized reporting of client portfolios . newedge s market coverage includes etfs exchange traded funds cash markets and otc derivatives pertaining to fixed income interest rates commodities forex foreign exchange metals equities and indexes and energy and emissions . 1 references edit a b products . newedge . retrieved 10 june 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title newedge group & oldid 740854262 categories cr dit agricole joint venturesfinancial services companies of francesoci t g n ralejoint ventureshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from october 2011all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 18 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view