Newedge at a Glance

Our Offer

A dynamic new player serving brokerage markets worldwide, Newedge offers a portfolio of leading edge services focused around Global Asset Execution and Clearing.

Our strong multi-asset capabilities and portfolio of value-added services encompass Prime Brokerage and Financing, including cross margining services. With multilingual, multicultural teams serving key markets on five continents, we combine world-class financial expertise with a solid understanding of local trends and conditions.

Impartiality
Newedge is solely focused on delivering global brokerage services. We are committed to transparency, integrity and rigorous ethical standards. Around the clock, around the world, our global teams mobilize their expertise to deliver solutions to our clients. Our role as a dedicated broker combined with our unique governance model help us minimize conflicts of interest

 

Our Clients

At Newedge, our clients’ interests come first. Working closely with our customers is central to our goal of delivering cutting-edge services that offer the freedom and flexibility to pursue individual investment strategies.

Our clients are primarily institutional and professional participants in financial markets such as financial institutions, hedge funds and CTAs, asset managers, Professional Trading Groups and other industry players.

In the area of commodities, we work with corporate institutions, multinationals, producers, processors, intermediaries and traders.

Our clients have a common requirement in that they demand a quick, personalized response.

Clients wish to maximize their opportunities on listed markets where speed, security and transaction price are paramount, and on OTC markets where customization, confidentiality and counterparty solvency are crucial.

Partnership
Newedge works in a spirit of partnership. Relations with our customers, and between our multinational teams, are based on mutual respect, valued contribution, and trust.
Results-oriented and focused on common goals and approaches, our people are accountable team players committed to providing a high level of service to every client.

 

Organization

Newedge is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Société Générale Group and Calyon.

With headquarters in Paris, Newedge has implemented a global commercial organization spanning three regions (Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific) and set up an Executive Committee of 13 members.

The various missions of the Committee are to ensure the strategic management of the Group under the authority of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer as well as to define Group strategy.

Executive Committee members

Patrice Blanc CEO
Rick Ferina,Deputy CEO
Marc Schultz,CEO, Americas region
Nicolas BreteauCEO, Europe and Middle East region
Pierre GayCEO, Asia Pacific region
Gary DeWaalGeneral Counsel
Philippe RuchetonChief Financial Officer
Gilles TrancartChief Risk Officer 
Cynthia ZeltwangerChief Operating Officer 

 

 

Inventiveness
To create maximum value for our customers, we draw on the talents and energy of our highly skilled teams and their ability to anticipate and respond to fast-moving markets. Our commitment to innovation and our constant quest for excellence are fundamental to our approach, and critical to the ongoing development of our business.

 

Key Milestones

Newedge is a joint venture that combined the successful global brokerage firms of Calyon Financial and Fimat. Please see below for significant events in the histories of the companies that joined to became Newedge
 
Calyon Financial History

  • 1987:  Carr Futures establishes in Chicago, Paris and Singapore
  • 1990:  Acquisition of Drexel Brokerage Teams
  • 1991-95:  Opens offices in London, Madrid, NY and Tokyo
  • 1996:  Crédit Agricole acquires Carr
  • 1997:  Acquisition of the institutional futures division of Dean Witter, and diversifies in commodities and foreign exchanges
  • 2000:  JV with Spanish Altura markets
  • 2002:  Carr Futures expands its global network to include an office in Houston
  • 2004:  Carr Futures becomes Calyon Financial
  • 2007:  JV in China with Citic in futures brokerage

Fimat History

  • 1986:  Establishment of the Group following the creation of the French Futures and Options Exchange
  • 1991:  Fimat USA DPG desk starts with value added execution of futures
  • 1995:  Acquires Brody White and diversifies in commodities
  • 1999:  Global FX product line launched
  • 2001:  Fimatrix project starts (cross-margining)
  • 2005:  Fimat acquires assets of Preferred Trade in the USA
  • 2006:  Acquisition of Cube Financial
  • 2007:  Acquisition of Japanese commodity broker Himawari

Remembering our Colleagues

On September 11, 2001, Carr Futures (since named Calyon Financial and with Fimat merged to form Newedge) lost 69 colleagues and friends in the New York World Trade Center.

We mourn the tragic loss of this diversely talented group. Every person was distinct and his or her unique attributes created an intricate mosaic that was an integral part of our organization.

 Charity & Sponsorship

In the same way that we support our commercial clients by maximizing opportunities and alleviating obstacles, Newedge is also committed to making a difference in the communities in which we live and work.

We are proud to support a variety of worthwhile causes globally that share our corporate values of impartiality, partnership and inventiveness.