Jane Street Capital

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Jane Street Capital
Industry Financial services
FoundedAugust 31, 1999;24 years ago (1999-08-31) [1]
Founders
  • Tim Reynolds
  • Rob Granieri
  • Marc Gerstein
  • Michael Jenkins
Headquarters 250 Vesey Street,
New York City
,
U.S.
Products High-frequency trading, Market maker [2]
Number of employees
2,000+
ASN
  • 14969
Website www.janestreet.com

Jane Street Capital, typically referred to as Jane Street, is a global proprietary trading firm. [3] Jane Street Capital employs more than 2,000 people in five offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, and Singapore. The firm trades a broad range of asset classes on more than 200 venues in 45 countries. [4]

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The company is one of the largest market-makers, trading more than $17 trillion worth of securities in 2020. It was considered to have helped keep bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) liquid during the market turmoil in 2020. [5]

History

Jane Street was co-founded by Tim Reynolds, Rob Granieri, Marc Gerstein, and Michael Jenkins. [5] [6] Reynolds, Granieri, and Jenkins were formerly traders at Susquehanna International Group. [7]

Jane Street's website says the firm was founded in 2000. [3] However, Reynolds reports it to have been founded in 1999, and the date varies between sources. [1] [6] [8] According to Delaware state records, Jane Street Capital, LLC was incorporated in August 1999. [9]

In 2012, Tim Reynolds stepped down from his position running the firm to focus on philanthropy. [7]

Activities

By 2018, Jane Street reportedly traded an average of $13 billion in global equities every day and handled 7 percent of ETF volume worldwide. [7]

The firm ended 2020 having traded $4 trillion in global equities, $1.4 trillion in bonds, and $3.9 trillion in ETFs. [10] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the firm saw its revenue jump 54% to a record of $10.6 billion during the year ended in March 2021. [11]

As of 2021, Jane Street’s trading capital was about $15bn. As well as high-frequency trading, it in some cases maintained positions for hours, even days or sometimes weeks, which is essential for ETFs that track less-traded markets. On any given day, Jane Street was holding about $50bn of securities. In ETFs, it is an authorised participant [12] in 2,600 ETFs and lead market-maker on 506 ETFs, and plays an important role in maintaining ETF liquidity. [13]

Technology

Jane Street writes almost all of its software in the OCaml programming language. [14] [13] [15] [16] [17]

Leadership and culture

Jane Street is informally led by a group of 30 or 40 senior executives.

The firm's culture includes a focus on the risks of improbable but catastrophic crashes. In addition to hedging at trading desk level, Jane Street at company level spends $50m-$75m a year on put options. [13]

Notable past employees

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References

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  2. ↑ Patterson, Scott; Rogow, Geoffrey (August 1, 2009). "What's Behind High-Frequency Trading". The Wall Street Journal.
  3. 1 2 "Our Story". Jane Street Capital. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "What We Do :: Jane Street". www.janestreet.com. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  5. 1 2 Wigglesworth, Robin (28 January 2021). "Jane Street: the top Wall Street firm 'no one's heard of'". Financial Times . Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Jane Street's Reynolds Turns to Art With Trading Fortune". Bloomberg.com. 14 June 2019 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  7. 1 2 3 "The Poker Aces Playing a Key Hand in the $5 Trillion ETF Market". 20 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jane Street Capital, LLC: Private Company Information". www.bloomberg.com.
  9. ↑ "Division of Corporations - Filing". icis.corp.delaware.gov.
  10. ↑ "Financial Times". 28 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Jane Street, DRW Traders Made Billions as Virus Hit Markets". Bloomberg.com. 18 June 2021.
  12. ↑ Boyde, Emma (September 28, 2020). "What are authorised participants?".
  13. 1 2 3 Wigglesworth, Robin (January 28, 2021). "Jane Street: the top Wall Street firm 'no one's heard of'".
  14. ↑ "Automated Trading and OCaml with Yaron Minsky". Software Engineering Daily. November 9, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Technology :: Jane Street". Jane Street Capital. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Jane and the Compiler". Jane Street Capital. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  17. ↑ "Jane Street Open Source". Jane Street Capital. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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  19. ↑ De Vynck, Gerrit (2 January 2023). "Caroline Ellison wanted to make a difference. Now she's facing prison". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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