IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. operates regulated global markets and clearing houses primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Brazil. It provides futures exchange, over-the-counter market, derivatives clearing house, and post-trade services for trading and clearing a range of contracts based on crude and refined oil, natural gas, power, coal, emissions, sugar, cotton, coffee, cocoa, canola, frozen concentrated orange juice, credit default swaps, currencies, and equity indexes. The company's markets provide participants with a means for trading and managing risks associated with price volatility and securing physical delivery of certain contracts, as well as enabling asset allocation or diversification. It also provides various trading-related services, including pre-and post-trade risk management, connectivity, electronic trade confirmation, market data, and clearing services to enable integration of front, back, and middle-office trading, as well as processing and risk management capabilities. The company serves corporations, manufacturers, utilities, commodity producers and refiners, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, and government bodies. IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.