The Applied Research Company
Capital MarketsIllinois, United States1 Employees
The Applied Research Company (ARC) is a Chicago-based firm in the capital markets space, operating since 1985 with a focus on designing and delivering financial software. It serves a diverse client base that includes software vendors, service bureaus, brokers, proprietary trading firms, and financial exchanges worldwide, supporting work from concept and design through documentation, training, and marketing. ARC concentrates on researching and shaping applications used to analyze exchange-traded and over-the-counter instruments, including stocks, bonds, commodities, futures, and options. The organization functions as a Commodity Trading Advisor registered with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is led by president and co-founder John C. Nelson. In February 2022, ARC announced the appointment of Jonathan Mzengeza as Portfolio Manager.