Deutsche Börse AG operates as an international exchange organisation in Germany, Rest of Europe, America, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through four segments: Investment Management Solutions; Trading & Clearing; Fund Services; and Securities Services. The company offers investment management solutions that includes indices and research, such as ISS solutions, STOXX and DAX indices, index licensing, customized indices, and index calculation services; software and analytics services; pre-IPO and listing, including market structure, growth financing, going and being public, private market, and Statistics/circulars; and cash, spot, and derivatives market and foreign exchange services. It also operates in the cash market through Xetra, Börse Frankfurt, and Tradegate trading venues; provides real time market data, analytics, historical market data, and reference data; and operates Eurex and European commodity clearing services. In addition, the company offers securities services comprising issuance of securities, settlement, and asset services; clearstream fund centre which provides fund processing services; and Kneip offers fund data management and reporting solutions for the asset management industry. Further, the company operates third clearing house Nodal Clear; and specialized software as a service platform for trading participants; and API platform, as well as offers information technology solutions, including financial market, commodities market, and network connectivity solutions under the Deutsche Börse and 7 Market Technology brands. The company was founded in 1585 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.