IG Markets specialises in financial derivatives, principally Contracts for Difference (CFDs). Our clients include brokers, fund managers and trading companies as well as private investors.
Launched in 1999, IG Markets is a global leader in CFDs, delivering unparalleled customer service and competitive rates, alongside innovative trading technology.
Our extensive range of markets offers the ability to trade CFDs on thousands of leading Australian, UK and other international stocks; together with round-the-clock trading on forex, commodities and the widest selection of 24-hour stock indices of any CFD provider.
Innovative Technology
IG Markets provides the best and reliable resources available to CFD traders. Recent innovations include multi-venue technology which finds the best prices from primary exchanges, alongside a charting package that caters for even the most sophisticated of analyst.
This is all available on PureDeal, our level 1 trading platform. Designed to provide optimum performance, PureDeal delivers fast-execution and one-click dealing, even during periods of high demand. You can also operate your CFD trading account via mobile phone and smart phone.
Level 2 Access
Trade directly into the order books of the world’s leading exchanges with PureDMA. Providing Direct Market Access (DMA) through the PureDeal platform, PureDMA allows you to view market depth, enter stock auctions held outside normal trading hours and trade within the market spread.
Also available, our standalone platform L2 Dealer provides unrivalled market transparency from an expert trading platform.
Global Reach
IG Markets is part of the IG Group. The groups first company, IG Index, was founded in 1974 by Stuart Wheeler to give investors the opportunity to bet on movements in the price of gold, without having to actually buy or sell the physical commodity in the market.
As IG Group continued to grow it widened its operations to include Contracts for Difference (CFD), foreign exchange trading, and sports spread betting, as well as expanding overseas, with offices in Australia, America, Japan, Singapore, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, China and Luxembourg.
Today IG Group Holdings plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent member of the FTSE 250 Index. The Group has over 100,000 clients worldwide, making more than four million transactions per month. In our most recent six-month report, ending 30 November 2009, in Australia we achieved revenue of £22.2 million, up 65% compared to the previous year. Globally, IG Group announced trading revenue up 14% at £143.8 million and profit before tax up 34% to £78 million on the same period last year. That's a compound annual revenue growth of 40% over the past 11 years.
Product Development
Today it is possible to trade CFDs with IG Markets on a huge range of markets; including stock indices, forex, shares, options, interest rates, and of course, commodities.
IG Markets has also been responsible for pioneering several types of financial CFD trading products, including the innovative Binary markets, which offer clients exciting yes/no propositions. All this is available on our advanced, award-winning PureDeal trading platform which features our revolutionary Price Improvement technology and one-click dealing. You can also operate your financial CFD trading account via your web-browser and mobile phone, including iPhone, blackberry and other a wide range of other devices.
Regulation
IG Index and IG Markets are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). IG Markets is a member of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
The group's Australian operations are regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).