IG Markets is the world's number one CFD (Contracts for Difference) provider*, delivering an unparalleled customer service alongside innovative trading technology. With offices all over the world, clients cite the ease and reliability of our trading platform, reputation as a market leader and low commissions as reasons for opening an account with us.
Our extensive range of markets offers you the ability to trade CFDs on thousands of leading Singapore and international stocks; together with round-the-clock trading on forex, commodities and the widest selection of 24-hour stock indices from any CFD provider.
Innovative technology
IG Markets provides the best 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) and foreign exchange dealing, as well as expanding overseas, with offices in Singapore, America, Australia, Japan, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden 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 one million transactions per month. In the year to May 2009, the Group achieved a turnover of over SG$580m (up 40%), and generated a record profit before tax of nearly SG$300m (up 33%).
Product development
Today it is possible to trade CFDs with us on a huge range of markets including forex, stock indices, shares, ETFs, options, commodities and more.
IG Markets has also been responsible for several trading innovations, including the first Guaranteed Stop Loss, Binaries and locally-denominated CFDs on foreign indices and commodities. All this and more is available on our advanced, award-winning PureDeal trading platform which features our revolutionary Price Improvement technology and one-click dealing. CFD trading accounts can also be operated via handphone, PDA, Blackberry and iPhone.
Regulation
IG Markets is authorised and regulated by the MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore), business registration number 53059621X.
The group's Australian operations are regulated by ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission).
IG Markets Ltd and IG Index Ltd (UK) are authorised and regulated by the FSA (Financial Services Authority).
*Largest retail CFD provider by revenue (excluding FX). Source: Published financial statements. As at November 2009.