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IG Markets have cut margins on a range of Australian and major global share CFDs, with many starting at just 5%.

As Australia's number one CFD provider* we are committed to offering our clients highly competitive deposit rates. Now we have:

  • Cut our deposit requirements on 900 blue-chip shares across major global stock indices
  • Made over 650 shares available at a margin rate from only 5%

Visit our Tiered Margin List to see all affected deposit tiers.

Why trade share CFDs with IG Markets?

You'll benefit from:

  • Direct Market Access available on more than 700 Australian share CFDs, plus thousands of global share CFDs
  • Commission from just $8 or 0.1%
  • Funding rates of LIBOR ± 2.5%
  • Risk Management tools including Guaranteed Stops and Trailing Stops
  • Our free six-week TradeSense programme and a vast range of online seminars, available on demand
  • The comfort of dealing with a global company; IG Markets is part of IG Group, a FTSE 250 company with offices in 10 countries and more than 75,000 clients.
  • Knowing that your funds are segregated into a regulated trust account at top tier Australian banks - funds are not used to meet our trading obligations or for IG Markets’ own purposes.

Experience our award-winning service today; open a CFD trading account online in minutes.

At IG Markets we are also very proud of the fact that we have the highest industry satisfaction scores with respect to the ease and speed of account opening**. You can open an account in minutes, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Simply submit your details online and in most instances we can automatically process your application, with no forms to sign or documents to send.

*Largest provider by primary account among current CFD traders, Investment Trends June 2009 CFD Report.

**Investment Trends June 2009 CFD Report.