When trading any financial product, it is of the utmost importance that you thoroughly research the company you choose to deal with.
You should always consider counterparty risk and be sure the financial services provider has a proven track record of strength and security. Equally important, is to ask the provider how they will treat your funds.
Strength and Security
IG Markets is part of IG Group Holdings plc, a fully-listed FTSE 250 company (Ticker: IGG). This affords you the security, resources, global coverage and service of a publicly owned multinational organisation, with more than 120,000 clients and 900 staff worldwide.
IG Markets launched CFDs in Australia in 2002, and is now Australia’s number one CFD provider*. IG Group has been in business since 1974 and has offices in Melbourne, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Milan, Chicago, Dusseldorf, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Luxembourg and a representative office in Beijing. As a group, we carry out more than four million transactions per month.
Find out more about IG Group.
Safety first for your funds
As a client with IG Markets, you can be assured that your funds are safely held in a separate regulated trust account at a top-tier Australian bank, in accordance with the governing legislation and our Customer Agreement. By way of further protection (and in excess of our contractual and regulatory obligations), we use our own money, not yours, to meet our trading obligations with our hedging brokers. We also segregate and hold in trust your net running profits.
Find out more about client money protection.
Client Education
IG Markets invests heavily in education as it is of utmost importance to us to support our clients’ understanding of the products and markets they may trade with us.
We offer a range of free online seminars that have designed by our team of financial experts. Whether you are new to trading CFDs or have previous experience, the seminars walk through every aspect of trading CFDs and how to use our platform and risk management tools.
IG Markets also has a dedicated resource to help you learn more about trading CFDs. TradeSense, our structured six-week educational programme is available to all new clients and includes an informative 100+ page guide to the world of trading CFDs. The programme covers everything from placing your first online trade, to ongoing expert tutorials and much more.
To support your trading decisions, our research team also provides daily market analysis and updates to keep you informed of latest events, releases and changes. The detailed and expert commentaries are designed to build your understanding of global markets and the factors that may impact them.
Our invaluable educational resources are all offered free of charge!
Updated: 30/08/10
* 29% of CFD traders choose IG Markets as their main provider vs. 20% for the next largest provider - Investment Trends May 2010 CFD Report.
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