About UsIG Index plc is part of IG Group, which has several operating companies in the UK, offering a variety of speculative products to a retail and professional client base. IG Index plcIG Index is Britain's leading financial spread betting firm, offering prices in a huge range of indices, currencies, commodities and options, as well as thousands of individual shares. In 2002, we opened the first ever spread betting operation in Australia. Financial spread betting has grown exponentially in the last decade because it offers traders and investors a unique combination of flexibility and speed of execution across a comprehensive range of markets. IG Markets LtdIG Markets is a market-maker in financial derivatives, principally Contracts for Difference (CFDs) on shares and indices, as well as a leading dealer in margined Foreign Exchange. Clients include brokers, fund managers and trading companies as well as private investors. Corporate historyIG Index, the original IG Group company, was founded in 1974. It was the first financial spread betting company in Britain, and is today the leading operation of its type in the world. The group expanded rapidly in the 1990s with the introduction of Foreign Exchange dealing, Contracts for Differences (CFDs) and sports spread betting. In 2000 IG Group was floated on the London Stock Exchange. In 2003 the founder's decision to sell his remaining interest in the company compelled a management buyout led by Nat le Roux, then CEO, and backed by CVC Capital Partners. Over the last three years the group has continued to expand its product range and scope of operations through the introduction of binary betting and the establishment of a rapidly growing business in Australia and Singapore. In May 2005, IG Group Holdings plc was floated on the main list of the London Stock Exchange. Since then it has been promoted to become a member of the FTSE 250 and currently has a market capitalisation of around £1.2 billion. IG Group companies have over 70,000 clients worldwide making more than 1 million transactions a month, over 90% of them online. In the year to May 2008, the Group achieved a turnover of £184 million (an increase of 51% from £122m in 2007), and generated a record profit before tax of £97m (up from £69m in 2007). LocationIG Group's head office is in Central London, and our Australian office is in Melbourne. Level 7 Potential clients are welcome to visit our operation and meet our dealers. Other group offices are in Singapore, Chicago, Dusseldorf, Paris and Madrid. RegulationIG 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). * Tax law can change. Any Questions?Freecall 1800 601 700 |
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