About Us
IG 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 plc
IG 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. Financial spread betting has grown exponentially in the last decade because it offers traders and investors a unique combination of flexibility, speed of execution and tax-free* profits.
Registered Office: Friars House, 157-168 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8EZ (more...)
IG Index plc is a company registered in England and Wales under number 01190902. VAT registration number 761 2978 07. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Excludes binary bets. FSA Register number 114059.
IG Index also offers a comprehensive sports spread betting service.
IG Markets Ltd
IG 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.
extrabet Ltd
Launched in March 2006, extrabet.com offers traditional fixed-odds betting with some additional features: real-time in-running sports betting, and the ability for clients to see how much their bets are worth at any time.
IG Index was the pioneer of binary betting, the latest financial betting phenomenon. Our dedicated site binarybet.com offers a wide range of fast-moving bets on financial markets and sports events every day.
Corporate history
1974
IG 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.
2000
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 backed by CVC Capital Partners.
The group 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.
2005
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 tens of thousands of clients worldwide making around 900,000 transactions a month, over 90% of them online. In the year to May 2007, the Group achieved a turnover of £122m, and generated a record profit before tax of £69m.
IG Group's head office is in Central London. You can visit us here to discover more about spread betting via the TradeSense seminar programme. Other group offices are in Melbourne, Singapore, Dusseldorf, Paris and Madrid.
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). The group's Singapore operations are regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
In respect of Fixed Odds Bets and Binary Bets IG Index plc is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission. License number 066-002628-R-103649-001.
* Tax law can change.