Corporate Profile

IG Group is a world-leading provider of financial spread betting and CFDs. We are an established member of the FTSE 250 and have a market capitalisation of £1.7bn (as at December 2011).

With headquarters in London and offices across Europe, as well as in the US, Japan, Singapore and Australia, our international network is growing rapidly. In the last five years we have opened 11 new offices.

The Group has built a reputation for its advanced trading technology, competitive pricing and reliability. We have won a number of awards and independent research has revealed that 59% of the UK’s active spread bettors hold an account with IG Index.*

*Investment Trends survey 2010

The business at a glance

These are the headline figures for the financial year ending 31 May 2011:

Trading revenue

+7.3%

£320.4m
2011
£298.6m
2010

Number of financial clients dealing[1]

+13.5%

117252
2011
103338
2010

Diluted earnings per share (adjusted)[2]

+6.1%

32.6p
2011
30.8p
2010

Ordinary Dividend Per Share

+8.1%

20.0p
2011
18.5p
2010

Notes

[1] Excludes Japan, to facilitate full year-on-year comparison.

[2] Excludes amortisation and impairment of intangible assets arising on consolidation and related tax adjustments.

Our brands

IG Group has hundreds of thousands of clients making millions of transactions a month. The Group is made up of individual brands which cater to our clients’ trading needs.

IG Index is our market-leading spread betting brand, offering a huge range of markets including indices, shares, forex and commodities.

IG Markets offers Contracts for Difference (CFDs) to a global audience, including the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Russia, New Zealand and the US.

Our other brand is:

  • Nadex: a retail-orientated exchange in the US

Visit our Operating Companies page for more information.

Commercial expansion

We are continuing to expand our operations in the UK and overseas by establishing new markets and growing existing client bases, while also focusing on quality of service, the extent of our offering and delivering advanced technology for existing clients.

Find out more about our Strategic Goals.