IG Markets

According to a report by specialist research agency Investment Trends, IG Markets is the largest single provider of CFD accounts in the UK.

The 2009 survey revealed more CFD users trade directly with IG Markets than any other CFD provider. More than one-in-three UK CFD users have an IG Markets account.

IG Markets – Market Leader

The Investment Trends research revealed that IG Markets were rated joint top in overall client satisfaction and also top for several other performance categories.

According to IG Markets “This recognition reflects our commitment to delivering an outstanding service, value for money and innovation, as well as our continuous efforts to extend and improve our range of products and educational resources for our clients”.

Interestingly, for overall customer satisfaction IG Markets came top for:

Trading platform reliability and performance
Cutting-edge charting package
Efficiency of taking trades
Exceptional staff knowledge
Consistency of filling trades at price quoted
Outstanding mobile dealing platform
Excellent telephone service from dealing desk
Superior reporting of positions and transactions
Direct Market Access
Ease of opening an account

IG Markets – Highly Rated

The CFD provider was also rated highly in the following areas: value for money, spreads, commissions, range of markets, customer service, range of order types, range of trading tools and education.

IG Markets - Competitive Rates

Note that with IG Markets you can trade:

Forex

EUR/USD, USD/JPY and AUD/USD from just 1 pip
GBP/USD, EUR/GBP from just 2 pips

Share CFDs

IG Markets combines the order books from Europe’s three leading MTFs as well as the LSE in order to increase liquidity by over 50% on FTSE 100 shares. This means you get better execution and tighter spreads on top UK stocks
The IG Markets ‘Tiered Margining System’ means that they offer lower margins on over 4650 global shares, with rates starting from just 5%
Commissions start from just 0.1%

Indices

Low dealing spreads, you can trade the FTSE 100 Cash market from 2 points, Wall Street Cash market from 4 points and the US S&P 500 Cash market from 0.5 points.

IG Markets - Platform

The award-winning PureDeal platform has been designed to provide investors with a streamlined experience and to aid CFD trading by offering exceptional tools, speed and security.

Fast, Reliable, Secure Technology

Fast execution and reliability are essential for accurate trading of any kind. The IG Markets PureDeal platform has been specially designed so it can cope with periods of high demand and still deliver an outstanding service.

PureDeal handles millions of trades each month
At peak times, PureDeal has handled over 5,000 trades per minute
Over 90% of IG Markets transactions are conducted online via PureDeal

IG Markets - Strength and Security

IG Markets is part of IG Group, a FTSE 250 company with a reputation as a market leader stretching back over 35 years. The group has offices in London, Chicago, Dusseldorf, Luxembourg, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan, Paris, Singapore, Stockholm and Tokyo and employs over 800 people.

Looking at the published balance sheet, as of 31 May 2009, IG Group had total assets of £988 million, no debt and ‘own cash’ of £95 million.

With IG Markets you are trading with an established CFD provider and using a trading platform renowned for its reliability.

IG Markets Account / IG Markets Website

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Remember that CFDs are a leveraged product and can result in losses that exceed your initial deposit. Trading CFDs may not be suitable for everyone, so please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved.

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IG Markets, last edited by W.Winter, 08-Sep-11.

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