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IG

IG Markets Limited · London

Official site
6strength
Record signature · outer ring 13/25 fields verified · inner ring licences by tier
Licence strength
6pts · formula ↓
Verified licences
3
Regulators
FCA
Founded
1974
Record coverage
52%
MEBIS score
MEBIS /100
MEBIS /100

Data coverage 70% of weight. Scores need ≥60% coverage. Advertising never affects this score. Methodology

  • Regulation 25%100
  • Transparency 15%52
  • Trading conditions 15%12
  • Withdrawal reliability 15%No data yet
  • Execution quality 10%No data yet
  • Customer experience 10%67
  • Technology 5%100
  • Complaint handling 5%No data yet

Field verification

  • Legal nameVerifiedchecked 2 Nov 2026
  • Parent companyVerifiedchecked 2 Nov 2026
  • FoundedBroker claimchecked 2 Nov 2026
  • HeadquartersVerifiedchecked 2 Nov 2026
  • WebsiteBroker claimchecked 2 Nov 2026
  • PlatformsBroker claimchecked 2 Nov 2026
  • Account typesPending verification
  • Minimum depositPending verification
  • Maximum leverageBroker claimchecked 2 Nov 2026
  • InstrumentsBroker claimchecked 2 Nov 2026
  • SpreadsPending verification
  • CommissionsPending verification
  • SwapsPending verification
  • Deposits & withdrawalsPending verification
  • SupportBroker claimchecked 2 Nov 2026
  • Swap-freePending verification
  • ExecutionPending verification
  • RestrictionsPending verification
  • Client moneyBroker claimchecked 2 Nov 2026

01 / The record

The record. 13 of 25 fields sourced.

Each cell is one tracked field. Lit cells carry a verified source; grey cells are pending verification. Coverage is not a score.

Licence

  • VerifiedLicence number

Identity

  • VerifiedName
  • VerifiedLegal name
  • VerifiedParent
  • VerifiedFounded
  • VerifiedHeadquarters
  • VerifiedListing
  • VerifiedWebsite

Trading

  • VerifiedPlatforms
  • PendingAccount types
  • PendingMin deposit
  • VerifiedMax leverage
  • VerifiedInstruments
  • PendingSpreads
  • PendingCommissions
  • PendingSwaps
  • PendingFunding

Conduct

  • VerifiedSupport
  • PendingSwap-free
  • PendingExecution
  • PendingLiquidity providers
  • PendingRestrictions
  • PendingAccepted countries
  • PendingEducation
  • VerifiedClient money

02 / Licences

Licences. 3 numbers on file.

Copied from the linked page, with the entity that holds each one. A pending pass means the regulator was named without a number we could copy.

03 / Licence strength

Licence strength. Every term shown.

A transparent count of the regulators behind this record and the licences read on a register. It is not a safety rating, and a missing score is never a zero.

Licence strength

6points

FCA 3 + 3 register checks = 6

FCA +3Register checks +3

All 38 scored records

Higher than 11 of 38 scored records. 4 records have no score yet (pending, not zero).

Formula · every term
RegulatorTierLicencesWherePoints
FCAFinancial Conduct AuthorityT13United Kingdom+3
Register checks3Licence numbers read on the regulator’s own register+3
Licence strength6
Each distinct regulator with a verified, numbered licence counts once: Tier 1 · major onshore = 3, Tier 2 · mid-tier = 2, Tier 3 · offshore = 1, not in our reference set = 1. Plus 1 per licence read on the regulator’s register. Pending licences add nothing. This is a count of what is on file, not a safety rating. Tiers are Market Explain’s editorial grouping, explained on the methodology page.

04 / Protection by entity

Protection by entity. Rule beside statement.

For each licensed entity: the regulator's own retail rules, what the broker publishes for that entity, and links to check the register yourself.

Negative balance protectionStated

Yes. Negative accounts are reset to zero at no cost under FCA rules.

IG UK home page

Compensation schemeStated

FSCS, up to £85,000; cover depends on circumstances.

IG UK home page

Segregated client moneyStated

Held in segregated accounts.

IG UK home page

Client moneyStated

The UK about page says client money is held at regulated banks, is not used for the firm’s business, and is ring-fenced from creditors.

IG UK about page

  • T1FCA· United Kingdom

    IG Markets Ltd

    No. 195355

    VerifiedRegister-checked

    Retail leverage cap

    Pending verification

    Negative balance

    Pending verification

    Compensation

    FSCS investment protection: up to £85,000 per eligible person, per firm, for firms failing after 1 Apr 2019.

    Regulator source

    Broker-published leverage for this entity

    • 30:1 (up to 30 times deposit, forex page) · retailsource
    Verify it yourself Register Warning list Licence source

  • T1FCA· United Kingdom

    IG Index Ltd

    No. 114059

    VerifiedRegister-checked

    Retail leverage cap

    Pending verification

    Negative balance

    Pending verification

    Compensation

    FSCS investment protection: up to £85,000 per eligible person, per firm, for firms failing after 1 Apr 2019.

    Regulator source

    Broker-published leverage for this entity

    • 30:1 (up to 30 times deposit, forex page) · retailsource
    Verify it yourself Register Warning list Licence source

  • T1FCA· United Kingdom

    IG Trading and Investments Ltd

    No. 944492

    VerifiedRegister-checked

    Retail leverage cap

    Pending verification

    Negative balance

    Pending verification

    Compensation

    FSCS investment protection: up to £85,000 per eligible person, per firm, for firms failing after 1 Apr 2019.

    Regulator source

    Broker-published leverage for this entity

    • 30:1 (up to 30 times deposit, forex page) · retailsource
    Verify it yourself Register Warning list Licence source

Regulator rules are quoted from official pages in our reference set (checked 2 Nov 2026); broker statements are the broker’s own and often apply to one entity or website only. Which entity holds your account is named in your client agreement.

05 / Accounts and costs

Accounts and costs. Pending.

Account terms as the broker publishes them, the EUR/USD floor where the text allows a computation, leverage per entity, fees and payment rails.

Account types · pendingCompare cost floors →

Pending verification. No account rows on file yet.

Floor = advertised EUR/USD spread × USD 10 per pip + commission for both sides, per 100,000 EUR lot. Advertised “from” or average spreads are the broker’s own figures, not measured spreads; real costs are higher when spreads widen.

Leverage by entity · broker-published maximums

  • IG Markets Ltd (FCA)1:30

    30:1 (up to 30 times deposit, forex page) · retailsource

Log scale shared by every record, up to the highest ratio published on file (1:10,000). Higher leverage means larger possible losses; retail caps onshore are usually far lower.

Fees and payment rails

Inactivity fee
Pending verification
Deposit fees
Pending verification
Withdrawal fees
Pending verification
Base currencies
Pending verification
Deposit methods
Pending verification
Withdrawal methods
Pending verification
Support channels
Chat, Contact pageIG UK contact page
Support languages
Pending verification

06 / Corporate family

Corporate family.

Who sits behind the brand: the parent when a source names it, and each licensed entity with its licences and offices.

Parent

IG Group Holdings plc (company number 4677092)

source

Brand

IG

3 entities · 3 licences

Entities are grouped by the legal name printed on each licence source. A parent is shown only when a page we opened names it. ✓ = licence number read on the regulator’s own register.

07 / Figures on file

Figures on file.

These charts read the same sourced sentences as the fields below. A gap is unverified. It is not a zero and it is not a rating.

  • Deposit

    Pending verification

  • Commission

    Pending verification

  • Instruments

    CFDs, Spread betting, Shares and equities, ETFs, Options, Futures

Licence numbers on fileCount of licence numbers with a source. Zero means none were copied, not that the firm is unlicensed.

All 42 brokers plotted. Showing top 8.

Markets named in verified textA fixed word list applied to the instruments field. Pending text is left off.

12 of 42 brokers have no verified value and are left off. Showing top 8.

Minimum depositPlotted only when the sourced sentence states a number or says there is no minimum.

This broker: pending verification.13 of 42 brokers have no verified value and are left off. Showing top 8.

Advertised commissionA currency amount copied from a verified commissions field. An advertisement, not a measured cost.

This broker: pending verification.28 of 42 brokers have no verified value and are left off. Showing top 8.

08 / Conditions

Conditions. Field by field.

Identity, trading and conduct. Each field shows its source, the kind of source and the day it was checked.

Identity

Legal name

Verified

IG Markets Limited

Companies House, IG Markets Limited 04008957 · Registry · Checked 2 Nov 2026

Parent

Verified

IG Group Holdings plc (company number 4677092)

IG Group Holdings plc articles of association, 29 May 2025 · Filing · Checked 2 Nov 2026The articles name the company IG Group Holdings plc, incorporated on 25 February 2003.

Founded

Verified

1974

IG Group factsheet · Broker disclosure · Checked 2 Nov 2026The factsheet says IG ‘Investors Gold’ was founded in 1974 by Stuart Wheeler.

Headquarters

Verified

88 Wood Street, London, England, EC2V 7DA

Companies House, IG Markets Limited 04008957 · Registry · Checked 2 Nov 2026Registered office of IG Markets Limited on Companies House.

Listing

Verified

London Stock Exchange, ticker IGG. Listed in 2005. FTSE 250 member at the time of the factsheet.

IG Group factsheet · Broker disclosure · Checked 2 Nov 2026

Website

Verified

https://www.ig.com/

IG UK about page · Broker disclosure · Checked 2 Nov 2026

Trading

Platforms

Verified

IG web platform · IG mobile app · MetaTrader 4 · ProRealTime · L2 Dealer · TradingView · tastytrade-powered platform (US options and futures)

IG UK trading platforms page · Broker disclosure · Checked 2 Nov 2026Names as listed on the UK platforms page.

Account types

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.Account types not stated on pages fetched.

Minimum deposit

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.Not found.

Maximum leverage

Verified

30:1 for UK retail (page says positions up to 30 times the deposit)

IG UK forex page · Broker disclosure · Checked 2 Nov 2026

Instruments

Verified

Spread betting, CFDs, listed options and futures, shares and ETFs, as described on the UK about page.

IG UK about page · Broker disclosure · Checked 2 Nov 2026

Spreads

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.Spread table not retrievable (trading-costs pages returned 404).

Commissions

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.Not found.

Swaps

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.Not found.

Deposits and withdrawals

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.Deposit and withdrawal methods, times and fees were not confirmed.

Conduct and access

Support

Verified

24/7 except 10pm Friday to 8am Saturday UK time, per the UK contact page; chat available.

IG UK contact page · Broker disclosure · Checked 2 Nov 2026

Swap-free or Islamic

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.Not found.

Execution

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.The execution model was not confirmed from a policy page in this pass.

Liquidity providers

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.Not disclosed.

Restrictions

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.Country and product restrictions were not confirmed.

Accepted countries

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.A country-by-country acceptance list was not copied. The entity that would hold the account has to be checked directly.

Client money

Verified

The UK about page says client money is held at regulated banks, is not used for the firm’s business, and is ring-fenced from creditors.

IG UK about page · Broker disclosure · Checked 2 Nov 2026

Education and tools

Pending verification

Checked 2 Nov 2026. No figure is published.A current education-library inventory was not confirmed.

09 / History and offices

History and offices.

Ownership and regulatory events with the page that states them, and the offices a source names.

  1. 1974

    Stuart Wheeler founds IG ‘Investors Gold’, a spread-bet on the gold price.

    IG Group factsheet

  2. 1 June 2000

    IG Markets Limited is incorporated in the United Kingdom.

    Companies House, IG Markets Limited 04008957

  3. 25 February 2003

    IG Group Holdings plc is incorporated.

    IG Group Holdings plc articles of association, 29 May 2025

  4. 2005

    IG Group lists on the London Stock Exchange.

    IG Group factsheet

  5. Checked 2026

    The shareholder FAQ says the group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is supervised on a consolidated basis by the FCA.

    IG Group shareholder FAQ

Registered office

IG Markets Limited

88 Wood Street, London, England, EC2V 7DA

Companies House, IG Markets Limited 04008957 · 2 Nov 2026

10 / Warnings, reviews, news

Warnings, reviews, news.

Regulator warning-list checks first. Reviews, complaints and news open only with evidence checks and a licensed feed; reputation is not yet rated.

Regulator warning lists

2 warnings recorded
  • FCA (UK)cloneICT Market 24 / ictmarket24.com (Clone of FCA Authorised Firm)Listed on the FCA register as a clone of IG Markets Limited (FRN 195355); added to the register 13 Nov 2023.13 Nov 2023Notice
  • FCA (UK)cloneWig Markets (Clone)Listed on the FCA register as a clone of IG Markets Limited (FRN 195355); added to the register 19 Oct 2018.19 Oct 2018Notice

Lists searched

  • FCA warning list (site search for 'IG Markets'; no result clearly naming IG Markets as a clone found)
  • FCA register: 'Clones of this firm' on the IG Markets Limited record (FRN 195355)
  • FCA register: 'Clones of this firm' on the IG INDEX LIMITED record (FRN 114059)
  • FCA register: 'Clones of this firm' on the IG Trading and Investments Limited record (FRN 944492)

Clone warnings name firms impersonating a real broker; they are not a finding against the broker itself unless the notice says so.

  • Reviews

    None on file

    Opens with evidence checks (account statements, deposit proof) in a later release.

  • Complaints

    None on file

    A complaint desk with broker responses is on the roadmap.

  • News

    None on file

    Headlines will arrive from a licensed feed, with the source named on the story.

11 / Evidence ledger

Evidence ledger. 11 pages opened.

Every field on this record with its status, the page it came from, the kind of source and the day it was checked. Filter it, or follow the source graph.

Ledger · 20 of 39 rows verified
FieldValueChecked
NameIdentityIGIG Group factsheet 2 Nov 2026
Legal nameIdentityIG Markets LimitedCompanies House, IG Markets Limited 04008957 2 Nov 2026
ParentIdentityIG Group Holdings plc (company number 4677092)IG Group Holdings plc articles of association, 29 May 2025 2 Nov 2026
FoundedIdentity1974IG Group factsheet 2 Nov 2026
HeadquartersIdentity88 Wood Street, London, England, EC2V 7DACompanies House, IG Markets Limited 04008957 2 Nov 2026
ListingIdentityLondon Stock Exchange, ticker IGG. Listed in 2005. FTSE 250 member at the time of the factsheet.IG Group factsheet 2 Nov 2026
WebsiteIdentityhttps://www.ig.com/IG UK about page 2 Nov 2026
PlatformsTradingIG web platform, IG mobile app, MetaTrader 4, ProRealTime, L2 Dealer, TradingView, tastytrade-powered platform (US options and futures)IG UK trading platforms page 2 Nov 2026
Account typesTradingPending2 Nov 2026
Min depositTradingPending2 Nov 2026
Max leverageTrading30:1 for UK retail (page says positions up to 30 times the deposit)IG UK forex page 2 Nov 2026
InstrumentsTradingSpread betting, CFDs, listed options and futures, shares and ETFs, as described on the UK about page.IG UK about page 2 Nov 2026
SpreadsTradingPending2 Nov 2026
CommissionsTradingPending2 Nov 2026
SwapsTradingPending2 Nov 2026
FundingTradingPending2 Nov 2026
SupportConduct24/7 except 10pm Friday to 8am Saturday UK time, per the UK contact page; chat available.IG UK contact page 2 Nov 2026
Swap-freeConductPending2 Nov 2026
ExecutionConductPending2 Nov 2026
Liquidity providersConductPending2 Nov 2026
RestrictionsConductPending2 Nov 2026
Accepted countriesConductPending2 Nov 2026
EducationConductPending2 Nov 2026
Client moneyConductThe UK about page says client money is held at regulated banks, is not used for the firm’s business, and is ring-fenced from creditors.IG UK about page 2 Nov 2026
Inactivity feeProtection & moneyPending2 Nov 2026
Withdrawal feesProtection & moneyPending—
Deposit feesProtection & moneyPending—
Negative balance protectionProtection & moneyYes. Negative accounts are reset to zero at no cost under FCA rules.IG UK home page 2 Nov 2026
SegregationProtection & moneyHeld in segregated accounts.IG UK home page 2 Nov 2026
Compensation schemeProtection & moneyFSCS, up to £85,000; cover depends on circumstances.IG UK home page 2 Nov 2026
Base currenciesProtection & moneyPending—
Deposit methodsProtection & moneyPending2 Nov 2026
Withdrawal methodsProtection & moneyPending—
Support channelsProtection & moneyChat, Contact pageIG UK contact page 2 Nov 2026
Support languagesProtection & moneyPending—
FCA licence · IG Markets LtdLicencesNo. 195355 · United KingdomFCA Financial Services Register: IG Markets Limited, FRN 195355 2 Nov 2026
FCA licence · IG Index LtdLicencesNo. 114059 · United KingdomFCA Financial Services Register: IG INDEX LIMITED, FRN 114059 2 Nov 2026
FCA licence · IG Trading and Investments LtdLicencesNo. 944492 · United KingdomFCA Financial Services Register: IG Trading and Investments Limited, FRN 944492 2 Nov 2026
Leverage · IG Markets Ltd (FCA)Leverage30:1 (up to 30 times deposit, forex page)IG UK forex page 2 Nov 2026

Source graph · 11 pages

Each bar is one page we opened; its length is how many published facts on this record it supports.