IG Group Holdings plc is a United Kingdom-based global financial technology company that provides online trading platforms and related services to retail and institutional clients worldwide. The company offers contracts for difference (CFDs), spread betting, foreign exchange trading, options, futures, and cryptocurrency trading; exchange-traded derivatives through its Spectrum multilateral trading facility; and stock trading and investments including over 6,200 global stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), fractional shares, United Kingdom Treasury bills, and proxy voting. It operates under brands such as IG, IG Prime, DailyFX, Spectrum Markets, Raydius, BrightPool, Freetrade, and tastytrade, with access to approximately 19,000 financial markets; geographic operations span Europe, the United States, Australia, Asia-Pacific including Singapore and Japan, the Middle East, South Africa, Switzerland, and Dubai.
Founded in 1974 and headquartered at Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London, the company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and constitutes a member of the FTSE 250 Index, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Recent developments include the completion of its acquisition of Freetrade in April 2025 to bolster investment offerings; the announcement in September 2025 of the acquisition of Independent Reserve, an Australian cryptocurrency exchange, for A$178 million to expand crypto services in the Asia-Pacific region, complementing its spot crypto trading launch in the UK in May 2025; and the sale of Small Exchange to Payward Inc (Crypto.com) in October 2025.