Introducing our partner
Spread Betting and CFD trading carry a high level of risk to your capital; you should ensure you understand the risks involved. Please read the full risk warning.
We aim to provide you with the best information, the best service and the best prices. For the purpose of Spread Betting and Contracts for Difference (CFD) trading, we are introducing you to HL Markets which is provided by companies of IG Group.
IG Group Holdings plc is a FTSE 250 company and have a market capitalisation of £1.62bn (as of September 2011). This affords you the security, resources, global coverage and service of a multinational organisation with more than 130,000 clients worldwide. In 1974, the group founded the UK's first Spread Betting company - IG Index. Since then, IG Group has grown substantially to become a large, global organisation with headquarters in London and offices across Europe, as well as in the US, Japan, Singapore and Australia, and their international network is growing rapidly. In the last five years they have opened 11 new offices.
At a glance
- IG Index is the world's largest Spread Betting firm with over 37 years' experience
- IG Group employs over 1,000 staff around the world
- The group processes millions of transactions per month, 99% of which are executed online
- Client equity levels in excess of £750m
IG Index and IG Markets were independently confirmed as the UK's most popular financial spread betting provider and CFD provider respectively, in a 2010 report by research agency Investment Trends.
Other awards include:
- Spread Betting Provider of the Year 2010 – What Investment magazine
- Best Spread Betting Provider of the Year – Financial Times/Investors Chronicle Awards 2010
- Best Spread Betting Broker 2010 – Trade2Win Members' Choice Awards
- Best CFD Provider at the 2010 Shares Magazine Awards
For CFD trading and Spread Betting, all dealing, administration and settlement is carried out by IG Group and any contract you enter into will be a contract between you and IG Group and Hargreaves Lansdown is not responsible for any functions they perform. IG Group (IG Index and IG Markets) is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). IG Markets is a member of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
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