# IG GRP HLDG

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## Overview

IG Group Holdings plc is a financial-technology and brokerage group providing online trading and investment services. Its offerings include contracts for difference, spread bets, options, exchange-traded derivatives, share dealing and investments, and spot crypto; its brands include IG, tastytrade, Freetrade and Independent Reserve. The company describes its purpose as “to power the pursuit of financial freedom for the ambitious.” [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P19398421)[2](https://www.iggroup.com/about-us)

Founded in 1974, IG has a presence in 19 countries across five continents. It reported 2,182 employees as of 31 May 2025. For calendar 2025, the company reported total revenue of £1,123.4 million; its financial reporting shifted to a December year-end in 2025, following a seven-month transition period. [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P63665116)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P66008470)[5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P114129490)[6](https://www.iggroup.com/)
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## Products & services

IG Group Holdings offers OTC derivatives through IG and tastyfx, exchange-traded derivatives through tastytrade, stock trading and investment services through IG Invest and Freetrade, and spot cryptocurrency trading. Its investment offerings include stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, ISAs and gilts; other reported features include zero-commission stock investing, 24/5 trading in US stocks, TradingView integration and LSEG market data. For institutional clients, offerings include Prime and white-label services and bespoke pricing. The company has also described futures and options as a growing US business and reported MiCA crypto licence approval. [7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P86265936)[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T9021777)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T8387897)
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## Geographic presence

IG Group Holdings reported FY2025 revenue across five geographic divisions: UK & Ireland (£338.3m), APAC & Middle East (£272.4m), US (£233.8m), Europe (£139.1m), and Institutional & Emerging Markets (£92.3m), out of £1,075.9m total. These are regional divisions; the cited breakdown does not give country-level revenue or regional percentages. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T6660675) The latest annual report available as of 4 October 2026 covers the seven-month period ended 31 December 2025, while these figures are for the full year ended 31 May 2025. [13](https://annualreport.iggroup.com/31december2025)

The company reports operations in 19 countries across five continents and 2,416 employees globally, but does not provide an employee breakdown by country. [6](https://www.iggroup.com/) Its FY2025 subsidiary schedule lists entities or registered offices in Australia (Melbourne and Sydney), Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), Switzerland (Geneva), India (Bangalore), Gibraltar, the UAE (Dubai), Cyprus (Limassol), Bermuda, the US (Chicago), Canada (Vancouver), Ireland (Dublin), the UK (London), and Sweden (Stockholm); this schedule is not a complete list of customer markets or offices. [14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T6396937) IG’s contact page identifies London as its headquarters and also lists offices in Frankfurt and Melbourne. [15](https://www.iggroup.com/contact-page)
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## Business segments

IG Group Holdings plc reports its operating segments geographically. Following a July 2024 restructuring, divisional information was presented to the chief operating decision maker, with revenue assigned to the office managing the client relationship. In FY25, the year ended 31 May 2025, revenue was £338.3m from UK & Ireland (31.4% of £1,075.9m total revenue), £272.4m from APAC & Middle East (25.3%), £233.8m from the US (21.7%), £139.1m from Europe (12.9%), and £92.3m from Institutional & Emerging Markets (8.6%). Corporate and Other had no revenue shown. Percentages are approximate calculations from reported revenue; the report does not allocate assets or liabilities by segment. [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P33755413)[17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P19653776)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T6660675)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P7106933)

The company also presents a product-based view of net trading revenue as a management KPI, separate from its reported geographic segments. In FY25, OTC derivatives contributed £751.8m (79.7% of £942.8m net trading revenue), exchange-traded derivatives £159.4m (16.9%), and stock trading & investments £31.6m (3.4%). The report associates these categories with IG/tastyfx, tastytrade, and IG/Freetrade Invest, respectively. [19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T11934270)
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## Company history

IG Group was founded in 1974 by Stuart Wheeler as Investors Gold, offering customers a way to trade movements in the price of gold. It expanded into spread betting on individual shares in 1995 and launched online financial spread betting in 1998. After a CVC-backed acquisition in 2003, the company returned to public markets with an IPO in 2005. [20](https://www.iggroup.com/~/media/Files/I/IG-Group/documents/investors/ig-group-factsheet-v3.pdf)[21](https://www.iggroup.com/~/media/Files/I/IG-Group/documents/investors/financial-results/results-reports-and-presentations/ar-2017.pdf)[22](https://www.ccpc.ie/enforcement-and-regulation/mergers/find-a-merger-case/details/cvc-funds-ig-group)[23](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/ig-group-holdings--igg/final-results/912204)

In 2015, IG added an execution-only stockbroking service; in 2017, it expanded into self-directed wealth management and acquired DailyFX assets. Its 2021 acquisition of tastytrade extended its business into US options and futures brokerage. IG announced Breon Corcoran as CEO in 2023, and he took up the role in January 2024. In 2025, IG completed its acquisition of Freetrade, further expanding its UK investing business. [24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P168999785)[25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134275316)[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P112382053)[27](https://www.iggroup.com/investor-relations/press-releases/2021/ig-group-completion-tastytrade-acquisition)[28](https://www.iggroup.com/investor-relations/press-releases/2023/appointment-of-chief-executive-officer)[29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P21397397)[30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P15107918)[31](https://www.iggroup.com/investor-relations/press-releases/2025/acquisition-of-freetrade-april-1)
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