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    IG Australia Pty Ltd

    ASIC · 515106

    Matched to regulator records · Status wording: see source

    Scope, limitations and evidence

    Public entity/licence records grouped by the regulator’s country.

    This does not establish resident eligibility. Check the contracting entity and access conditions separately.

    Scope, limitations and evidence ↗ · 2026-09-12

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IG

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IG

IG Australia Pty Ltd

ASIC · 515106

Matched to regulator records · Status wording: see source

This does not establish resident eligibility. Check the contracting entity and access conditions separately.

Before you apply

Application-condition research. Approval and account opening are not guaranteed.

Australia · IG Australia Pty LtdEntity documents reviewed

Australian CFD agreement and supplementary cost disclosures published.

Australian and New Zealand documents are separate. Australian supplements cover weekend trading, pre-IPO CFDs and FX conversion fees alongside the PDS and agreement.

EUR/USD minimum 0.6 points; foreign-currency CFD conversion 1.0%. Cash-CFD funding is separate.

Conversion concerns amounts in a different account currency, not full trade notional. DMA pricing differs. Published averages cover 2020, not current averages.

Read official source ↗ · 2026-09-30

IG web/app, TradingView, MT4 and ProRealTime.

Product coverage and extra fees vary by platform.

Read official source ↗ · 2026-09-29

States retail negative balances are reset to zero without charge.

Check Pro separately. Guaranteed stops have a trigger premium.

Read official source ↗ · 2026-09-29

Your next check: Check the contracting entity and current terms when applying. Identity checks and approval still apply.

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IG Australia — CFD customer agreement · Source checked:

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IG

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Brand overview and official site

IG operates through 3 legal entities recorded in the current FXVeritas research file across United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany.

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Research summary

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Research confidence

Medium

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Licence verification

2 regulator-registers confirmed

3 licences recorded

Primary sources

6

Research file review

Aug 23, 2026

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Outstanding issues

Researched by FXVeritas Research Desk · Evidence standard: Primary-source verification · Research evidence methodology · Editorial independence · Corrections policy

Research notes

Editorial summary from the research file. Recorded answers follow below.

IG is a brand used by several companies. Catalog previously stored only IG Markets Ltd FRN 195355 plus FSCS inferred from a generic fscs.org.uk page. That inference is not stored. ig.com is a global group host.

Companies House confirms IG MARKETS LIMITED 04008957 Active at 88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7DA. FRN 195355 remains source-confirmed from ig.com/uk/about-us. FCA licence identity matched on 2026-09-30; protection and account acceptance are separate checks.

Legal entities & current licences

Brand is not a licence. Each legal entity is listed with the current licence record(s) isolated for that entity.

IG

IG Markets Limited

Jurisdiction
GB
Company number
04008957
Registered office
88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7DA
Status
Active on Companies House 2026-09-12
Role
UK FCA firm named on ig.com/uk/about-us; FCA licence identity matched on 2026-09-30; protection and account acceptance are separate checks
Parent
Not recorded

Current licence evidence

FCA · 195355

Regulator verified
Regulator
FCA
Licence number
195355
Status
active
Permissions
FCA Register matches IG Markets Limited, FRN 195355, Authorised since 01/12/2001. It permits holding and controlling client money; this is not an audit of actual custody. Permissions have activity and product conditions. Authorisation does not guarantee account acceptance or compensation.
Issue date
Not recorded
Checked
Sep 30, 2026

Research-file sourceFCA Register — IG Markets Limited — FRN 195355

IG Australia Pty Ltd

Jurisdiction
AU
Company number
93096585410
Registered office
Level 32, Queen & Collins, 376-390 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Status
Not recorded
Role
ASIC AFSL issuer
Parent
Not recorded

ASIC · 515106

Regulator verified
Regulator
ASIC
Licence number
515106
Status
matched on ASIC current AFS extract 202609
Permissions
Not recorded
Issue date
2020-06-02
Checked
Sep 12, 2026

Research-file sourceRegulator

IG Europe GmbH

Jurisdiction
DE
Company number
Not recorded
Registered office
Not recorded
Status
Not recorded
Role
BaFin + Deutsche Bundesbank named in official precontractual PDFs; Swedish branch with FI also named
Parent
Not recorded

BaFin · 148759

Broker published
Regulator
BaFin
Licence number
148759
Status
stated in official precontractual PDFs; BaFin register not opened
Permissions
Not recorded
Issue date
Not recorded
Checked
Sep 12, 2026

Research-file sourceOfficial broker website

Client routing

Only regions named on an official page or legal document. A site loading is not acceptance.

Region

ig.com/uk

Legal entity

IG Markets Limited

Regulator / licence

FCA · 195355

Route protectionUK about: money held at regulated banks, not used for business, ring-fenced from creditors. NBP is a UK legal requirement and does not apply to professional traders. FSCS is not stored from a generic FSCS explainer.

Evidencehttps://www.ig.com/uk/about-us and Companies House 04008957.

Region

Australia / AFSL 515106

Legal entity

IG Australia Pty Ltd

Regulator / licence

ASIC · 515106

Route protectionNo statutory ICF.

EvidenceASIC current AFS extract 202609 and official AU customer agreement. AFSL 220440 is not stored as current.

Historical licences

Withdrawn, revoked, or closed retail authorisations. Not current onboarding licences.

No historical licence row was isolated.

Regulatory and corporate history

Dated events from official pages or registers. Incidents are historical records, not current licence status.

No dated history row was isolated.

Before you apply

Application-condition research. Approval and account opening are not guaranteed.

Australia · IG Australia Pty LtdEntity documents reviewed

Australian CFD agreement and supplementary cost disclosures published.

Australian and New Zealand documents are separate. Australian supplements cover weekend trading, pre-IPO CFDs and FX conversion fees alongside the PDS and agreement.

EUR/USD minimum 0.6 points; foreign-currency CFD conversion 1.0%. Cash-CFD funding is separate.

Conversion concerns amounts in a different account currency, not full trade notional. DMA pricing differs. Published averages cover 2020, not current averages.

Read official source ↗ · 2026-09-30

IG web/app, TradingView, MT4 and ProRealTime.

Product coverage and extra fees vary by platform.

Read official source ↗ · 2026-09-29

States retail negative balances are reset to zero without charge.

Check Pro separately. Guaranteed stops have a trigger premium.

Read official source ↗ · 2026-09-29

Your next check: Check the contracting entity and current terms when applying. Identity checks and approval still apply.

Read official source ↗

IG Australia — CFD customer agreement · Source checked:

Research changes

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    IG · IG Australia Pty Ltd · costs source check

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