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Australia · IG Australia Pty Ltd

Costs: EUR/USD minimum 0.6 points; foreign-currency CFD conversion 1.0%. Cash-CFD funding is separate.
Platforms: IG web/app, TradingView, MT4 and ProRealTime.
Client protection: States retail negative balances are reset to zero without charge.

Sources and applicability

Australian entity disclosures; check account/product applicability.

Costs

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

AU charges — cash FX / currency conversion ↗ · 2026-09-30

Platforms

Product coverage and extra fees vary by platform.

Trading platforms — IG / third-party platforms ↗ · 2026-09-29

Client protection

Check Pro separately. Guaranteed stops have a trigger premium.

Risk management — retail negative balance protection ↗ · 2026-09-29

Terms for the named entities. Minimum spreads are not total costs or a cheapest-first ranking.

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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Where can residents use IG?

Confirmed residency evidence and an exact legal-entity route are both required. Account approval and product access remain subject to the entity’s terms.

Residency support is not confirmed here for 249 other countries or regions.

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Key Facts

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Legal entities in research file
2/3
Verified licences in research file
Recorded on file
Client protection
0
Official-source conflicts
Aug 23, 2026
Last checked
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Research coverage

Catalog-applicable comparison currently records 1 entity and 1 of 1 licence as verified. Research-file totals above can be larger.

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What our research means for you

Entity matters
Regulator and client protection can differ by legal entity for IG.
Licence verification
This research file currently records 2 of 3 current licences as verified against official records.
Client protection
This research file records client-protection evidence for the entities in scope.
Official-source conflicts
No official-source conflicts are recorded in this research file. This does not establish that all information agrees.

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Official source
ig.com
Sep 12, 2026
Open source
Regulator register
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Sep 12, 2026
Open source
Client agreement
ig.com
Sep 12, 2026
Open source
Client agreement
ig.com
Sep 12, 2026
Open source

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About IG

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.

Research summary

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From the full research file on record.

The catalog-applicable comparison scope is narrower, so its counts can be lower. Neither figure contradicts the other.

Research confidence

Medium

Research completeness/source coverage; not broker safety or suitability.

Licence verification

2 regulator-registers confirmed

3 licences recorded

Primary sources

Research file review

Aug 23, 2026

Latest source check

Sep 30, 2026

Outstanding issues

Unresolved licences 1 View licences
Research gaps 2 View gaps

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.

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 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.

ig.com/uk

IG Markets Limited

FCA · 195355

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.

Australia / AFSL 515106

IG Australia Pty Ltd

ASIC · 515106

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.

Sources

Primary-source ledger for this public record. Affiliate and coupon pages are excluded.

Official broker website
Official broker source · Unverified · Not checked
IG Europe precontractual information
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-09-12View source
ASIC current AFS extract 202609
Regulator · regulator · 2026-09-12View source
Companies House IG MARKETS LIMITED 04008957
Companies House · regulator · 2026-09-12View source
FCA Register — IG Markets Limited — FRN 195355
FCA · regulator_register · 2026-09-30View source
IG UK about
Official page · official_product · 2026-09-12View source
IG Australia FSG
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-09-12View source

Official-source discrepancies

Official pages disagree. FXVeritas does not pick a winner. This is not a fraud or safety label.

No official-source discrepancy was isolated.

Research gaps

Unknowns are part of the public record. They are not filled from other brokers.

BaFin register was not opened for 148759.
An IG-specific FSCS eligibility statement was not opened.

Recorded answers

Short answers from the full FXVeritas research file for IG. They describe recorded evidence, not safety or suitability.

Is IG regulated?

FXVeritas records 3 legal entities in the research file for IG. 2 of 3 research-file licences are regulator-verified. Regulatory protection can differ by the entity serving the client.

Which legal entities are recorded for IG?

The current FXVeritas file records 3 legal entities. A brand name is not a licence.

IG Markets Limited
IG Australia Pty Ltd
IG Europe GmbH

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Which regulators are recorded?

The current file records 3 regulator codes: FCA, ASIC, BaFin.

Which licence identifiers are recorded?

The current file records 3 licence identifiers.

ASIC · 515106Primary source
FCA · 195355Primary source
BaFin · 148759Primary source

How many research-file licences are verified?

FXVeritas has independently verified 2 of 3 research-file licences.

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What client-protection evidence is recorded?

Client-protection evidence is recorded as verified for the legal entities in this file. That is evidence coverage, not a guarantee that every client is protected.

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What remains unresolved?

1 recorded licence item remains unresolved in the current file. Unresolved is not a confirmed adverse finding.

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Incidents and regulatory actions

Historical record only. A past settlement or withdrawn licence is not the current licence status.

No dated incident or regulatory action was isolated.

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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: 2026-09-29

Singapore · IG Asia Pte LtdEntity documents reviewed

IG Trading and IG Markets CFD agreements are separate.

The Singapore page explicitly says each CFD agreement does not apply to the other account type. Match the agreement to your account and contracting entity.

Your next check: Match IG Trading/IG Markets account type and the legal name in your agreement.

Read official source ↗

IG Singapore — Terms and agreements · Source checked: 2026-09-29

Research changes

These are saved research additions, not dates when a regulator changed a licence. Previous source-check and import records remain in the audit archive.

2026-09-30 · Source check
IG · IG Australia Pty Ltd · costs source check
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Research summary

Research notes

Legal entities & current licences

IG Markets Limited

FCA · 195355

IG Australia Pty Ltd

ASIC · 515106

IG Europe GmbH

BaFin · 148759

Client routing

Historical licences

Regulatory and corporate history

Client protection

IG Markets Limited

IG Australia Pty Ltd

IG Europe GmbH

Accounts and trading conditions

Execution and conflicts

Funding and withdrawal

Sources

Official-source discrepancies

Research gaps

Recorded answers

Is IG regulated?

Which legal entities are recorded for IG?

Which regulators are recorded?

Which licence identifiers are recorded?

How many research-file licences are verified?

What client-protection evidence is recorded?

What remains unresolved?

Incidents and regulatory actions

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