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World-leading CFD Service 3 Ways to Partner With IG Markets 4 Technology 8 Trade With Confidence 12 Our Markets 14 Contact Us 15
IG Markets is part of IG Group Holdings plc, the global number one in the provision of financial spread betting and CFDs. We have an outstanding reputation for trading technology, competitive pricing and reliability.
With IG Markets you and your clients can rely on the security, resources, global coverage and service of a leading multinational organisation with more than 120,000 clients worldwide in 123 countries. We pay over 45 million to partners annually. Could you increase your revenue by working with us? Market capitalisation of almost 2bn FTSE 250 company listed on the London Stock Exchange IG Group currently employs over 950 people worldwide As of July 2010, on the latest published balance sheet IG Group had trading revenue of 298.6m, profit before tax of 157.6m, total equity of 474.6m and no debt IG Markets is a world leading CFD provider with offices in London, Dusseldorf, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Stockholm, Luxembourg, Lisbon, Chicago, Melbourne, Singapore and Tokyo
KEY FACTS
40% growth for nine consecutive years Over 120,000 clients worldwide More than 1 million transactions per month Operations in 123 countries
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Whether you are authorised to trade directly for your own clients or simply want to introduce your network to us, we could work with you to make your business more profitable, without straining your resources. Basic introducer
The simplest form of partnership with IG Markets: open up a steady stream of revenue by directing clients to our site. As a Basic Introducer, you use your own contacts or marketing efforts to bring our service to a wider group of traders, and we reward you as they trade. You simply direct clients to our site, and if they open an account with us and trade, we enter into a revenue-sharing arrangement with you. Add to your revenue without adding to your costs Simply introduce and walk away Minimal legal requirements and paperwork Earn as your clients trade Unlimited potential for profit Many of our most successful partners are Basic Introducers who earn a steady revenue stream simply by recommending our site to their clients. We also offer partnerships based on introducing clients to our financial spread betting brand, IG Index.
KEY FACTS
Over 45 million generated by partners in 2009-10 Partners business accounts for 16% of trading revenue Partner programmes in Europe, Asia Pacific, South Africa and the Americas
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Regulated broker
Brokers who are already registered with an appropriate financial regulator can choose to take an active approach by trading on behalf of their clients or offer an execution only service to their client base. We have the legal and IT framework to help regulated brokers with Power of Attorney oer a competitive service to their clients. For this partnership model, which is primarily suited to brokers wishing to provide an advisory service to their clients, you must have the appropriate regulation and legal authority to act on behalf of clients. Included in our package is a range of resources exclusive to partners managing accounts on their clients behalf. For example, you can use our full DMA platform L2 Dealer which oers multi-account management, including a prole trading option. Our CRM tool, AccountView provides real-time back oce functionality.
CFD trader
Offer your clients IG Markets awardwinning technology and broad product range through our genericallybranded site, CFD Trader. R apid deployment - the site is already live, minimising setup time Complete technology solution developed, maintained and hosted by us Neutrally-branded online demo and live account-opening facility No need to install equipment, purchase servers or invest in maintenance CFD Trader clients can also choose to receive a neutrallybranded version of IG Markets educational programme. Our modular CFD Trading Guide will be emailed to clients over the first six weeks following account opening.
White labelling
As a white label partner, you can offer your clients the same awardwinning technology and broad product range enjoyed by thousands of active IG Markets clients worldwide under your own brand. Complete technology solution developed, maintained and hosted by us Online demo and live account-opening facility All the tools you need to monitor your clients trading Fully online service N o need to install equipment, purchase servers or invest in maintenance Fully embedded technology options such as iFrame or API
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Technology
Our advanced trading platforms and range of tools help end clients get the most out of trading. From retail clients to professional dealers, our trading resources provide key support for traders of all levels. PureDeal
Intuitive and browser-based, our online trading platform, PureDeal, is used by over 120,000 clients. We currently execute over 200,000 trades per day on PureDeal. Over 90% of our transactions are conducted online via PureDeal. The platform processes millions of trades each month, with minimal downtime and at peak times has handled over 5000 trades a minute without issues. PureDeal is available in a variety of different languages, and we offer a choice of branding options to suit your needs. With streaming live prices on thousands of markets, our online platform gives you one-click trading on all our products. Everything your clients need is provided in a single package. User-friendly browser-based interface Automated dealing and pricing on thousands of markets A full set of account management tools Live news indicators from Reuters Outstanding charting package Professional research Stops and limits to open new positions, including oco orders
KEY FACTS
No requotes / price improvement Quick Charts for easy data access and Advanced Charts for experienced users 24 hour dealing (Sunday 21:00 to Friday 22:00 GMT) Free access to FuturesTechs analysis, Trading Central commentaries and Investors Intelligence Full range of orders One-click dealing Standalone deal tickets
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Technology (continued)
PureDMA
PureDMA combines the speed and simplicity of PureDeal with the increased control of DMA trading. Orders are placed in the market immediately, and PureDMA automatically works your order, providing partial fills if the full volume is unavailable. Key benefits include: Trade inside the market spread by dealing straight into the order book Enter stock auctions View market depth and liquidity with transparent Level 2 pricing
L2 Dealer
Our full DMA platform, L2 Dealer, is designed to meet the needs of professional traders who demand Direct Market Access. Originally developed for our own dealers and professional clients, L2 encompasses all the main functions of our PureDeal platform as well as a range of specialist features developed exclusively for the DMA trader: Profile Trader place block orders that can be split into individual client accounts Excel compatiblity drag and drop lists of stocks straight from Excel into (and out of ) your watchlists Time and sales data see a full chronology of recent trading data for a stock, indicating trade quantity, price and type M onitor entire indices our Trigger pages give an overview of all the current prices of an indexs components, updating in real-time Track your orders use the Trade Book to monitor your orders as they are being worked in the market L2 can also be used to enter stock auctions and to view market depth and liquidity with transparent Level 2 pricing. Users can select the range of products they wish to look at, monitor market depth, and manage up to ten different portfolios of chosen instruments, plus all working and filled orders.
Mobile trading
When your clients open an account with us, they automatically gain free access to our mobile trading software. This enables clients to benefit from a full trading experience while on the move. Clients access an unbranded mobile trading platform through their device using their existing login details and password. Using our Mobile trading solutions clients can: Trade wherever they are, 24 hours a day Open and close positions with the single click of a button M onitor aspects of their portfolio including orders to open, the running profit or loss on individual trades, and watchlists Our Mobile technology is available on a wide range of devices, including BlackBerry, Palm-Pre and iPhone.
FIX trading
The FIX Protocol is a messaging standard developed specifically for the real-time electronic exchange of securities transactions. FIX is a well established industry standard which means that it contributes to better performance, with well-tested, advanced solutions. I ndustry standard FIX is a well understood and mature technology that will be familiar to your in-house development team Developed APIs IG Markets Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are already developed, so implementation time is reduced Extensive product range A wide range of our OTC and DMA products can be offered (currently excluding Binaries and Bungees)
KEY FACTS
Prices sourced directly from principal exchanges, Chi-X, BATS, Turquoise and Dark Pools Increased possibility of filling larger orders Orders executed to best available price
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KEY FACTS
Approx 9,000 unique mobile logons per day Approx 280,000 deals through mobile devices per month
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We provide the best resources available to CFD traders, delivering an unparalleled customer service alongside innovative trading technology. Trading support
We offer a range of back-office support tools to help you and your clients get the most out of trading with IG Markets. Our support tools include educational packages, trading tools and charts for the end client as well as back office and customisation tools to help you streamline your processes. Whether or not a specific tool will be available to you depends on the scope of the partnership model you choose.
Partner tools
Account View A comprehensive, web-based backoffice application that allows you to see real-time account information, view current and historic statement information and generate management reports. You can also export this information to Microsoft Excel Tracking Links We provide links which ensure that when your clients apply for an account, they are automatically allocated to you O nline Account Opening Applications can be fully branded. If there are any problems with opening an account, our Account Opening team will work with you to complete the process Demo Accounts Our demo accounts allow clients to get used to navigating the platform and place dummy trades before opening a full account and trading on the real market. The online application process is fast, easy and you can use it to generate sales leads Customisation Choose exactly which IG Markets products you would like to offer your clients, as well as which instruments are shown on the websites Live Prices and in the Popular Markets watchlist Branded Statements We can incorporate your company logo into client online or paper statements Branded Account Opening We offer branded PDF application forms and agreements and a partner-branded link to apply for an account online
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Our Markets
As a leading global CFD provider we offer an exceptional range of markets: global stock indices, over 7,000 Share CFDs, more than 60 forex pairs, plus commodities, binaries, options and more. Share CFDs
IG Markets offers more than 7,000 leading UK, US, European and world shares with low commissions and margin requirements from just 5%. Transparent pricing on all OTC and DMA shares Full range of orders
Forex
Our dealing spreads start from just 1 pip. We offer a huge range of major, exotic and minor currencies for forex trading with flexible pricing that enables clients to benefit from tight market spreads. M argin requirement just 1% S ame competitive spreads on both full and mini contracts For high-volume trades, partners can trade directly into one of the worlds deepest FX liquidity pools and access extremely competitive inter-bank spreads using L2 dealer together with Currenexs market leading technology
Commodities
We offer a broad range of commodity CFDs, including: Spot and forward prices on Gold and Silver O ther precious and base metals US Light Crude, Brent Crude, Natural Gas and Emissions S oft commodities including Cocoa, Coffee, Wheat, Corn, Orange Juice, Cattle and Pork Bellies M ini versions of all our commodities contracts at 20% and 50% of the main contract size, with the same low dealing spreads
Other markets
We also offer: B onds our contracts are off-exchange, so clients can choose to deal in fractions of contracts I nterest rates variety of long- and short-term interest rates E TFS Over 200 funds with the majority listed on the worlds leading exchanges. These funds give clients the opportunity to take positions on previously unavailable markets Options Daily and longer-term options on forex, stock indices and shares B inaries Yes/no propositions on stock indices, spot forex and commodities with a wide range of expiries
Multi-venue pricing
In addition to using traditional exchanges we also source prices for leading UK and European equities from Chi-X, BATS and Turquoise: Europes three leading Multilateral Trading Facilities. Our technology works behind-the-scenes to find the best price available (regardless of whether its on an MTF or on a standard exchange).
Stock indices
We make it easy for your clients to trade a huge range of the worlds stock indices, including the FTSE 100, Wall St, Germany 30, Japan 225 and many more. O ver 30 stock indices Trade 24 hours a day we quote prices for 14 leading indices even when the underlying markets are closed Cash-based or futures-based CFDs Non base currency denominated CFDs, making it easier to avoid currency risk when trading on overseas markets O ur minimum contract sizes are usually smaller than the minimum transaction size in the equivalent futures market
Tiered Margining
Our Tiered Margining system allows us to offer clients the lowest margins on our complete range of shares. It also provides protection in the form of higher margins for the largest positions, from which it may be more difficult to trade out quickly.
Charges
We do not levy administration charges such as margin call fees, tax statement fees, duplicate statement fees or account administration fees.
CONTACT US
If you would like to become an IG Markets Partner, get in touch with us today and speak to a member of our sales team. Tel: +44 (0)20 7573 0219 Email: partners@igmarkets.com
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IG Markets Partners Cannon Bridge House 25 Dowgate Hill London EC4R 2YA Tel: 020 7896 0011 Fax: 020 7896 0010 www.igmarketspartners.com Printed November 2010