Biggs is filling the role that ex-Trading Director Adam Blemings vacated at the start of this year.
IG Group
IG’s only realistic merger option is with a large retail-facing firm that fills the gaps in its product offering.
IG CFO Clifford Abrahams told Bloomberg the move would benefit staff and improve M&A options.
The online trading group reported full-year revenue of £1.08bn and statutory profit after tax of £380m, with trading revenue growth offsetting weaker interest income as the company pushes into crypto, stock trading, and the US market.
IG had used its South Africa office to outsource different functions, including marketing and compliance.
The London-listed brokerage secures 70% of the Australian crypto exchange for A$124.6 million, with plans to roll out spot trading across three markets by year end.
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Blemings joined IG in 2006 and held multiple senior trading roles. He is one of several senior execs to leave in the last 12 months.
The UK regulator has proposed doing away with its existing quantitative wealth requirement for clients of investment firms to register as professionals.
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IG Group is soon set to give its brand a refresh. The broker sent an email update to customers this morning headlined “New look, same IG”.
Behrouz Bayat joined the broker from his role as Chief Information and Technology Officer at Capital.com in September.
IG Group is “progressing well” in its search for a new chair of its board, the company announced in a stock market update this morning.
IG saw a 27% uplift to its OTC trading revenue in the three months to the end of November, with total income of £210.9m from the division.
Latocha was at IG for almost five years and will also join the board of OANDA’s Polish entity.
IC has struck a marketing partnership with the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team to become the latter’s Official FX Trading Partner.
Since the Budget, the group’s shares have recovered to a level they last held in mid-September.
Brokers including IG Group and Capital.com have been forced to stop trading in a swathe of instruments as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) exchange shut down this morning.
Zoumidou will link up with Trade Nation CEO Jon Noble, who he previously worked with for over a decade at IG Group.
Bajjali is one of several long-time IG executives to have left the broker over the last 18 months.
Ouerghi previously worked for amana in the broker’s Lebanon office. He has worked in the trading industry for over 15 years.
Kinahan has worked in derivatives trading for over 30 years. Prior to being IG’s US CEO, he spent almost two decades at TD Ameritrade.
The class action lawsuit against IC Markets in Australia is a sign of how anti-risk regulators have become and what chancers some retail clients are.
Talks on the merger purportedly fell apart after IG and Kraken could not come to an agreement on what to do with tastytrade.
Kraken paid $100m to buy Small Exchange from IG Group. It is hard to see them using it for anything but perpetual futures and – potentially – event contracts.
Sermaxhaj is the second executive with a background in the online trading industry to join Integral in the last month.
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Zoumidou worked for IG for over a decade and was most recently Global CEO and Capital.com. Perpetuals.com runs an MTF for perpetual futures trading.
Howard joined Eightcap as CEO in January 2023. He has worked in the online trading industry for two decades, with prior stints at IG and StoneX.
Hadjikyriacos moves to IC Markets after six years at IG Group. The London-listed firm is winding down its operations in Cyprus.
IG only launched futures and options about 12 months ago. Its probable most customers just want to trade on an OTC basis.
IG will pay an initial £53.4m for its stake in Independent Reserve. The broker also has an option to acquire the remaining 30% of the business.
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Robson was most recently the CEO of Trive’s African and Middle East entities. He also spent close to a decade at UK broker IG Group.
Cash appears in a new branded video for the broker. IG Group has been pushing for changes to make investing in stocks more appealing to UK investors.
IG Group has put out a four point plan to strengthen the UK stock market, including scrapping cash ISAs and stamp duty on shares.
Kinahan has been with IG Group for three years, having joined the company’s tastytrade brand in 2022.
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Maciej Witalis has joined Crypto.com as its new Senior Growth Manager. He is the fourth senior marketing hire the crypto firm has made from IG Group.
Chris Old is the third senior marketing executive that Crypto.com has hired in the last 12 months from IG Group.
Kevin Algeo will work for Crypto.com as SVP, Capital Markets. He worked at IG Group for over a decade and was CEO for APAC and Africa.
Fernandes was most recently at IG Group, managing their premium desk in Australia. Fusion Markets has grown headcount by over 62% in the last two years.
Trading 212 made over £160m from the UK market last year. This is more than any other retail CFD broker operating in the country, bar IG Group.
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IG Group France director Ambroise Lion said the ban was put in place back in 2018, after Google said one of the broker’s ads was ‘too aggressive’.
Ratford is the second senior marketing executive to make the move from IG Group to Crypto.com in the last six months.
Lane was taken off the FCA register for Trade Nation last month. Noble’s appointment is likely pending regulatory approval.
Crone spent almost three years working at eToro and was ultimately overseeing the broker’s PR and comms for the UK and Australia.
Wu joins Trade Nation as a Premium Client Manager. He has almost a decade of prior experience at CMC Markets and IG Group.
Aneira Henery-Morley was with the broker for 12 months, having previously spent almost four years working at IG Group.
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Higgins worked at IG Group for almost 13 years. He joined the broker as a copywriter in 2012 and went on to hold several senior roles at the firm.
Hughes joined eToro in 2022 and was key in setting up the broker’s UAE office. He has held senior roles at several other brokers, including IG Group.
Capuano has worked in the retail trading industry for over two decades. Most recently he was Head of Europe for Capital.com.
AvaFutures has been targeting Spain, reflecting the country’s heavy restrictions on offering CFDs to retail clients. Is that the future for brokers?
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IG Group saw higher revenue in the half year period, despite a slight drop in the number of active clients in its CFD and spread betting business.
Lahkwani has previously held sales roles at CPT Markets, IG Group, and CAPEX.com. He was also Head of Sales for the MENA region at Axi.
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Plus500 held a seminar over the weekend, with more than 300 local traders attending. The broker held the event with several local educators.
Horacek joined IG Group at the start of the pandemic in 2020, initially as Head of Poland. He went on to lead the firm’s India and SA offices too.
Maggie Lighezzolo oversaw changes to the IG Group website and market research tools, including the integration of tech provider TipRanks.
Michael Healy has been Commercial Director at Ryanair for almost five years. He previously worked with IG CEO Breon Corcoran at Paddy Power.
Brief was with IG Group for almost 25 years and was the company’s Head of UK. Several long-time execs have left over the last 12 months.
IG Group set up Spectrum Markets in 2019, with the firm regulated in Germany as a multilateral trading facility, mainly for trading ETDs.
Onyx Capital announced its retail brokerage arm in the summer. The oil broker has hired execs from several firms, including CMC Markets and IG.
Robinhood has already launched margin trading in the UK. The competition for options trading is heating up, as multiple firms add the product.
Former IG Group CFO and interim CEO Charlie Rozes left the company in the summer. Abrahams joins IG from Virgin Money UK.
IG Group clients can now log into their account and trade using the TradingView charting platform. The firm also has a reviews and tips page.
Najjar has made the move from IG Group’s MENA office. Marex has been expanding its PB offering since acquiring Cowen in 2023.
The new IG Japan campaign features actors Takumi Saitoh and Elaiza Ikeda. IG has also launched a new website, which makes use of imagery from the campaign.
We speak to IG Group UK Head Matt Brief about the launch of options trading in the UK, keeping clients happy, and changes in his 25 years at the company.
Abuhadra will reconnect with Capital.com MENA CEO Tarik Chebib, who was Head of Sales for the MENA region at IG Group previously.
CMC Markets will be the second large provider to acquire a license in Bermuda. IG Group has been regulated in the territory since 2020.
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Fernandes joined IG Group five years ago. He moved up from being a New Business Associate to become Team Lead Manager for the broker’s premium client desk.
IG Group acquired Daily FX from FXCM in 2016 for $40m. Trade Live with IG appears to be an attempt to mirror the success that tastylive has had in the US.
We speak to Tomoharu Furuichi, IG Securities CEO and Head of Japan at IG Group, about the broker’s explosive growth in the last five years.
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Williams joins Capital.com from IG Group, where he spent almost six years working on the broker’s premium client management desk.
IG Group’s US offering – IG US – has rebranded to tastyfx. The rebrand means that the group’s FX offering fits with the wider tastytrade brand.
IG Group has launched a trading tournament for French clients, which is set for late June. The challenge has prizes and will take place on demo accounts.
tastytrade is holding an event in London in early June with Cboe and CME Group, meaning the launch will align with that.
Personal branding is one part of a wider change in the media landscape. The question is whether this actually achieves anything or not from a business perspective.
Andy Francos was formerly Head of SEO at IG Group and Commercial Marketing Director at Capital.com. His new firm – Be Franc – provides a range of services.
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Plus500 average deposits reached an all time high in 2023. The company saw record revenues per user last year as well.
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