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- History
- ESG Investing
- Senior Management
- Operations
- Sponsorship
Founding and early years
IG Group, founded as IG Index (Investors Gold Index), was founded in 1974 by British financier Stuart Wheeler. IG Index was launched as the first spread betting company.Rather than buying physical gold, the company allowed investors to trade gold prices. In July 2000, IG Group was formed as a parent company of IG Index and shares first began to be traded on the London Stock Exchange.
Expansion
In 2002, IG Group entered the international market for the first time by expanding its business to Australia. In 2003, private equity firm CVC Capital Partners backed a management buyout of IG Group for a total of £143 million.In April 2005, IG Group stock was brought back to the market valuing the company at £1.3 billion, and CVC sold off 15.1 million IG Group shares worth £58 million. In 2007, IG Group entered the United States market for the first time by purchasing HedgeStreet, a digital...
Further development
In July 2011, IG Group shut down its sports betting service extrabet after they could not find a buyer. The service was shuttered due to its sales shrinking down to 2.5%, which was half its sales from the year prior.The closure cost IG Group 5.3 million pounds in charges to the company. In September 2014, the company launched its own online stockbroking platform offering 4,500 stocks. In January 2015, the Swiss National Bank announced it was abandoning the cap of the swiss franc, and roughly...
In 2019, IG partnered with Teach First to train 16 teachers in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). This partnership was extended to create a £2 million fund supporting children in disadvantaged areas, specifically affected by the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the education system.IG Group launched its en...
Following his tenure as Chief Financial Officer, Tim Hawkins was appointed CEO in October 2006, retiring 9 years later in 2015. Following the departure of Tim Howkins, Peter Hetherington became CEO in October 2015, having started at the company as a graduate trainee in January 1994. He later stepped down in September 2018. In October 2018, IG Group...
IG Group is headquartered in London.The company operates out of the United States, Europe, Australia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Japan, and Dubai, with 18 sales offices across the globe. IG Group offers leveraged and investment products to its customers but has different products depending on region as countries have varying regulations....
During its history, IG Group signed some notable sponsorship deals: 1. The company sponsored Getafe CF footballclub in the 2010–2011 Spanish season. 2. In November 2010, IG Markets signed a sponsorship deal to support Team Sky professional cycling teamin 2011. 3. In December 2010, IG Markets announced sponsorship of two stages of Santos Tour Down U...
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The Ig Nobel Prize ( / ˌɪɡnoʊˈbɛl /) is a satiric prize awarded annually since 1991 to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. Its aim is to " honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. " The name of the award is a pun on the Nobel Prize, which it parodies, and on the word ignoble .
