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UK trading platform IG Group tops profit forecast on market volatility
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 24, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 24, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
IG Group's profit rose 17% due to market volatility, boosting shares by 6.9%. The firm plans a share buyback and expanded its customer base through acquisition.
By Yamini Kalia
(Reuters) -British online trading platform IG Group reported a forecast-beating 17% rise in full-year pretax profit on Thursday, driven by a surge in trading volumes amid recent market turbulence, sending shares up more than 6%.
Firms such as IG Group and Plus500 have benefited from a pickup in trading volumes in recent months as clients rushed to adjust their portfolios in markets whipsawed by the uncertainty caused by U.S. tariff policies.
London-based IG Group has been expanding its services to address missed opportunities, becoming the first London-listed company to offer crypto buying, selling, and holding after it launched trading in the UK in June.
"We are actively looking at M&A opportunities," Chief Financial Officer Clifford Abrahams told analysts on a call.
IG Group's recent acquisition of investment platform Freetrade more than doubled the company's active customer base to 820,000 by the end of the fiscal year to May 31.
The company also plans to launch a 125-million-pound ($169 million) share buyback programme in the first half of this fiscal year.
Its shares were up 6.9% at 1,132 pence around 1000 GMT.
"If market turbulence persists, for which there is no shortage of triggers currently, there is a good chance buoyant trading conditions will persist," Shore Capital analyst Vivek Raja said in a note.
IG Group expects to meet market expectations for total revenues of 1.11 billion pounds and cash earnings per share of 110.4 pence in the year to the end of May 2026.
Adjusted pretax profit came in at 535.8 million pounds for the year ended May 31, up 17% from the year before. That compared with analysts' average expectation of 523.5 million pounds, according to a company-compiled consensus.
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(Reporting by Yamini Kalia in Bengaluru. Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Mark Potter)
IG Group reported a 17% rise in full-year pre-tax profit, driven by increased trading volumes amid market turbulence.
IG Group has expanded its services by becoming the first London-listed company to offer crypto buying, selling, and holding.
IG Group's recent acquisition of investment platform Freetrade more than doubled its active customer base to 820,000.
IG Group expects to meet market expectations for total revenues of 1.11 billion pounds for the year ending May 2026.
IG Group plans to launch a 125-million-pound ($169 million) share buyback program in the first half of this fiscal year.
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