Accelerating
growth
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Our year in summary
1 Active customers are those who traded or held a position during a given month. Figures represent the average number of monthly active customers across each period. Organic figures exclude the impact of the Freetrade Limited acquisition, which completed on 1 April 2025.
2 New customers placing their first trade during the period, the Group’s primary measure of customer acquisition.
3 Total revenue is net trading revenue plus net interest income.
4 Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
5 Adjusted EPS excludes amortisation of acquisition-related intangible assets, non-underlying items that are material in size and/or unusual or infrequent in nature, and their related tax effects. This non-IFRS measure is intended to complement, not replace, statutory earnings per share. A reconciliation to statutory performance is provided in Appendix 2.
6 The proposed final dividend per share for the transitional seven-month financial year ended 31 December 2025 is equivalent to seven-twelfths of the total dividend per share that the Group anticipated proposing for the 12 months ended 31 May 2026.
A year of strategic progress and strong performance
Accelerating growth through strategic execution
Sustaining strong margins while investing in growth
Laying the foundations for stronger growth
Working hard to unlock our potential
Achieving sustainable growth
How we are approaching sustainability
Building an inclusive, high-performance culture that supports
our colleagues and positively impacts our local communities.
Managing and reducing our environmental impact and adapting for climate-related risks and opportunities.
Offering responsible, accessible products aligned with our purpose to help customers achieve their financial goals.
The foundations of our business and sustainability strategy.
Our sustainability targets
A sustainable business model well positioned in large and fast-growing markets
People and culture
Our high-performance culture is the critical underpinning foundation. Our people live five core behaviours: lead and inspire, think big, champion the client, deliver at pace, and raise the bar. These shape how we develop and manage performance across the organisation.
Brand and reputation
Our reputation rests on trust and high-quality service.
- Execution quality – we deliver exceptional liquidity and low-latency execution across over 21,000 instruments, supported by proprietary research tools and content.
- Customer focus – we support customers through their preferred channels with responsive, expert service. Strategic marketing investment is raising awareness of our offerings and accelerating customer acquisition.
- Risk discipline – rigorous risk management has protected our customers and our business through every market cycle since IG was foundedin 1974, maintaining trust when it matters most.
Financial capacity
We have a track record of highly profitable growth stretching back over 50 years, underpinned by consistently strong cash generation. This enables us to invest in organic growth, pursue accretive acquisitions and return capital to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks.
Technology
Our technology underpins everything we do. Our platforms are reliable, high quality and set us apart from competitors. We invest continuously to maintain and extend our advantage across three areas:
- Resilience – customers expect uninterrupted access to their accounts and seamless trading. We invest in infrastructure to handle peak demand and strengthen defences against external threats.
- Product velocity – we launch products at pace. In 2025, this included 24/5 trading, pre-IPO markets, zero-commission stock and investment propositions across multiple markets, and a comprehensive mutual fund range in the UK. We also introduced stablecoin funding, enhanced our professional customer offering and launched a white-labelled B2B proposition, strengthening our institutional capabilities.
- Customer experience – we design our platforms around customer needs, combining intuitive interfaces with powerful analytical tools and educational content. Enhanced product offerings, content and more effective marketing drove strong double-digit percentage organic growth in first trades in the 12 months ended 31 December 2025.
OTC derivatives
IG pioneered the retail OTC derivatives trading category and remains the largest global provider. Our platform offers access to over 21,000 instruments worldwide. Exceptional liquidity, low-latency execution, a broad product range, differentiated content and powerful analytical tools set us apart.
Futures and options
Our US futures and options business is the fastestgrowingin the Group. We are focused on simplifyingour offerings to make them more accessible, whichis essential to capturing share in this large and rapidlyexpanding market.
Stock trading and investments
Through IG and Freetrade, we offer access to over[12,000] individual equities, ETFs, fixed incomeproducts and mutual funds worldwide. Additionalfeatures include fractional shares, UK Treasury bills,tax wrappers, securities lending and proxy voting.
An extensive product roadmap will further strengthenour offering, ensuring we provide everything selfdirectedtraders and investors need.
Crypto
In May 2025, we launched spot crypto trading in the UK, which is now offering 56 of the most traded coins, and expanded our US offering from four coins to 26 while enabling stablecoin funding. We secured cryptoasset licences in the UK and EU during the year, positioning us to broaden our spot crypto offerings in both regions. In September, we announced the acquisition of Independent Reserve to strengthen our capabilities in the APAC region.
Content and education
We support customers with comprehensivecontent and education. Through Trade Live withIG and tastylive, we broadcast over ten hours of liveprogramming daily, offering market updates andexpert analysis alongside podcasts, webinars andtutorials. We also provide signals, analytics, chartingtools and proprietary insights into the positioning ofour most successful traders.
Shareholders
Investing in product, culture, and efficiency to deliver sustainably stronger growth and attractive returns.
Customers
Providing differentiated products with high-quality, low-latency execution, excellent customer service, and comprehensive research, tools, and educational content.
Communities
Supporting communities, with a focus on financial literacy and diversity in finance and technology careers.
Colleagues
Motivating and energising our people and recognising those who exemplify our target behaviours.
Regulators
Maintaining constructive relationships with regulators across all jurisdictions in which we are licensed, ensuring compliance with evolving standards.
Suppliers
Building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers who share our commitment to high-quality service.
Our awards
and recognition
