Market Leader
IG Index has again been confirmed as the UK's most popular financial spread betting firm in the latest report by specialist research agency Investment Trends.
Quality service with low spreads
With IG Index our premium-quality service doesn't come at a price. Our competitive spreads provide excellent value, while our award-winning technology and dealing platforms ensure you receive a superior spread betting service.
Investment Trends

The 2011 survey showed that more than 60% of active financial spread bettors in the UK now hold an account with us, while 41% described IG Index as their main or sole spread betting provider.
In addition to scoring highest in overall satisfaction, our clients scored IG Index higher in terms of satisfaction than our competitors in the following:
- Reliability of our PureDeal dealing platform
- Dealing platform features
- Mobile phone platform/app
We also scored highly in a number of other areas, including charting, education materials and ease of account opening, plus our range of dealing tools and order types, instruments to deal, and our range of research tools.
Award winners

We are delighted that IG Index has been awarded the 2011 Spread Betting Provider of the Year award from What Investment magazine, making it the third consecutive year that we have captured this prestigious prize. The award is a testament to our combination of cutting-edge technology and client-focused service.
Earlier in 2011 the IG Index iPhone app was recognised in the Sunday Times' App List, where it was described as 'indispensable'. Our app was the only spread betting tool to make the list.
The continual quality and transparency of our products, technology and customer service has helped us to win a number of awards; see below for some of the other recent accolades we've received:

2011 Investors Chronicle/Financial Times Awards
Best Spread Betting Firm – awarded for the fourth time in five years
Best Spread Betting App
2010 MoneyAM Online Finance Awards
Best Spread Betting Service
Best Overall Online Provider
Best Online Charts
2010 Trade2Win Members' Choice Awards
Best Spread Betting Broker