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IG Group

July 2008

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

Financial spread betting firm IG has announced an encouraging update, covering the year ending 31 May, which noted that revenue is expected to increase over 50% to Â£184m, with an EBITDA margin of 53%. The rate of account openings has continued to accelerate, with the UK spread betting side seeing over 2,000 new accounts opened in each of the last five months, double the previous year's run-rate. Elsewhere, the group's Asia-Pacific business, which comprises the Australia and Singapore offices, is expected to report revenue growth in excess of 115% and will represent 15% of group revenue compared with 10% last time. All four European operations, targeting clients in Germany, Italy, France and Spain, are also seeing strong rev ...

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IG Group - Big rise in account openings (September 2009)

IG Group - Volatility triggers higher bad debts (January 2009)

IG Group - Large eps enhancing acquisition underpins forecasts (November 2008)

IG Group - Bounce provides profit-taking opportunity (September 2008)

IG Group - Market volatility driving growth (April 2008)

IG Group (March 2008)

IG Group - Sales up 53% in H1 (February 2008)

IG Group - Bolt-on acquisition in US (January 2008)

IG Index (October 2007)

IG Group - Market volatility boosts trading (September 2007)

IG Group - Turnover jumps 35% (July 2007)

IG Group (March 2007)

IG Group - Positive trading update (January 2007)

IG Group - Shares hit new high (November 2006)

IG Group - Spread betting firm accelerates overseas expansion (October 2006)

IG Group - Spread betting firm generating a 54% operating margin (September 2006)

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