What we do with your money

The essentials

What does IG do with my money and my assets?

Unlike banks, investment firms like IG are required to separate client money and assets from their own resources. This means that we’re not allowed to use them in the course of our business activities, and that client money and assets are completely ring-fenced and protected in the unlikely event that IG became insolvent.

IG is authorised and regulated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) in Australia, and the Financial Market Authority (FMA) in New Zealand. There are strict regulatory requirements which govern exactly what we can do and how we must do it.

What happens to the money I deposit with IG?

Your money is held in segregated bank accounts under trustee arrangements. This ensures that the cash remains yours, rather than IG’s. It also means that it’s easily identifiable as client money, so IG and its creditors don’t have any charge, liens, or rights of set-off or retention over it.

We have a number of segregated bank accounts at a range of credit-worthy Australian and New Zealand banks. We intentionally ensure that client money is split between a number of banks.

What happens to the shares that I buy at IG or transfer to IG?

Your shares are held in a segregated client accounts under nominee arrangements with approved custodians. This means that they’re easily identifiable as client assets and, as with cash, IG and its creditors don’t have any charge, liens, or rights of set-off or retention over them. Your shares may be pooled with other clients’ shares, but never with shares owned by IG.

What happens to my money or assets if IG goes into liquidation?

As all deposits lodged with us are held on trust for you in a regulated trust account, in such circumstances those deposits would attract all the legal protections afforded to trust money.

Net unrealised running profits are also held in trust by us and would normally be similarly protected for your benefit as beneficial owner. Please see our PDS for further information.