IG Group Holdings plc operates as a multi-platform trading company worldwide. It offers CFDs (contracts for difference), are derivative contracts that enable clients to take advantage of changes in an asset's price; and spread betting that allow clients to take advantage of changes in an asset's price without owning the asset itself, and to use the same range of risk-mitigation measures. The company also offers clients access to a range of risk-mitigation measures, including stops and limits and a limited risk account; and stock trading service, ISAs, and SIPPs. In addition, it provides a range of portfolios, which include commodities, equities, and fixed-income assets designed to match the degree of caution or aggression desired by the client; and exchange traded derivatives, as well as offers foreign exchange, market risk management, data distribution, nominee, finance, software development, publication, domains registry, foreign exchange trading, and translation services. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.