IG clients pounce on market turmoil triggered by China and Greece

Clients at the UK’s biggest spread-betting company, IG Group, sprang into action this summer, hoping to profit from the market mayhem triggered by Greece’s debt crisis and China’s stock market rout. IG’s traditionally quiet first quarter, covering the three months to the end of August, was anything but, with revenue up 24% to A 106 million and active client numbers up by almost a fifth.