IG Vs. Fusion Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

IG is a global broker established in 1974 that holds 8 reputable financial licenses and provides CFD trading on stocks, commodities, ETFs, indices, cryptocurrencies, bonds, futures, options along with real stocks through their share dealing account.

Fusion Markets is an Australian broker founded in 2010 that specialises in low-cost currency trading via MT4 and MT5 platforms and holds 2 financial licenses from ASIC and VFSC.

• Professional traders looking to exploit their customisable platform and broad asset offering
• High volume traders that can offset their commission costs by trading in larger volumes

• New traders looking to get started in currency trading
• Intermediate and professional traders looking for low spreads with a custom account offering

• ASIC (Australia)
• FMA (New Zealand)
• NFA (United States)
• DFSA (United Arab Emirates)
• FINMA (Switzerland)
• MAS (Singapore)
• FFAJ (Japan)
• FSCA (South Africa)
• BMA (Bermuda)

• ASIC (Australia)
• VFSC (Vanuatu)

• Broad platform offering with high customisability and integrated news feeds
• Comprehensive asset offering with more than 10,000 + CFDs or real stocks and ETFs

• Extremely competitive account offering with either 0 spreads and a commission of AUD $4.5 or low spreads with no commissions
• Tight spreads on most of their instruments

• There are too many small costs such as custody, in-and-out-commissions in some cases, management fees, etc
• Their standard contracts can be too large some times for low volume traders

• Asset offering is poor (over 100+ instruments)
• Platform variety is not great (only MT4 or MT5 offered)

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• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Paypal

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• PerfectMoney
• Jeton

SY, IR.

US, CA, IR, SY, NZ.

After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee.

No for most payment methods except international bank transfers which have a cost of 20 AUD.

Yes, they charge depending on the client’s account base currency and exchange location of the shares being traded. For example, for some clients US shares can have a minimum charge of $10 in-and-out.

• No commissions on classic accounts.
• AUD $4.5 per lot round turn for ZERO accounts with spreads starting from 0.