Pepperstone Vs. IG - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Pepperstone is an Australian broker founded in 2010 with the aim of providing a professional trading experience with low fees and tight spreads. Currently Pepperstone counts with 7 financial licenses and operates in almost every country around the world.

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.

• Professional traders that day-trade or scalp
• Algorithmic traders using their own custom built robots
• Experienced traders

• 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

• BaFin (Germany)
• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• DFSA (United Arab Emirates)
• CySec (Cyprus)
• SCB (Bahamas)
• CMA (Kenya)

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

• Well regulated on several jurisdictions
• Low latency, fast execution under 30ms
• Competitive spreads and low commissions from 0.0 pips on their Razor account

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

• Avaliable asset offering is not that comprehensive
• No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs

• 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

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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
• Neteller
• Skrill
• POLi
• Bpay
• Unionpay
• Mpesa

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Paypal

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

• For Standard account : All fees included in the spread
• For Razor account: From $7 per Lot round turn

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.