IG Group Expects FY2020 Trading Revenue to Reach £259m in Q4

IG Group Holdings, an online trading provider, announced this Thursday that it expects net trading revenue for the final quarter of its fiscal year to be ahead of its previous estimation of £173 million, which was the forecasted revenue for a period of the fourth quarter.

IG Group’s 2020 fiscal year ends on the 31st of May 2020, therefore, the fourth quarter spans from the beginning of March to the end of May this year. As Finance Magnates reported, revenue for the first 36 trading days out of the total 61 in Q4 of 2020 was estimated to be at around £173 million.

However, in the trading update published today through the London Stock Exchange (LSE), IG said that it now expects that net trading revenue for the whole of the fourth quarter of its 2020 financial year will be approximately £259 million.

The trading company has revised its earlier forecast as “Financial market Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders Read this Term has remained elevated and the Group has continued to see high levels of client trading activity,” the company said in the statement.

Q4 revenue doubles YoY for IG Group

If IG Group reports a net trading revenue of £259 million this would be a solid improvement from the same period of the previous year, which had a net trading revenue of £117.9 million. Therefore, revenue will have increased by 119.7 per cent.

For the full year, the IG Group expects to report net trading revenue of approximately £649 million. This is higher than the net trading revenue achieved in the 2019 financial year, which was £476.9 million, by 36.1 per cent.

“As previously announced, the Group has successfully implemented its comprehensive business continuity plan in response to the COVID-19 virus. The Group's ongoing investment in communications and infrastructure has enabled all employees to work safely from home, and IG will continue to invest in technology in order to provide the best possible service for our clients,” the company said.