Our story

We may have started in the UK as a spread betting company, but CFDs and FX trading have led us directly to New Zealand.

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Big names linked with ours

Part of our stability is due to big names who have chosen to become our partners. Key acquisitions have included financial content and data provider Digital Look in the UK. Still privately held, we welcomed our first institutional partner when Goldman Sachs purchased a 10% stake in the company. In Australia, we acquired stockbroker Andrew West & Co. in 2008 to create CMC Markets Stockbroking

We’re in the business of thinking of it first

We have slashed our online brokerage for share trading to make it Australia's lowest. And we can’t hide the fact that in July 2010 we started rolling out a totally changed global brand.

  

Did you know

  • Last year we serviced more than 75,000 active customers around the world who placed a total of 26 million trades.
  • We deliver our technology to many of the world’s leading banks through our partners program. This means our pricing and technology is institutional quality, and we offer that same quality service directly to you. Our major relationships include RBS (the Royal Bank of Scotland), NatWest and Suncorp.
  • We take our responsibilities and the trust of our customers seriously. We’re proud to be a 5-star rated member of the New Zealand Financial Markets Association (NZFMA), the organisation that represents the interests of members in ensuring the sound management of over-the-counter financial markets in New Zealand. The NZFMA turned over approximately $10 trillion in 2006.