Established in New York in 1999, Ikon Group now constitutes a number of Ikon companies, which service, support and promote all the Ikon companies and their financial products worldwide.
Ikon Group provides numerous trading systems offering products in Spot Forex and Bullion, Futures (on numerous Exchanges), NASDAQ Currency Futures (NFX), CFDs, Options, and Non Deliverable Forwards (NDF) to over 38,000 individual and institutional clients in more than 90 countries worldwide with a national turnover exceeding $520 billion in 2010.
Ikon Group comprises of Ikon GM in New York, Ikon Capital in London, IFSCL in Auckland, Ikon Uruguay in Montevideo, Ikon Markets in Singapore, Ikon FX in UAE, Ikon Financial Services in China (Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou), and Ikon Group Worldwide PLC in Hong Kong, with further expansion in 2011 to Russia, Japan, India and Indonesia.
Trade with confidence though our heavily regulated entities in a number of jurisdictions including, but not limited to, in the USA, we are members of the NASDAQ Exchange and the National Futures Association and are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) in New Zealand, we are members of the New Zealand Exchange and are regulated by the Securities Commission, in the UK, we are members and authorized by the Financial Services Authorities, in Singapore, we are members of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (“SIMEX”), in the UAE, we are members of the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange , and in China, we are authorized by the Financial Government of Shenzhen.
In October 2009, Ikon Group’s U.S. affiliate Ikon Global Markets partnered with Nasdaq OMX Futures Exchange to offer Nasdaq Futures Exchange products to retail and institutional clients. Ben Craig, President of NASDAQ OMX Futures Exchange stated, "Today's announcement with Ikon further strengthens our offering of retail FX products in a fully electronic environment."