IG brokerage, CHESS sponsorship and licence
- Website
- ig.com/au
- Product
- IG share trading
- Legal entity
- IG Australia Pty Ltd
- ASX shares
- No restriction stated: "thousands" of Australian shares
- Your shares
- Custodial
- Executes ASX orders
- Not stated
- Clears and settles
- Not stated
- International shares
- Yes
- Account fee
- None
- Documents
- Charges · Financial Services Guide · Share Trading Customer Agreement · Share trading · Custodian definition
- Record re-read by hand
- 6 November 2026
IG Trading Platform: Australian shares registered in CHESS under Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited (PID 20018), held by Citibank Pty Ltd; IG Markets App: sub-custodian is Interactive Brokers Australia Pty Ltd.
Brokerage
| Trade value | Brokerage |
|---|---|
| Any trade | $0.00 |
$0 commission per trade on Australian shares and ETFs traded online. No brokerage is charged, so there is no GST on it.
- Phone trades cost $50 or 0.1% (incl GST).
Brokerage at common trade sizes
| Trade | Brokerage | Of trade |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| $1,000 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| $2,000 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| $5,000 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| $10,000 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| $25,000 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| $50,000 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| $100,000 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
What the broker says
Brokerage
“$0 commission per trade on all domestic shares and ETFs on an IG share trading account”
Source: ig.com/au/share-trading · Confirmed on the broker's page on 13 November 2026.
Holding
“Australian shares purchased through IG are registered in CHESS under Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited, with a CHESS Participant Identification Number (PID) 20018.”
Source: ig.com/au/glossary-trading-terms/custodian-definition · Confirmed on the broker's page on 13 November 2026.
Execution
“IG is not a market participant therefore settlement and execution services are provided by an external party.”
Source: ig.com/usermanagement/customeragreements?igCompany=igau&agreementType=financial_service_guide&locale=en_GB&legalEntity=IGAU · Confirmed on the broker's page on 13 November 2026.
What can be traded
“Access all the local favourites from Afterpay and CBA to Qantas, Fortescue Metals and thousands more.”
Source: ig.com/au/share-trading · Confirmed on the broker's page on 13 November 2026.
Licence
- AFS licence
- 515106 · IG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
- ABN
- 93096585410
- Licensed since
- 2 June 2020
- Principal business
- Melbourne VIC 3000
- Authorised to
- Buy and sell securities for clients (retail clients)
- Hold assets for clients (custody) (retail clients)
- Advise on securities (retail clients)
- Make a market (retail clients)
From ASIC's AFS Licensee dataset, release of 11 November 2026, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia.
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