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January 16, 2025

Freetrade sold to IG Group in £160m cut-price deal

IG Group looks set to acquire Freetrade for less than a quarter of its 2021 valuation, with the deal expected to be completed in mid-2025.

Tom Matsuda

2 min read

Brokerage firm IG Group has bought investment platform Freetrade in a £160m acquisition deal, the company announced on Thursday. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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