CMC Markets
FTSE 250 online trading and investing company, founded in 1989, offering CFDs and share investing on proprietary platforms to over 2 million clients globally.
CMC Markets is a FTSE 250-listed online trading and investing company, founded in 1989 and active in financial markets for more than 35 years. The company provides retail investors with access to thousands of instruments through contracts for difference on forex, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies, alongside direct share investing. It operates a global footprint of 12 offices across four continents and serves more than 2 million clients.
The firm builds its own trading technology. Its proprietary online trading platform, developed with investment of more than £100 million, is engineered for fast trade execution and high availability, with recorded uptime of 99.93%. Technical work spans platform development, trade execution systems and high-availability infrastructure.
CMC Markets operates across financial services, online trading, retail investing, forex, commodities, cryptocurrencies and equities - areas subject to significant regulatory oversight in each of the jurisdictions in which it is present. Its stated purpose is to democratise access to financial markets by making professional-grade tools, competitive pricing, education and client support available to individual traders and investors.