IPGL Limited is a private holding company which focuses on partnering with experienced management teams to build fast growing businesses in financial services and other sectors where we can use the group’s deep sector expertise and entrepreneurial skills of the investment team to increase the probability of success and accelerate each company’s growth. Our interest is in developing young businesses into industry leaders over the long term. The value we create is then invested into new opportunities. Over the past 20 years the group has had considerable success in building broking, retail CFD, fund management, insurance and gaming companies.

 

At the moment, the group has large minority or majority holdings in over 15 public and private trading companies including 18 percent of ICAP plc, the FTSE 100 listed interdealer broker and a majority holding of City Index, a leading provider of CFD and spread betting services. In addition to our principle activity of being a long term investor in businesses, the group is a successful trader in alternative assets such as wine, art and property.

 

Michael Spencer, the founder and chief executive of ICAP plc, together with family trusts, is majority shareholder of the company.

 

IPGL is currently investing in UK based financial services companies with enterprise values between $10 million and $100 million. We will occasionally consider other sectors.