April 2025 — IC Markets, one of the world’s leading online trading providers, has announced a comprehensive global expansion plan that firmly positions the Group for long-term dominance across four continents. With a laser focus on innovation, client-centric service, and regulatory compliance, the broker is reinforcing its global infrastructure and brand to match its market-leading ambitions.
Entry into New Territories
Building on its well-established presence in Australia and Europe, IC Markets is now accelerating its global footprint into Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. In 2024, the Group received licensing from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) in Kenya and launched its product suite across Africa, quickly earning recognition for reliability and transparency.
In the Middle East, the Group is progressing toward securing regulatory approval in the United Arab Emirates, with plans to offer a high-touch, relationship-managed service tailored to the region’s discerning trading community. IC Markets is committed to offering premium client experiences that resonate with the expectations of sophisticated traders and institutional partners in the GCC.
Global Operational Centers to Support Growth
In tandem with market expansion, IC Markets is investing heavily in global operations infrastructure. A new service operations center in Malaysia is being established to accommodate its broader commercial growth strategy, ensuring a seamless alignment between infrastructure and market demand.
This strategic move complements ongoing investments in the Group’s established tech hubs in India and the Philippines, ensuring round-the-clock service excellence and development capacity as demand for IC Markets' products continues to scale worldwide.
Top-Tier Talent Joins IC Markets
To fuel its next growth phase, IC Markets has made a series of high-impact hires, onboarding top performers from the trading and fintech space. The company is now home to some of the industry’s sharpest minds, brought in to deliver against an ambitious roadmap.
Notable appointments include Jason Hughes as General Manager – Middle East, Tony Philip as Group Chief Marketing Officer, Gescard Abiel-Hessen as Head of Business Development and Jaser Ahmed Jaser Mahmoud as Head of Software Engineering. Together, they bring decades of experience in driving global strategy, brand performance, and technological innovation.
Significantly Increasing Brand Investments
IC Markets is doubling down on global visibility and brand equity through strategic partnerships and sponsorships. The broker’s landmark sponsorship of World Table Tennis (WTT) has already positioned it as a dynamic player on the global stage, with additional high-impact partnerships across motorsports, combat-sports, and financial media in advanced negotiation stages.
These initiatives are designed to align the IC Markets brand with performance, precision, and global accessibility—key traits shared with the traders and institutions it serves.
Accelerating Growth in Trading Volume
The company’s global expansion is reflected in hard numbers. According to the Finance Magnates Q4 Industry Report, IC Markets continues to post record-breaking trading volumes across asset classes, outperforming many of its peers. In its Q4 Intelligence report, Finance Magnates ranked IC Markets No.1 globally for Retail FX/other volumes, underlining this track record. The company’s deep liquidity, lightning-fast execution, and institutional-grade infrastructure have made it the go-to platform for serious traders worldwide.
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