About the Independent Editorial Team
We review IG Markets for readers in Kenya, and we explain here how we work, what we will not do, and what a review can and cannot tell you.
Open a partner accountThe Obligation We Accept
This site exists because a reader in Kenya who is considering IG Markets deserves an account of the broker that is written for them, not for the broker. We take on a simple obligation: to test what can be tested, to read what is published, to separate what we know from what we assume, and to say so plainly. The site is an independent editorial resource. It is not the broker, it is not affiliated with the broker, and it does not provide financial services, accounts, deposits or advice. Nothing on these pages is a recommendation to open an account or to trade.
We write for the person who has already encountered the IG Markets name and wants to understand how the broker behaves before committing time or money. That reader may be comparing providers, may be checking whether the broker suits their circumstances, or may simply want to know what the terms actually say. We assume no prior knowledge and no particular sophistication, and we do not write down to anyone.
The team is editorial, not commercial. We do not sell accounts, we do not earn a commission from the broker for a reader who signs up, and we do not accept payment to alter a finding. Where the site carries advertising or commercial links, that arrangement is kept separate from the editorial judgement, and the judgement is made first.
How We Test And Score
Testing begins with the account itself. A member of the team opens an account in the ordinary way, completes the verification steps a Kenyan client would face, and uses the platform across desktop and mobile. We note what the registration process demands, how long verification takes, what the platform shows a new user, and how the broker communicates when something is missing or unclear. We fund an account where that is feasible and test the mechanics a client actually touches: order types, the behaviour of the platform under load, the clarity of statements, and the route to withdrawing funds.
We read the legal and commercial documents in full, including the client agreement, the risk disclosures, the fee schedule and the pages that describe how the broker is paid. We compare what those documents say with what the marketing pages imply, and we record the differences. We also examine how the broker handles complaints, what it publishes about order execution, and how it describes the protections that apply to a client in Kenya. Where a claim cannot be verified from the broker's own material or from a direct test, we say that it is unverified rather than repeating it as fact.
Scoring follows from those observations. We weigh the factors that matter to a retail reader - the honesty of the published terms, the usability of the platform, the transparency of costs, the treatment of client money, and the quality of support - and we explain in the review why a score sits where it does. A score is a summary of our reasoning, not a verdict handed down from nowhere, and a reader who disagrees with our weighting can follow the underlying notes and reach their own conclusion.
Revisiting Pages And Keeping Them Current
A review of a broker is a photograph of a moving subject. We revisit every page on a scheduled cycle, and we revisit sooner when something material changes: a new fee schedule, a revised client agreement, a change in the platform, a shift in the entity that holds client money, or a public statement from the broker that alters what the earlier review said. Each page carries the date of its last editorial review so that a reader can see how old the judgement is.
Between scheduled reviews we monitor the broker's own announcements and published documents. When we find a discrepancy between a page and the broker's current terms, we correct the page and record the correction. We do not leave a stale finding standing because it was once true. If a change is significant enough to affect the score, we rescore and explain the movement rather than quietly adjusting the number.
We also correct our own errors. If a reader points out a factual mistake, we check it against the broker's documents and our own notes, and where the reader is right we amend the page and note that we have done so. Corrections are made through the contact form on this site, and we ask that they identify the page and the specific passage at issue.
What We Will Not Do
We will not present ourselves as the broker, as an agent of the broker, or as a licensed adviser. We will not open an account for a reader, accept a deposit, place an order, or hold client money. We will not tell a reader what to buy, when to buy it, or how much to risk. We will not promise a return, imply that trading is suitable for everyone, or soften a finding because the broker might object to it.
We will not publish invented details. We do not invent a licence number, a registration, an address, a telephone number or an email address, and we do not repeat such details from a secondary source without checking them against the broker's own published material. Where we need to direct a reader to the broker or to us, we describe the route - the contact form on this site, or the broker's own published channels - rather than manufacturing specifics.
We will not claim a status we do not hold. This site is not regulated, not licensed, and not endorsed by any authority or by the broker, and we do not suggest otherwise. We will not use marketing language, rankings dressed as facts, or superlatives that outrun the evidence. And we will not pretend that a review can tell a reader everything: it cannot describe how the broker will treat that particular reader in a dispute, it cannot predict market outcomes, and it cannot substitute for the reader's own reading of the client agreement before any money is committed.
