Independent Reserve
Independent Reserve is a Sydney exchange founded in 2013. IG Group, the UK-listed trading company, bought 70% of it in January 2026. We found no reported theft or data breach, and it said in November 2022 that it had no exposure to FTX.
Checked 31 October 2026. Each fact links to its source. General information, not a recommendation.
At a glance
- Founded
- 2013, by Adam Tepper, Adrian Przelozny and Lasanka Perera (Independent Reserve: About)
- Based in
- Sydney; also Singapore (Independent Reserve: About · Australian Business Register)
- Australian operator
- Independent Reserve Pty Ltd, ABN 46 164 257 069 (Australian Business Register: Independent Reserve)
- Owned by
- IG Group Holdings plc (UK, London-listed), 70% since 30 January 2026; founders and staff hold the rest, which IG has an option to buy (IG Group announcement: acquisition of Independent Reserve · IG Group: completion of the acquisition)
- Leadership
- Adrian Przelozny, co-founder and Group CEO (Independent Reserve: About)
- AUSTRAC
- Registered, number DCE-100461150-001 (its own statement) (Independent Reserve: About)
- ASIC licence
- None found (Independent Reserve: About)
- Trading fee, entry tier
- 0.50% on buys and sells (under A$50,000 traded in 30 days), falling to 0.02% (Independent Reserve fees)
- AUD deposits
- Bank transfer and PayID/Osko free; Australian cards 0%; PayPal 1%. Bank withdrawals free, instant PayID withdrawals A$1.50 (Independent Reserve fees)
- Coins
- 45 assets on its markets page (Independent Reserve: Markets)
- Customers
- Over 550,000 (its own claim); IG reported about 129,000 funded accounts for the year to June 2025 (Independent Reserve: About · IG Group announcement)
- Proof of reserves
- None published. It says it holds client assets 1:1, verified in an annual external audit (Independent Reserve: Security)
- FTX exposure
- None, it said in November 2022 (Independent Reserve: A message from our CEO, Nov 2022)
- 24-hour trading volume
- Not available right now
Security record
We found no reported theft of funds, customer data breach or freeze of withdrawals at Independent Reserve, searching news coverage, regulators and its own announcements up to 31 October 2026.
Regulation and legal action
We found no regulator or court action against Independent Reserve's Australian business up to 31 October 2026.
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