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Financial firm and fresh TLD applicant buys IG.com domain name

Firm that applied for seven fresh TLDs buys a coveted two letter domain name.

UK Financial firm IG Group has purchased the domain name IG.com, which was previously used by a Brazilian search portal.

As stated by IP Pro The Internet, the firm disclosed the deal to the press, although I can’t locate the actual notice nor any information regarding the deal other than the IP Pro article. Even the IP Pro article does not yet appear to be indexed in Google.

Nonetheless, the buyout is confirmed on IG.com and via whois, which shows the ownership change in March. Archive.org shows that IG put up a placeholder site on the domain back in March as well.

An affiliate of the acquiring firm, IG Group Holdings PLC, has applied for seven fresh top level domain names counting .spreadbetting, .forex, .cfd, .trading, .nadex, .markets, and .broker.

I can’t find a financial disclosure from IG regarding the purchase price, but will update this story if it becomes available.

(via DomainArts)

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