2010 headquarters limassol cyprus website www.ironfx.com ironfx is a foreign exchange trading company based in cyprus providing retail foreign exchange service . founded in 2010 the company is authorized by the cyprus securities and exchange commission cysec in cyprus and has operations in various locations including london sydney south africa and limassol . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 services 4 sponsorship 5 see also 6 references 7 further reading history edit ironfx was founded in limassol cyprus in december 2010 after obtaining authorization by the cysec . in 2013 ironfx opened an office in australia and became regulated by the asic while it also received authorization of the fca in the uk . in early 2014 ironfx opened an office in london and was soon granted with the variation of permission license and extended the scope of the existing license in order to upgrade the services provided to the traders under the fca authorization . 1 in 2014 ironfx opened an office in south africa and became authorized and regulated by the financial services board south africa . according to the wall street journal ironfx filed confidentially for an ipo in 2015 in the new york stock exchange nyse in 2015 aiming for a valuation of 800 million . citation needed the company confirmed it had made a bid for the operations of insolvent alpari uk in january 2015 . 2 in january 2015 ironfx received complaints from chinese affiliates .160 complaints were filed with the district court of limassol in cyprus followed by media complaints in hungary . in august 2015 the cysec announced an investigation related to ironfx . in november 2015 the cysec settled all charges against the firm agreeing to a 335 000 settlement with the company while imposing fines on fxgm eztrader interactive option ufx and others ranging from 123 000 up to 340 000 . 3 4 ironfx officially informed leading industry directories that they have voluntarily left 4 regulations in june 2015 these regulations included crfin of russia bafin of germany consob of italy and fsp of new zealand . 5 in the very same announcement the company also showed that they have closed offices in a number of countries including china nigeria and russia . operations edit the company has offices in limassol london sydney johannesburg lisbon madrid montevideo prague budapest warsaw kiev and lima . services edit ironfx provides retail foreign exchange trading via trading platforms that include metatrader 4 metatrader 5 pmam multitrade webtrader and sirix social trader as well as on a number of mobile trading platforms . 6 the company also provides financial spread betting in the united kingdom and ireland and in march 2015 also added a contract for difference trading platform called multi asset trader . sponsorship edit the company became a sponsor of the football club fc barcelona in march 2014 . 7 8 the sponsorship consisted of official partner of fc barcelona with worldwide association promotional and marketing rights for the use of both brand and players of fc barcelona . see also edit list of foreign exchange companies references edit ironfx global unveils a new landmark global office in london uk . marketwired . 6 june 2014 . cyprus mail 22 january 2015 . ironfx says bidding for alpari after swiss collapse . cyprus mail . retrieved 22 january 2015 . cysec s official statement on ironfx settlement and fines to ufx eztrader interactiveoption fxgm . leaprate . november 29 2015 . cysec board decision . leaprate . november 27 2015 . ironfx leaves 4 regulations & closed offices . atozforex . june 24 2015 . ironfx review . forextrading . retrieved 26 june 2015 . ian mcpherson 6 march 2014 . fc barcelona add online trading partner . sportspro . retrieved 16 october 2014 . ironfx global announces official partnership with fc barcelona . 6 march 2014 . further reading edit interview with markos kashiouris ironfx explores impact of risk aversion on currency markets retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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