IFH FIBO Group profile

For its customers, FIBO Group is a market maker in Forex and CFDs, which are OTC (Over-The-Counter) markets. An OTC market is a market that has no centralized trading venue where trades are conducted. The profit of a large market maker that has a large number of customers is derived from spreads multiplied by the volume of transactions; this is why spread is the company’s key source of income. A market maker does not bring each transaction to a third party. Accordingly, the result of each transaction is a profit or loss for the market maker. Management of the aggregate position of our customers and brokerage for large companies are additional sources of income for the company. Further revenue sources include commission charged for trading in CFD and futures contracts, the company’s interest included in swap points, and related services rendered by the company (such as professional development courses and coaching).

As in any other market, the price of a commodity (in this case currencies and derivatives) is formed as a result of multiple transactions conducted among various entities, such as banks, financial and insurance companies, investment funds and individual investors. It is exactly this combination of participants and the transactions conducted by them that is called ‘the market’. FIBO Group is an actor on this market, and hence our customers, in making deals with FIBO, are market participants.

Like any other financial market, the Forex market is associated with risky investments. However, compliance with market rules related to factors such as money management, personal psychology, and exhibiting a keen appreciation of the factors that influence the market (such as important political and economic news), will allow you to gain a profit which is significantly higher than interest on bank deposits and many other financial instruments.

Customer service standards

In all companies and members of IFH FIBO Group there are uniform rules and standards regulating interaction with the customer; no matter which of the companies you contact, you will be provided with the highest levels of service.

Security of investments 

The FIBO trade mark has existed in the market since 1998. During this period, FIBO grew from one company to become a network of companies consolidated under the name of IFH FIBO Group. During the years of its existence, IFH FIBO Group has established firm credential as a company of fine repute. We have a very many partners, including well-known and well-established institutions such as UBS, Bawag Bank, Alfa bank, and IG Markets. Moreover, the number of our customers is growing constantly, further testament to the group’s outstanding reputation on the global financial markets.

To secure our customers’ funds, we have developed a complex security program:

• We cooperate only with the most highly regarded financial institutions
• Our customers’ funds are kept in a separate account from the company’s own funds
• We operate a reserve fund.

Upon receipt of funds by IFH FIBO Group, a customer becomes the company’s creditor, and IFH FIBO Group becomes fully liable for such funds. Through Force Majeure, IFH FIBO Group has formed a reserve fund that is composed of both its own funds and those of our customers, so as to cover contingent losses. Since customers’ funds are actually kept separate from the company’s own funds, it makes it impossible to use those for the company’s purposes.

Guaranteed payment of the profit you earn 

During our 8-year history, there has not been a single circumstance in which it has been alleged that we have not fulfilled out obligations. In accordance with our strict trading policy, professionals of our company manage an aggregate open position, thereby allowing the avoidance of substantial losses.

Trading rules

IFH FIBO Group is a market maker (i.e. the second party in a transaction) for instruments traded in the Forex and CFD markets, both of which are OTC (Over-The-Counter) markets. However, whilst being a market maker, we never exploit this position in order to benefit from our customers’ operations, given the threat to our reputation that this would entail.

In actual fact, it is quite possible and not difficult to check current quotes in the market by comparing several charts of different service providers, such as banks and financial companies. You can thereby be assured that our quotes and charts correspond fully to market ones. However, due to the highly volatile and fast-moving nature of OTC markets, there may arise situations when quotes are slightly different.