Articles from Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, announced the Canadian launch of Forecast Contracts. This new product allows Canadian investors to trade directly on the outcomes of events that impact markets, including economic data releases, political decisions, and climate trends. Already available to investors in the US, this expansion reflects the growing demand for predictive tools that help investors manage risk in an uncertain global environment.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced that its clients can trade stocks on Bursa Malaysia, one of the largest stock exchanges in Southeast Asia. With this launch, IBKR clients can trade Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) denominated equities and ETFs alongside global stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds, and more from a single unified platform. To streamline trading, Interactive Brokers will also coordinate the necessary forex trade using an automatic FX conversion between the base currency selected in a client’s account and the Malaysian Ringgit.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced significant enhancements to its global bond offering available through the IBKR Bond Marketplace. Clients of Interactive Brokers can now access greater liquidity for global corporate bonds, European Government Bonds (EGBs) and UK Gilts for up to 22 hours a day. In addition, clients will now be able to trade Swiss Franc-denominated (CHF) bonds on the IBKR platform.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), On the morning of Monday, June 3, 2024, at approximately 9:50 am EDT, the price of Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares (“BRK A”) suddenly plummeted in the space of a few seconds from approximately $622,000 per share to approximately $185 per share. This occurred as part of an unspecified technical issue at the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This technical issue and dramatic price event led NYSE to promptly halt BRK A from trading.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the launch of fractional shares trading for Canadian stocks and ETFs. Clients of Interactive Brokers can now buy and sell fractional shares of all stocks and ETFs listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on CBOE Canada, plus eligible US and European stocks and ETFs.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced that clients are expected to earn up to USD 4.83% on instantly available cash balances over USD 10,000. Interest is paid directly to client brokerage accounts making cash instantly available to trade or transact. Interactive Brokers’ Cash Management service makes it easy for clients to earn interest and borrow at competitive rates while managing their money from one account.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced access to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, letting clients invest in the Taiwanese market without maintaining a relationship with a separate regional broker. Eligible clients of Interactive Brokers globally can now trade Taiwanese stocks, ETFs and TDRs alongside global stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds and more from a single unified platform.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the launch of the Securities Lending Dashboard designed to help clients assess the short-selling activity for specific securities and inform trading decisions. The new Securities Lending Dashboard allows sophisticated individual and institutional investors, including hedge funds, to view an expanded universe of securities lending data across key metrics. This complements Interactive Brokers’ Securities Loan Borrow (SLB) system, which is a fully electronic and actionable self-service utility that lets clients search for stocks available to short on the Interactive Brokers platform for free.