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Interactive Brokers Group Inc (IBKR) provides institutional and retail investors with advanced electronic trading solutions across global markets. This page aggregates official company announcements, financial disclosures, and market-moving developments related to IBKR's brokerage services, technology innovations, and regulatory compliance.
Key resources include: Earnings reports detailing commission structures and interest income trends, product launch announcements for tools like algorithmic trading interfaces, and regulatory updates across 100+ international exchanges. Investors will find timely updates on IBKR's subsidiary operations, including ForecastEx derivative products and multi-asset platform enhancements.
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Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) and SNB Capital have announced a collaboration enabling eligible international investors to access the Saudi Exchange through the Interactive Brokers platform. This makes IBKR the first global broker to allow foreign investors to directly own and trade securities listed on the Saudi Exchange. Clients can now invest in Saudi equities alongside global stocks, options, futures, bonds, funds, and more from a single unified platform.
The Saudi Exchange is among the top ten largest stock markets within the World Federation of Exchanges and is the dominant market in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with over 415 listed securities across 22 sectors. This collaboration aligns with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, aiming to develop an advanced financial market and provide an effective investment platform with a diversified investor base.
Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) announced that trading in Election Forecast Contracts has surpassed 1,000,000 since their launch on October 3, 2024. These contracts allow eligible US investors to trade predictions on political outcomes, economic data releases, and climate indicators via the ForecastEx exchange.
Investors can trade on various 2024 US election outcomes, including presidential candidates and party majorities in the House and Senate. Forecast Contracts are priced between $0.02 and $0.99, reflecting market consensus on event likelihood. Correct predictions settle at $1, while incorrect ones settle at $0. Investors also earn a 4.33% APY incentive coupon on their positions' daily closing value.
Thomas Peterffy, Founder and Chairman of Interactive Brokers, noted the substantial demand for election-focused contracts, highlighting the growing relevance of political prediction markets. ForecastEx , a CFTC-regulated subsidiary of Interactive Brokers, operates these contracts, which are available only to eligible US residents.
ForecastEx , a CFTC registered Designated Contract Market and Derivative Clearing Organization, has launched Forecast Contracts on upcoming U.S. election results. These contracts allow customers of ForecastEx Members to trade predictions on political outcomes, either to hedge against election-related uncertainty or profit from political insight.
Starting October 4th, 2024, at 7:15 AM CT, contracts will be available for events such as:
- Kamala Harris winning the 2024 presidential election
- Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election
- Democratic Party winning a majority in the U.S. Senate in 2024
- Democratic Party winning a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024
Contract prices range from $0.02 to $0.99, reflecting the market's consensus on each outcome's likelihood. Correct outcome holders receive $1.00. The payment obligation is fully secured by cash, with 100% of investment income distributed monthly to Members as an Incentive Coupon.
Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) has announced the launch of Forecast Contracts on upcoming US election results, starting October 3 at 5:15 pm ET. This new offering allows US investors to trade predictions on political outcomes, alongside contracts on economic data releases and climate indicators, through the ForecastEx exchange.
The contracts cover various aspects of the 2024 US elections, including presidential candidates and Senate races. Priced between $0.02 and $0.99, these contracts reflect market sentiment on event probabilities. They settle at $1 for correct predictions and $0 for incorrect ones.
This initiative aims to help investors hedge against political volatility and capitalize on their insights. The contracts are accessible through IBKR ForecastTrader, offering an incentive coupon (currently 4.33% APY) on daily closing position values.
Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for September 2024. Key highlights include:
- 2.634 million Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), 46% higher than the previous year but 3% lower than the previous month
- Ending client equity of $541.5 billion, up 46% year-over-year and 5% month-over-month
- Client margin loan balances of $55.8 billion, increasing 28% year-over-year and 2% month-over-month
- 3.12 million client accounts, a 28% increase from the previous year and 2% from the previous month
- Average commission per cleared Commissionable Order of $2.88
The report also includes detailed Reg.-NMS stock trading expense data for IBKR PRO clients, with an average U.S. Reg-NMS stock trade value of $20,817 in September.
Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) has announced plans to release its third quarter financial results on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at approximately 4:00 pm (ET). The company will host a conference call to discuss the results at 4:30 pm (ET) on the same day.
The press release containing the financial results will be available on the company's website at www.interactivebrokers.com/ir. Interested parties can register online to obtain dial-in details for the conference call, which should be dialed approximately ten minutes before the start time. Additionally, an audio webcast of the call will be accessible through the Investor Relations section of the Interactive Brokers website at www.interactivebrokers.com/earnings.
Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) reported its August 2024 brokerage metrics, showing strong year-over-year growth. Key highlights include:
- 2.712 million Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), up 40% from last year
- Client equity reached $515.3 billion, a 36% increase
- 3.06 million client accounts, growing 29% year-over-year
- Client margin loan balances at $54.9 billion, up 30%
- Client credit balances of $112.1 billion, rising 13%
The company's GLOBAL value increased by 0.52% in August. For IBKR PRO clients, the total cost of executing and clearing U.S. Reg.-NMS stocks was about 6.1 basis points of trade money in August, with a 12-month rolling average of 3.6 basis points.
Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) has announced that its clients can now trade stocks on Bursa Malaysia, one of Southeast Asia's largest stock exchanges. This expansion allows IBKR clients to trade Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) denominated equities and ETFs alongside other global financial instruments from a single unified platform. To simplify trading, IBKR will provide automatic FX conversion between the client's account base currency and MYR.
Bursa Malaysia, with a market cap of USD 380 billion and 970 listed companies, offers diverse investment opportunities across various sectors. IBKR's introduction of Malaysian-denominated equities broadens its global investment product offerings. The company's automatic FX conversion feature eliminates the need for pre-trade currency conversions, streamlining the trading process for clients.
Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) has announced significant enhancements to its global bond offering through the IBKR Bond Marketplace. The improvements include:
- Increased liquidity for global corporate bonds, European Government Bonds (EGBs), and UK Gilts
- Extended trading hours up to 22 hours a day
- Addition of Swiss Franc-denominated (CHF) bonds, including Swiss government bonds and global corporate bonds
These enhancements provide IBKR clients with broader product choices, greater transparency, and more trading opportunities across fixed-income markets. The IBKR Bond Marketplace offers access to over 1 million bonds globally at low, transparent commissions with no mark-ups or built-in spreads.
Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) has expanded its overnight trading offering to include Contracts for Difference (CFDs) on US stocks and ETFs. This allows clients to trade CFDs on over 3,500 US stocks and ETFs around the clock, five days a week, from 8:00 pm to 3:50 am ET, Sunday to Friday.
The expansion builds on IBKR's commitment to offering comprehensive trading solutions, particularly beneficial for global investors reacting to news and market events in real-time. CFDs provide an alternative to traditional stock trading with margin, offering leveraged exposure to the US equity market without owning the underlying asset. This new offering features lower margin requirements and no borrowing costs, allowing traders to manage risk more effectively and optimize capital efficiency.
