Overview

When did the change happen?…

IBIE is a wholly owned subsidiary within the Interactive Brokers Group and is authorised and regulated as an investment firm by the Central Bank of Ireland pursuant to the MiFID 2 Directive (Directive 2014/65/EU). 

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Merging Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited (IBIE) and Interactive Brokers Central Europe Zrt. (IBCE) will allow us to focus on meeting one set of regulatory requirements and provide a consistent product offering throughout the EEA, while continuing to achieve our goals including providing clients with high quality investment services…

Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited (IBIE) and Interactive Brokers Central Europe Zrt. (IBCE) merged into a single Irish-licensed entity on 1 August 2024. All formerly IBCE clients are automatically IBIE clients as of this date. 

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No.  Your username, password, and any 2-factor authentication process in place for your existing account have remained active following transfer.  When your new account at IBIE is assigned, we will notify you of your new account number.

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As an investment firm, IBIE is required to keep client funds segregated from their own funds so that if it becomes insolvent, client funds will not form part of their property for insolvency purposes and will be returned to their clients.

Information on IBIE’s client asset requirements can be found in the…

Yes. The Merger did not impact the cost basis of your positions.

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No.  Your current access to products did not change with the Merger.

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No. Commissions and fees have not changed because your account is now with IBIE. You can find further information on the commissions and fees charged by IBIE on the pricing section of IBIE’s website…

Since the merger date, IBCE client accounts are serviced by and through IBIE. In the weeks following the Merger, former clients of IBCE will be given a new account with access to IBIE’s full offering, including additional currencies, OTC Spot Metals.  We will inform you when your new account has been created and your assets have transferred to it…

As an IBIE Client, you can access and trade the same products/services that were available at IBCE, as well as some additional products/services. Specifically:

• IBIE clients can trade OTC Spot Metals (Gold and Silver).
• IBIE clients can hold 24 currencies, compared to the 10 currencies offered by IBCE. As you can hold all trading currencies in your IBIE account, there is no auto-FX back to your base currency in IBIE on sell orders in those currencies…

TBSZ accounts are not affected by this change. Following the merger, TBSZ accounts are now serviced through IBIE…

The Merger has had no impact upon the trading platform or software you use to trade or administer your account.  The technology is the same.

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IBIE’s clients are not impacted by the Merger.

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The configuration of the account following the transfer will match that of the current account to the extent permissible by regulation.  This includes attributes such as margin capability, market data, additional users and alerts. 

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