IMPORTANT: Only Clients with Hong Kong/China Stock Connect Permissions are Eligible
Interactive Brokers supports STAR market stocks on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) for eligible clients:
- Eligible clients are required to request Hong Kong/China Stock Connect trading permissions in order to trade STAR market stocks. Please see: How do I request Hong Kong/China Stock Connect trading permissions?
- Once the Hong Kong/China Stock Connect permissions are activated, eligible clients can use the button above to contact IBKR Client Services via ticket to request access. Please select Account Services as the ticket category followed by Trading Permissions and type "ChiNext / Star Permissions" as the subject.
Eligible clients must be an Institutional Professional Investor (IPI) or managed by an IPI who is registered to trade on behalf of the client on a discretionary basis (equivalent to SFC Type 9 license). If you are a client of a registered financial adviser who is considered an Institutional Professional Investor (IPI), please contact your financial adviser.
An Institutional Professional Investor is defined as any:
- intermediary or other person carrying on the business of the provision of investment services and regulated under the law of any place outside Hong Kong
- authorized financial institution, or any bank which is not an authorized financial institution but is regulated under the law of any place outside Hong Kong
- registered collective investment scheme (fund)
Institutional Professional Investor, as defined under paragraph 15.2 of the Code of Conduct for Persons Licensed by or Registered with the Securities and Futures Commission, are falling under paragraphs (a) to (i) of the definition of professional investors in Ordinance Cap571, Schedule 1, Part 1, Section 1 under Interpretation of this Ordinance: Professional Investor. For more details please refer to following link.
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