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House file

Interactive Brokers

On the desk for one reason: multi-entity structure. 2 register lines are on this file, spread across not examined legal entities in 2 jurisdictions, 2 of them with a top-tier regulator.


On the wire

2 items · 0 notices

Commercial figures are the firm's advertised terms; register rows are attributed to their named sources. Missing facts remain unexamined.

Register entries as filed

  • 01
    register entry

    Financial Conduct Authority (UK) · entity not examined · 208159 · authorised · 2026-09

    Source: register.fca.org.uk

  • 02
    register entry

    Securities and Exchange Commission (US) · entity not examined · 8-47257 · authorised · 2026-09

    Source: sec.gov

Entity by entity

2 lines
Register lines on file for Interactive Brokers. A blank number is a number the desk could not read on a source; it is not a zero.
RegulatorJurisdictionEntity as registeredNumberTierSource
Financial Conduct Authority (UK)GBentity not examined208159T1register.fca.org.uk
Securities and Exchange Commission (US)USentity not examined8-47257T1sec.gov

Tier is the desk's shorthand for the supervising regime, not a quality score: T1 a top-tier statutory regulator, T2 a mid-tier one, T3 an offshore registration.

Commercial detail on the record

Minimum to open$0 (as advertised by Interactive Brokers, 2026-10 · source)
EUR/USD spread as publishednot verified
Leverage as advertisednot verified
PlatformsProprietary desktop platform · Proprietary web platform
Account booksIBKR Account (Individual/Joint) · Free Trial

What the record says

Interactive Brokers traces its origins to 1978 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker IBKR and is a component of the S&P 500.

ASIC's media release dated 20 September 2023 states that Interactive Brokers Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 166 929 568) paid a $832,500 penalty to comply with an infringement notice from the Market Disciplinary Panel; ASIC reports the MDP findings and notes that compliance with the notice is not an admission of guilt or liability (asic.gov.au)

Interactive Brokers: deposit as advertised by the firm, 2026-10 (interactivebrokers.co.uk)

Interactive Brokers: software as advertised by the firm, 2026-10 (interactivebrokers.co.uk)

Other open files

The whole desk
  1. head office n/v1 lines

    ATFX

    not examined entities in 1 jurisdiction · filed under multi-entity structure

  2. head office n/v7 lines

    Deriv

    7 entities in 7 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  3. head office n/v4 lines

    Eightcap

    not examined entities in 4 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  4. head office n/v3 lines

    HF Markets (SV) Ltd

    not examined entities in 3 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  5. London, UK7 lines

    IG Group

    7 entities in 6 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  6. head office n/v3 lines

    Pepperstone Markets Limited

    not examined entities in 3 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

This file reports what regulators and the firm have published. It is not a review, not a rating and not advice to open or close an account anywhere.