Interactive Brokers

Eligible securities accounts are protected by SIPC up to USD 500,000, including a USD 250,000 cash sublimit. IBKR also discloses excess SIPC insurance through Lloyds with a USD 30 million per-account limit, including USD 900,000 cash, and a USD 150 million aggregate limit. Futures and futures options are excluded, and market losses are not covered.

FINRA identifies the firm as an active broker-dealer. IBKR states that client securities and cash are segregated daily. The entity is also registered with the CFTC and is an NFA member.

Eligible property held by an insolvent CIRO member can qualify for CIPF protection. CIPF publishes separate CAD 1 million limits for combined general accounts, combined registered retirement accounts and combined registered education savings plans; eligibility and account grouping rules apply.

CIRO lists the firm as a regulated investment dealer and marketplace participant.

IBKR states that FSCS protection applies only in limited circumstances. Some products and custody arrangements are carried or cleared by Interactive Brokers LLC and may instead fall within the applicable SIPC scope. FSCS investment protection can be up to GBP 85,000 for an eligible claim against a failed firm.

The United Kingdom company is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Protection must be checked against the specific product, custody chain and contracting entity.

Eligible private clients may qualify for the Irish Investor Compensation Scheme, which covers 90% of the net loss up to EUR 20,000 when an investment firm cannot return client assets. Professional and institutional clients are generally excluded, and market losses are not covered.

The entity is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland and serves eligible clients in Ireland and the European Economic Area.

Client money is held in segregated accounts under Australian law. IBKR warns that the custody arrangement can affect eligibility under the National Guarantee Fund, so no universal compensation amount is represented for every account or product.

The Australian entity holds Australian Financial Services Licence 453554.

Eligible losses caused by the default of an intermediary in relation to Hong Kong exchange-traded securities or futures can fall within the Investor Compensation Fund, with separate HKD 500,000 limits for securities and futures. Overseas products, ordinary market losses and ineligible arrangements are not covered.

The SFC public record identifies licence CE ADI249 for regulated activities including dealing in securities, futures contracts and leveraged foreign exchange trading.

Client assets are subject to SEBI, exchange and depository rules. No single universal compensation amount was stated in the reviewed official record, so the applicable protection must be checked by market, product and claim type.

SEBI shows registration INZ000217730 as perpetual. The entity also discloses NSDL depository-participant registration IN-DP-602-2021.

Customer assets are segregated. The entity is a Japan Investor Protection Fund member, and eligible claims can be compensated up to JPY 10 million if a member cannot return customer assets. Certain securities carried by Interactive Brokers LLC may instead be within SIPC scope.

The JFSA list identifies the firm as Financial Instruments Business Operator No. 187.

Client money is held in designated segregated accounts under Singapore rules. IBKR states that certain securities held through Interactive Brokers LLC may be protected by SIPC, but it does not state a fixed Singapore compensation amount for all accounts.

MAS lists the entity as a Capital Markets Services licensee for securities, collective investment schemes, listed and over-the-counter derivatives, leveraged foreign exchange, product financing and custody.