I'm seeking clarity with our bond desk. The main issue is with the liquidity providers and we can only provide bonds that trade electronically via...
Symbols DE, FR, GB These 67 should have been adjusted and most should provide margin and thus offer offset. For Japan, currently no.
Here is a list of CBOE options offered: Products & Exchange | Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited...
I see a list of nearly 70 Euro gov't bonds with sovereign rating that provide offset. Mostly French, German and UK. The rules will be similar to...
It took a while to get all the ducks in order to implement a long-term solution, but you should see a reduced margin requirement now for many of...
I'm sure it is but need to figure out the logistics from the custodian.
Correct, we plan to offer it. For now, the SSF's are quite liquid and have no stamp tax on sales.
No excuse for the second response and not carefully reading your reply even though you are a closed, non-performing account that has been out of...
The process is pretty simple. Raise it via a ticket or in this case I'll ask our products team. We typically like to see liquidity and certain...
I've been off the radar for a while and apologies for the lack of a reply. This was supposed to be put in place, but other priorities took...
Currently we aren't offering offset on German Gov't bonds. It however, it is up for review. I'll let you know when I hear more (hopefully next week)
sure, will check with europe this PM
re cash - yes, idle cash earns interest if above the thresholds and of course varies by currency (it also varies on some entities where we are...
To clarify and sightly correct: the shares can be lent out of margin account but they must be fully paid shares....
We updated our strength and security page here: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/financial-strength.php It also points to a video in...
FYI, this bit was added to hopefully provide additional comfort on how we look at risk much more stringently than others and the underlined (my...
There is a difference between having a margin account and utilizing margin. I can post from our site re fully paid securities: Current SEC...
FWIW, it is business as usual and we have no exposure to SVB, Signature Bank or even First Republic. As many mention above, the issue with SVB...
should be able to add via account mgmt, trading, trading permissions -> click stock permissions and then "all europe". If you don't see it,...
I'm looking at my TWS and see some shares available, clearly a hard to borrow though as the fee rate is 10.87%
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