interactive brokers: dividend payment time

Discussion in 'Retail Brokers' started by andrew black, May 7, 2019.

  1. From what I remember, IB makes dividend payments early in the morning on the payment date. Today I have one missing (or maybe delayed) payment.

    Has anyone noticed something similar? TIA.
     
  2. No, but I have noticed that every year I receive some negative "ordinary cash dividends." Payments in lieu of dividends are clearly labeled payments in lieu of dividends.

    I assume the negative "ordinary cash dividends" are payments in lieu of dividends that have been mislabeled?

    If anyone has a different explanation please pitch in.
     
  3. IB is sometimes late with my dividends too. I assume it's to do with the underlying stock issuing the dividends. By the way, not sure if it's new or not, but you can opt to reinvest dividends within IB. I noticed it recently in the new UI. Previously, I would do this by hand once a month.