Interactive Brokers are creating an Irish based broker Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited (IBIE) due to Brexit. This is part of an email I received yesterday.
Dear Client,
Interactive Brokers Group (“IBKR”) and its UK affiliate Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited (“IBUK”) have been planning for the end of the Brexit transition period, currently scheduled for 31st December 2020, and have been preparing alternative arrangements for our European customers. Our priority is to ensure a seamless transition and continuation in the provision of brokerage services to our customers with minimal disruption and minimal changes.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR
In 2018 IBKR established Interactive Brokers Luxembourg SARL (“IBLUX”) and undertook an authorisation process in Luxembourg. IBLUX was approved in November 2019, albeit with some important constraints on the permitted scale of the business.
In consideration of our fast-growing brokerage business, we expanded our European footprint and are in the process of creating an additional broker based in the European Union: Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited (“IBIE”). This licensing process for IBIE with the Central Bank of Ireland is well underway and we expect to enter its final stages shortly.
Dear Client,
Interactive Brokers Group (“IBKR”) and its UK affiliate Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited (“IBUK”) have been planning for the end of the Brexit transition period, currently scheduled for 31st December 2020, and have been preparing alternative arrangements for our European customers. Our priority is to ensure a seamless transition and continuation in the provision of brokerage services to our customers with minimal disruption and minimal changes.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR
In 2018 IBKR established Interactive Brokers Luxembourg SARL (“IBLUX”) and undertook an authorisation process in Luxembourg. IBLUX was approved in November 2019, albeit with some important constraints on the permitted scale of the business.
In consideration of our fast-growing brokerage business, we expanded our European footprint and are in the process of creating an additional broker based in the European Union: Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited (“IBIE”). This licensing process for IBIE with the Central Bank of Ireland is well underway and we expect to enter its final stages shortly.