Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers is a global investment platform. The comparison records the service as a global self-directed broker and investment platform. Account types in the reviewed material: Individual, Joint, Trust, ISA, SIPP, Family, Business, Other specialist accounts.

Recorded investment access covers Stocks, ETFs, Options, Futures, Currencies, Bonds and Funds. 170 markets; 40 countries; 29 currencies cited on the UK site. Multi-currency support is recorded as yes. Extensive multi-currency funding and trading are described. FX spreads are not published here. Fractional investing is recorded as yes for eligible US and European stocks and ETFs. For a client who may change country, those fields matter because market access, currency and product range are recorded separately and do not automatically travel with the client.

Third-party adviser portfolios and a marketplace; the core proposition is self-directed. A direct platform account is structurally different from a wealth manager that agrees a mandate, and from an adviser or broker that introduces the client to another firm. The client deals with the platform named here.

Clients from 200+ countries and territories; account structures and available products vary by IBKR affiliate and local rules. Global unified-account model; exact account migration and local-product availability depend on entity and jurisdiction. Product availability, the contracting entity, regulation, account eligibility, currency handling, fees, custody and investor protection can differ by country. Those points sit in the questions below rather than being treated as settled by this profile.