PRESS RELEASE
Greenwich, CT – July 12, 2023 - Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the launch of the Securities Lending Dashboard designed to help clients assess the short-selling activity for specific securities and inform trading decisions. The new Securities Lending Dashboard allows sophisticated individual and institutional investors, including hedge funds, to view an expanded universe of securities lending data across key metrics. This complements Interactive Brokers' Securities Loan Borrow (SLB) system, which is a fully electronic and actionable self-service utility that lets clients search for stocks available to short on the Interactive Brokers platform for free.
Powered by Orbisa, the new securities lending data includes information for securities that trade in North America, Europe and Asia and is provided to all clients of Interactive Brokers through Fundamentals Explorer on the Trader Workstation platform. Clients can now use both the Securities Lending Dashboard, as well as the existing Securities Loan Borrow system, which includes the quantity, number of lenders and current indicative borrow rates for securities based on IBKR client holdings.
"Interactive Brokers continues to be at the forefront of transparency in the securities lending market," said Milan Galik, Chief Executive Officer of Interactive Brokers. "The new Securities Lending Dashboard isa straightforward tool for advanced traders and hedge fund clients seeking to analyze potential short-sellinginvestment opportunities. Our clients can now access a more comprehensive data set to evaluatetheir short trade ideas and use our Securities Loan Borrow system to identify shortable securities."
The new Securities Lending Dashboard lets clients view a snapshot of securities lending market data and then explore additional market intelligence, including:
Clients can also select two stocks and compare short-selling data across different date ranges.
Additionally, there is a Premium subscription offering that includes the following data:
For additional information about Interactive Brokers' Securities Lending Dashboard, please visit:
US and countries served by IB LLC: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/securities-lending-dashboard.php
Canada: https://www.interactivebrokers.ca/en/trading/securities-lending-dashboard.php
UK: https://www.interactivebrokers.co.uk/en/trading/securities-lending-dashboard.php
Western Europe: https://www.interactivebrokers.ie/en/trading/securities-lending-dashboard.php
Central Europe: https://www.interactivebrokers.hu/en/trading/securities-lending-dashboard.php
Hong Kong: https://www.interactivebrokers.com.hk/en/trading/securities-lending-dashboard.php
Singapore: https://www.interactivebrokers.com.sg/en/trading/securities-lending-dashboard.php
Australia: https://www.interactivebrokers.com.au/en/trading/securities-lending-dashboard.php
India: https://www.interactivebrokers.co.in/en/trading/securities-lending-dashboard.php
About Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.:
Interactive Brokers Group affiliates provide automated trade execution and custody of securities, commodities, and foreign exchange around the clock on over 150 markets in numerous countries andcurrencies from a single unified platform to clients worldwide. We service individual investors, hedgefunds, proprietary trading groups, financial advisors and introducing brokers. Our four decades of focuson technology and automation has enabled us to equip our clients with a uniquely sophisticatedplatform to manage their investment portfolios. We strive to provide our clients with advantageousexecution prices and trading, risk and portfolio management tools, research facilities and investmentproducts, all at low or no cost, positioning them to achieve superior returns on investments. For thesixth consecutive year, Barron's ranked Interactive Brokers #1 with 5 out of 5 stars in its June 9, 2023,Best Online Brokers Review.
Contacts for Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Media: Katherine Ewert, media@ibkr.com