IBKR Launches Shenzhen-Hong Kong Connect Program, Expanding Access to China’s Emerging Industries
January 06, 2017 at 09:36 am
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Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. has released its year-end IB Communiqué informing clients worldwide about its new Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program. The company also rolled out enhancements to its IBot trading technology and IB Trader Workstation? platform (TWS) and launched new CME Globex products. Interactive Brokers established a new Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect Program in November. This follows the 2014 creation of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, which opened the Shanghai Stock Exchange to IB’s Hong Kong and international clients. With the new Shenzhen program, China continues to expand the stocks that are available to trade. IB Trader Workstation Now Offers Multilingual Voice Feedback. Clients can now customize IB’s desktop TWS platform to provide audio feedback for all key actions in their native language. IBot Now Available on Mobile Devices. IBot, a language interface to trading, is now available on iOS as well as on the IB Trader Workstation. The voice recognition for mobile devices has been customized to comprehend financial terms. IBot understands commands relating to quotes, charts, orders, trades, market scanners, Level II data and account information. IBot users can now trade on the go, in addition to accessing quotes and charts.
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. is an automated global electronic broker. The Company custody and service accounts for hedge and mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), registered investment advisors, proprietary trading groups, introducing brokers and individual investors. It specializes in routing orders and executing and processing trades in stocks, options, futures, foreign exchange instruments (forex), bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and precious metals on more than 150 electronic exchanges and market centers. In addition, its customers can use it trading platform to trade certain cryptocurrencies through third-party cryptocurrency service providers that execute, clear and custody the cryptocurrencies. Its key product offerings include IBKR Pro, IBKR Lite, and IBKR Universal Account. IBKRPro offers the lowest cost access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, mutual funds, precious metals, and cryptocurrencies from a single unified platform with no added spreads.
INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP, INC. 
