Jan. 2 at 4:41 PM
Interactive Brokers said its clients outperformed the S&P 500 in 2025, highlighting the benefits of its low-cost, automated global trading platform. Individual clients posted an average return of 19.2% for the year, beating the S&P 500’s 17.9% gain, while hedge fund clients delivered an average return of 28.9%, outperforming the benchmark by about 11 percentage points.
The company attributed the strong results to factors that help investors retain more of their returns, including access to more than 160 global markets, low trading and financing costs, and efficient execution. Management also pointed to competitive interest rates, with up to 3.14% paid on uninvested cash balances and margin rates as low as 4.14%, well below industry averages.
Interactive Brokers serves more than 4 million clients worldwide and holds over
$750 billion in client assets.
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