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Mutual Funds are investments that pool the funds of investors to purchase a range of securities to meet specified objectives, such as growth, income or both. Investors are reminded to consider the various objectives, fees, and other risks associated with investing in Mutual Funds. Please read the prospectus accordingly. This communication is not to be construed as a recommendation, solicitation or promotion of any specific fund, or family of funds. Interactive Brokers may receive compensation from fund companies in connection with purchases and holdings of mutual fund shares. Such compensation is paid out of the funds’ assets. However, IBKR does not solicit you to invest in specific funds and does not recommend specific funds or any other products to you.
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- Interactive Brokers ("IB") offers certain customers the ability to invest in certain mutual funds. By making a mutual fund or mutual fund family available to customers, IB does not guarantee the appropriateness or suitability of any mutual fund investment, nor do we make any recommendation of any kind.
- Interactive Brokers ("IB") makes available to customers the ability to invest in certain mutual funds. By making a mutual fund or mutual fund family available to customers for their self-directed acquisition or acquisition by their nominated advisor intermediary, IB should not and shall not be construed as making a recommendation of any kind.
- A mutual fund’s past performance is no indication of future results. A mutual fund’s performance can change over time depending upon a variety of market conditions and share prices can fluctuate on a daily basis. Your investment may be worth more or less than your original cost when you redeem your shares.
- IB recommends that customers carefully read the fund’s prospectus prior to investing in the shares of a mutual fund. The prospectus contains important information about the fund’s objectives, investment strategies, risks and expenses. Customers may obtain a copy of a fund’s prospectus by contacting the fund or visiting the fund’s website or by contacting IB Customer Service at www.ikbr.com/support to request a prospectus. You should also carefully read any other material published by the fund, such as the Key Information Document ("KID") published by certain EEAEuropean Economic Area funds, which is available on our website, in Client Portal or in Trader Workstation. Please note, IB cannot verify or otherwise guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any mutual fund prospectus, KID, statement of additional information, report to shareholders or proxy solicitation materials.
- Certain mutual funds made available through IB invest in international securities. Internationally invested mutual funds can carry certain risks, including, but not limited to, political and economic instability, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, foreign taxes, and differences in regulatory requirements and financial accounting standards. Prior to making an investment decision, customers are encouraged to carefully read the prospectus of any mutual fund that invests internationally.
- Some funds may require a minimum holding period for their shares. Some funds charge an early redemption fee if they are sold before a stated holding period ends. Please refer to the fund’s prospectus to see if these conditions apply.
- As a mutual fund shareholder, you may receive taxable dividends and/or capital gains on your mutual fund investment. IB does not provide tax advice. Mutual fund investors should consult with their tax advisor in order to determine the impact of taxes on their mutual fund investment.
- Certain entities within the Interactive Brokers group of companies may receivefees from mutual fund companies, subject to applicable laws. For information regarding a particular mutual fund's payment and compensation practices, please read the fund's prospectus and KID (if any) or visit the fund's website. Subject to any applicable legal or regulatory requirements, IB may share a portion of the compensation received from fund companies with your financial advisor.
- Some mutual funds impose marketing and shareholder servicing fees (e.g., 12b1 fees under the United States' Investment Company Act 1940 to cover the costs of distribution and related operational expenses). For information regarding a particular mutual fund's payment and compensation practices, please read the fund's prospectus and statement of additional information or visit the fund's website.
- If you (or your advisor or banker) instruct IB to arrange for the acquisition of a mutual fund product, we may charge you a fee for such service. IB does not receive commissions or any monetary benefits from mutual funds either directly or indirectly for distributing mutual fund's products to you. However, IB's affiliates (but NOT Interactive Brokers ) may receive commissions or monetary benefits from a mutual fund issuer or third parties in relation to mutual funds distribution in certain circumstances. For the avoidance of doubt, even where an affiliate of IB does receive such commissions or monetary benefit, both of IB and its affiliates merely act as agent to facilitate the acquisition of mutual fund products and do not solicit sales, make recommendations or provide person investment advice to customers.
- Because IB may receive a fee from you (being clients of IB) when it facilitates the acquisition of a mutual fund product on your (or your advisor or broker's) instruction, IB is NOT independent intermediary in accordance with section 10.2 of the SFC Code of Conduct for Persons Licensed or Registered with the SFC. For details of the fees IB may receive, you should refer to our disclosure on monetary benefits which we are required to deliver to you prior to or a the point of entering into any transaction in investment products.
- Mutual Fund Order Deadline. Please note that all mutual fund orders for U.S. based funds received prior to the exchange close (generally, 4:00 p.m. EST) will receive the mutual fund’s NAV share price for that day provided the order is received on a trading day. Any mutual fund orders for U.S. based funds received after the close of the exchange will receive the following trading day’s NAV share price. Any mutual fund orders for U.S. based funds received on days when the New York Stock Exchange is closed (e.g., holidays) will receive the following trading day’s NAV share price.
All mutual fund orders for non-U.S. based funds received prior to the order deadline specified in the fund’s prospectus or as determined by IB or any other intermediary will receive the mutual fund’s NAV price for that day provided the order is received on a trading day. Any mutual fund orders for non-U.S. based funds received after the order deadline specified in the fund’s prospectus or as determined by IB or any other intermediary will receive the following trading day’s NAV share price. Any mutual fund orders for non-U.S. based funds received on days when the local market is closed (e.g., holidays) will receive the following trading day’s NAV share price.
IB or another mutual fund intermediary may set an order deadline earlier than the time stated in the fund’s prospectus to accommodate processing.
- Order Cancellations or Corrections. Each fund has a cut-off time, after which an instruction to subscribe or redeem cannot go through until the next day. Any attempt to cancel or modify an order is considered a request that IB will do its best to meet. However, IB cannot guarantee that such cancellation or modification requests will be processed, even where the request is submitted before the cut off time. You remain responsible for executions even where you have made a request to cancel or modify an order, and IB is not liable to you if we are unable to fulfil your request to cancel or modify an order.
- Certain funds may have further restrictions. These restrictions may include; but are not limited to; restrictions to retail investing and restrictions on client residency, location, or jurisdiction. Your ability to trade these funds may be limited at Interactive Brokers or KID to reflect the restrictions imposed by the fund. Please refer to the fund prospectus for more details on any restrictions.