facebookSeedly article by Joel Koh mentions IBKR SG acc customers are covered by SIPC insurance for up to US$500k for securities and cash (including a US$250k limit for cash only). Is this info accurate? - Seedly

Anonymous

09 Jul 2021

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Seedly article by Joel Koh mentions IBKR SG acc customers are covered by SIPC insurance for up to US$500k for securities and cash (including a US$250k limit for cash only). Is this info accurate?

IBKR SG acc customers

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Tan Choong Hwee

09 Jul 2021

Solutions Specialist at Providend

IBKR SG is not a member of SIPC, but operate under MAS CMS licence.​​​

Chris

09 Jul 2021

Owner and Writer at Tortoisemoney.com

If I'm not mistaken, SIPC coverage only applies to IBKR US but not its subsidiaries (like IBKR SG).

That said, it's not a big deal for me as most SG brokers aren't covered by any SIPC equivalents anyways.

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