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Interactive Brokers Launches ‘IMPACT’ Mobile Trading Platform for Socially Conscious Investors
IMPACT allows users to invest according to their values and create the world they want to see GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Interactive Brokers Group
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nIMPACT allows users to invest according to their values and create the world they want to see\n\n GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nInteractive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR), a global brokerage firm, today unveiled IMPACT, a patent pending mobile trading application designed to help investors easily align their portfolios with their values and help shape the future they wish to see. Expanding upon our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) trading initiatives, IMPACT by Interactive Brokers features a simple and intuitive app design that streamlines the sustainable investing process for any investor and gives U.S. clients access to zero commissions on U.S. stock trading. The launch comes at a time when ESG considerations have become increasingly important to investors on a global scale. The Global Impact Investor Network estimates the total size of the market at USD 715 billion managed by 1,720 organizations.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211103005790/en/IMPACT by Interactive Brokers (Graphic: Business Wire)\n“IMPACT takes the utility and values alignment offered by our Impact Dashboard and places it at the palm of the investor’s hand,” said Will Peterffy, ESG Director at Interactive Brokers. “We’re leading a new generation of investors making values-based investments by enabling them to develop their own conscious investment plan based on their personal values providing accountability and transparency.”\n\nIMPACT allows investors to select their personal investment criteria from 13 impact values and principles: Clean Air, Pure Water, Ocean Life, Land Health, Consumer Safety, Ethical Leadership, Gender Equality, Racial Equality, LGBTQ Inclusion, Company Transparency, Sustainable Product Lifecycle, Mindful Business Models, and Fair Labor & Thriving Communities. Investors can also exclude investments based on 10 categories: animal testing, business ethics controversies, corporate political spending and lobbying, energy-intensive, fossil fuels, greenhouse emissions, hazardous waste, high water usage, tobacco, alcohol and gambling, and weapons and gun manufacturers.\n\nBased on these selections, the app provides impact scores on existing portfolios and holdings and identifies companies that align with investors’ selected criteria. (Interactive Bro...