Hedgewise chose Interactive Brokers, an unaffiliated third-party brokerage, to be the custodian for all client accounts and to execute all of a client's trades. This gives you full transparency on exactly where your money is and how it is being invested. You always have full control over your account.
We selected our brokerage based primarily on four factors:
1) Overall cost
Interactive Brokers provides a unique set of features that allow us to cover most account costs for clients, including trading commissions, monthly minimum fees, and IRA custodial fees.
2) Derivative trading capabilities and cost
Hedgewise must be able to use options and/or futures contracts to execute some of its strategies, and at a reasonable cost.
3) Quality of execution
Trading costs such as spreads can be significant. The speed and method of trade execution by a brokerage can have a large impact on these costs.
4) Overall reputation
Hedgewise sought a brokerage which had a well-known brand and was reviewed highly by independent third-parties.
Selection of Interactive Brokers
Based on these factors, Hedgewise chose Interactive Brokers, which was rated the best online broker by Barron's from 2012 through 2015.
While you must have an account with Interactive Brokers in order to be a Hedgewise client, we are more than happy to help with the application process and answer any questions you have about them. We are constantly considering your overall client experience and evaluating our choice of brokerage.
Hedgewise does not receive any special compensation for use of Interactive Brokers services or for directing clients to use their services. We also do not charge any mark-up on commissions or receive any 'soft-dollar' services.
Interactive Brokers Disclosure
Interactive Brokers LLC is a registered Broker-Dealer, Futures Commission Merchant and Forex Dealer Member, regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the National Futures Association (NFA), and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and several other self-regulatory organizations. Interactive Brokers is not affiliated with and does not endorse or recommend any introducing brokers or financial advisors, including Hedgewise Inc. Interactive Brokers provides execution and clearing services to customers of Hedgewise Inc. For more information regarding Interactive Brokers, please visit www.interactivebrokers.com.
Disclosure
This information does not constitute investment advice or an offer to invest or to provide management services and is subject to correction, completion and amendment without notice. Hedgewise makes no warranties and is not responsible for your use of this information or for any errors or inaccuracies resulting from your use. Hedgewise may recommend some of the investments mentioned in this article for use in its clients' portfolios. Past performance is no indicator or guarantee of future results. Investing involves risk, including the risk of loss. All performance data shown prior to the inception of each Hedgewise framework (Risk Parity in October 2014, Momentum in November 2016) is based on a hypothetical model and there is no guarantee that such performance could have been achieved in a live portfolio, which would have been affected by material factors including market liquidity, bid-ask spreads, intraday price fluctuations, instrument availability, and interest rates. Model performance data is based on publicly available index or asset price information and all dividend or coupon payments are included and assumed to be reinvested monthly. Hedgewise products have substantially different levels of volatility and exposure to separate risk factors, such as commodity prices and the use of leverage via derivatives, compared to traditional benchmarks like the S&P 500. Any comparisons to benchmarks are provided as a generic baseline for a long-term investment portfolio and do not suggest that Hedgewise products will exhibit similar characteristics. When live client data is shown, it includes all fees, commissions, and other expenses incurred during management. Only performance figures from the earliest live client accounts available or from a composite average of all client accounts are used. Other accounts managed by Hedgewise will have performed slightly differently than the numbers shown for a variety of reasons, though all accounts are managed according to the same underlying strategy model. Hedgewise relies on sophisticated algorithms which present technological risk, including data availability, system uptime and speed, coding errors, and reliance on third party vendors.