MEXEM Hedge Funds

Solutions for
Hedge Funds

Premium broker services include trading, clearing, custody, and reporting for cost-sensitive funds.

Securities Financing

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Lower Costs

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Global Markets

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Prime Broker Services

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MEXEM OMS

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Comprehensive
Reporting

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Soft Dollar
Commission Program

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Financial Strength

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Open An Acount

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Innovative Tech

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Your Benefits

MEXEM (MEXEM LTD) equity capital exceeds $10 billion, over $7.1 billion in excess of regulatory capital.1

The lowest margin rates, with rates starting at 0.75%*

Depth and breadth of short securities availability, transparent loan rates, global reach, dedicated support and automated tools to simplify the financing process.

No custody fees or AUM minimums and transparent, low commissions and financing rates, support for best price execution, and a stock yield enhancement program to help minimize costs to maximize returns.2

Invest globally in stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds from a single unified platform.

Access to the MEXEM SmartRoutingSM system, which provides $0.47 per 100 shares price improvement vs. the industry.3

100+ order types – from limit orders to complex algorithmic trading – help you execute any trading strategy.

Build customized trading tools, access news, charting and market data, and manage client accounts with our API solutions.

Our Hedge Fund Marketplace allows Hedge Funds who use MEXEM as their principal Prime Broker to market their Funds to MEXEM customers who are Accredited Investors and Qualified Purchasers.

Integrated OMS / EMS setup offers a one-stop solution for funds looking to reduce costs and improve productivity.

Securities Financing

MEXEM Availability

Transparent, Competitive Loan
and Borrow Rates

IBKR uses automated price discovery to bring transparency, reliability and efficiency to the stock loan and borrow markets. A combination of sources is used to develop our indicative rates, which are displayed along with security availability in our automated securities financing tools.

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Depth of Availability

MEXEM's depth of availability helps with locating hard-to-borrow securities while protecting against buy-ins and recalls. Shares available for shorting can be viewed in real-time on Trader Workstation (TWS) by adding the Shortable Shares and Fee Rate columns to your display.

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Stock Yield Enhancement Program

Increase Investment returns by lending paid-in-full and or excess margin stock and optimize lending of your hard-to-borrow assets by earning a market-based loan rate.  You can trade loaned stock and sell shares with no restrictions and at any time.

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Automated Tools

A mix of stock loans and borrowing tools, including a secured pre-borrow program, selected US IPOs to Short upon Listing Day +1, analyzing borrow fees, and utilizing borrow demand metrics, is available.

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Institutional Clients

Benefit from direct access to the Securities Financing coverage desk, stock loan market color commentaries, and private locates which allow for better timing of entry points on high traffic short positions.

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MEXEM Lower Costs

Lower Costs

Our transparent, low commissions and financing rates, support for best price execution, and stock yield enhancement program
help minimize costs to maximize your returns.

Lower costs

MEXEM offers the lowest commissions and access to stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds from a single integrated account. If an exchange provides a rebate, we pass some or all of the savings directly back to you.*

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Lowest Financing Costs

We offer the lowest margin loan interest rates of any broker, according to the StockBrokers.com 2021 online broker review. Click below to calculate your own sample margin loan interest rate.

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Earn Extra Income

Earn extra income on the fully-paid shares of stock held in your account. MEXEM borrows your shares to lend to traders who want to short and are willing to pay interest to borrow the shares. Each day shares are on loan you are paid interest while retaining the ability to trade your loaned stock without restrictions.

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Discover a World of Opportunities

Invest globally in stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds from a single unified platform. Fund your account in multiple currencies and trade assets denominated in multiple currencies. Access market data 24 hours a day and six days a week.

150

Markets

33

Countries

23

Currencies

Explore our Global Offering

Bond Marketplace
We strive to furnish the best deal on bonds by advancing the highest of all bids and lowest of all offers we receive to our clients from
the electronic venues we access.

Mutual Fund Marketplace
Search over 44,000 available mutual funds from more than 400 fund families with Mutual Fund Marketplace and Search Tool.  Filter
funds by country, fund family, transaction fee, or fund type.

Short Securities Availability
The Shortable Instruments (SLB) Search Tool is a fully electronic, self-service utility that allows clients to search available Shortable
Securities from the Client Portal.

Prime Broker Services

Advanced technology solutions to customers and a unique
automated approach is built on these basic principles:

  • Around-the-clock global service coverage for Premium Broker customers
  • Strong balance sheet.
  • Strength and security.
  • Low-risk business model.
  • Customer fund protection.
  • Consistent performance.
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Continued dedication to these principles results in Premium Broker Services that deliver real advantages to institutions:

  • Custody.
  • Execution and clearing.
  • Securities financing.
  • Margin financing.
  • Take up trades from other brokers.
  • Corporate actions.
  • Customer service.

MEXEM OMS: Your complete one - stop solution

The OMS software integrates with our award-winning EMS, the Trader Workstation (TWS).

This solution is ideal for institutions that want to reduce costs and improve productivity with a fully integrated OMS/EMS setup. It includes order management, trading, research, operations, and more. It further offers a robust and customizable order management platform that you can use within your current multi-broker setup and will easily fit the complex needs of your business.

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Trading Technology to Help Hedge Funds Succeed

Trading Platforms

Powerful, award-winning trading platforms and tools for managing client assets.
Available on desktop, mobile, web and API.

API Solutions

Our proprietary API and FIX CTCI solutions let institutions create their own automated, rules-based trading system that takes advantage of our high-speed order routing and broad market depth.

Fractional Trading

Buy or sell almost any US stock using fractional shares, which are stock units that amount to less than one full share, or by placing an order for a specific dollar amount rather than quantity of shares.

Order Types and Algos

100+ order types – from limit orders to complex algorithmic trading –
help you execute any trading strategy.

Sophisticated Risk Management

Understand risk vs. returns with real-time market risk management and monitoring that provides a comprehensive measure of risk exposure across multiple asset classes around the world.

Advance Trading Tools

Spot market opportunities, analyze results, manage your account and make informed decisions with our free advanced trading tools.

Powerful Reporting and Analytics

Our statements and reports cover all aspects of your MEXEM account with simple, customizable viewing

PortfolioAnalyst

PortfolioAnalyst, our online reporting and analysis interface, lets you analyze the performance of your account portfolio online by creating and saving customizable PDF reports based on a set of measurement criteria and optionally comparing the data to selected industry benchmarks.

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View and Download statements

View and download account activity, including cash balances and transactions in different formats.

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Daily margin reports

Detailed requirements by underlying.

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Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA)

Track the quality of your orders’ transaction price versus market conditions.

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Tax Optimizer

Change tax lot-matching methods to optimize gains and losses.

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Flex Queries

Create statement templates (Flex queries) to customize the most granular activity data.

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PortfolioAnalyst
Statements
Flex Queries
Downloadable Statements
Daily Margin Reports
Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA)
Tax Optimizer

PortfolioAnalyst

PortfolioAnalyst, our online reporting and analysis interface, lets you analyze the performance of your account portfolio online by creating and saving customizable PDF reports based on a set of measurement criteria and optionally comparing the data to selected industry benchmarks.

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Hedge Fund Marketplace

The Hedge Fund Marketplace is an online version of a traditional Capital Introduction program. It allows Hedge Funds that use MEXEM as their principal Prime Broker to market their Funds to MEXEM clients who are Accredited Investors and Qualified Purchasers.

The program is free to all Hedge Funds using MEXEM as their principal Prime Broker, have at least $3 million in assets under management, and an audited track record, or have done its trading at MEXEM, for a minimum of one year.

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Soft Dollar Commission Program

MEXEM's Soft Dollar Commission Program gives hedge funds and Professional Advisors the flexibility to offset the costs of purchasing approved research products and services using soft dollars.

As defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 section 28(e), a portion of commission dollars can be set aside to pay research-related costs incurred by advisors and fund managers. Eligible IBKR Clients can specify amounts that can be added to MEXEM commissions and set aside as a pool of available money (Soft Dollars), which can be used to pay for market data and research.

MEXEM Clients can then pay allowed expenses for market data and research subscriptions to external vendors. Allowed categories of expenses include fundamental, technical and/or quantitative analysis; portfolio management, valuation and asset allocation services; and economic forecasting.

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Hedge Fund Account Structure

Open a Hedge Fund Account

The Hedge Fund accounts let Investment Managers set up different structures:  Multiple Fund and Allocation Fund accounts.

Accounts are accepted from citizens or residents of all countries except citizens or residents of countries or regions that are on the sanction list of the US Office of Foreign Asset Controls or similar lists or other countries determined to be higher risk.

Hedge Funds are highly speculative, and investors may lose their entire investment. Lower investment costs will increase your overall return on investment but do not guarantee that your investment will be profitable.  Any trading symbols displayed are for illustrative purposes only and not intended to portray recommendations. Supporting documentation for any claims and statistical information can be obtained upon request.

Visit www.sipc.org or call SIPC at (202) 371-8300 for information on SIPC coverage on your account.

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MEXEM Strength & Stability

Multiple funds managed by an investment manager with a
master fund admin account.

Additional Information

The investment manager can add separately managed client accounts

Each fund account is credit-managed and can be owned by separate legal entities.

Execute trades for multiple funds and assign dealings to specific cleared fund accounts.

Pre-trade allocation tools.

Create multiple tier accounts.  Each Advisor, Proprietary Trading Group STL, and Multiple Hedge Fund master account holder can add client, sub, and hedge fund accounts.

Link to Administrators for administrative services like reporting to clients.  Shop registered Administrators at the Administrator Marketplace.

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