Interactive brokers UK or US account?

[rolandinho]

This was asked/answered here some time ago, although I do find the explanation or reason given a bit strange.

Interactive Brokers Q&A [2025]

Hi all As of a recent discussion Is it worth waiting for dividends with regular investments? - Investing / Portfolios - Mustachian Post Community, I did not wait with sending money to IB until dividend date, but I did it today. I went to go change the currency from CHF to USD as I want to buy VT. I took a closer look to the “Portfolio” section in the webinterface: [Screenshot 2024-02-27 154222] Why does it say UK securities on top of that table? I know there is always a discussion if we are …

[xerox5003]

Short update: had a chat with IBKR support.

Due to recent changes there is no possibility anymore for Swiss residents to open an IB LLC aka IB-US entity account anymore. Every new account will be under IB UK entity.