Interactive Brokers Group Inc

The market for electronic brokerage services is rapidly evolving and highly competitive, and we expect it to remain so. The environment in which we operate has a broad array of competitors ranging from large integrated banks to online brokers to new entrants. Our primary competitors, both in the U.S. and abroad, are other companies that provide electronic brokerage, prime brokerage, and financial advisor and introducing broker products and services. We compete based on numerous factors, including quality of transaction execution, customer experience, products and services, technological excellence and innovation, reputation, global access, and price, including commissions and interest rates. Since our inception, wehave been transforming the electronic brokerage business through automation and innovation, with software development, product improvement, expansion of products and geographies, and management focus dedicated to this mission. We believe these are significant differentiators that set us apart from our competitors.

We experience competition in hiring and retaining qualified employees. The market for qualified personnel in our business is highly competitive and, at various times, the demand in the market for different functions and roles can become especially high, which may oblige us to pay more to attract and retain talent. We also compete on non-monetary forms of compensation, providing what we believe to be a robust set of benefits to our employees.

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