Interactive Brokers is to give investors access to independent research provider CFRA’s ETF, and mutual fund research through the Investors’ Marketplace platform.

CFRA provides research on more than 1,400 ETFs and 22,000 mutual fund share classes, and its analytical team reports on more than 1,500 global companies using its proprietary STARS recommendations. The CFRA equity and fund research team also provides rigorous company, sector and industry analysis, which will be available through the Investors’ Marketplace platform and regular content contributions to the Interactive Brokers blog, Traders’ Insight.
 
Steven Sanders, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Development at Interactive Brokers, says: “Combining our award-winning trading platform with CFRA’s world-class equity and fund research allows us to offer further value to our clients in building and managing their investment portfolios. With its global scope and outstanding reputation, CFRA is a great partner for us and this will be a tremendous benefit to our clients.”
 
“Interactive Brokers is an established industry leader in delivering automated trading and support services to investors,” says Dan Concannon, Chief Revenue Officer at CFRA. “We’re delighted to join with them to provide their clients with access to our equity and funds research.”
 
Through its MarketScope Advisor (MSA) platform, CFRA gives investors and institutions access to independent investment analysis, market/industry/sector commentary, and actionable investment ideas. Its unique holdings-based, forward-looking methodology provides a deeper level of insight into ETFs and mutual funds for investors and advisors in building and managing investment portfolios.