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Regulatory Requirements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Regulatory Requirements [Abstract]  
Regulatory Requirements



13. Regulatory Requirements

As of September 30, 2016, aggregate excess regulatory capital for all of the Operating Companies was $4.2 billion.

IB LLC, TH LLC and IB Corp are subject to the Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3‑1) under the Exchange Act and the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission’s minimum financial requirements (Regulation 1.17), and THE is subject to the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority eligible equity requirement. THA is subject to the Australian Stock Exchange liquid capital requirement, THLI is subject to the Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein eligible capital requirements, THC and IBC are subject to the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada risk adjusted capital requirement, IBUK is subject to the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority Capital Requirements Directive, IBHK is subject to the Hong Kong Securities Futures Commission liquid capital requirement, IBI is subject to the National Stock Exchange of India net capital requirements and IBSJ is subject to the Japanese Financial Supervisory Agency capital requirements. The following table summarizes capital, capital requirements and excess regulatory capital. 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Net Capital/

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Eligible Equity

 

Requirement

 

Excess



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

(in millions)

IB LLC

 

$

3,217 

 

$

325 

 

$

2,892 

TH LLC

 

 

318 

 

 

 

 

317 

THE

 

 

603 

 

 

181 

 

 

422 

Other regulated Operating Companies

 

 

679 

 

 

79 

 

 

600 



 

$

4,817 

 

$

586 

 

$

4,231 



Regulatory capital requirements could restrict the Operating Companies from expanding their business and declaring dividends if their net capital does not meet regulatory requirements. Also, certain Operating Companies are subject to other regulatory restrictions and requirements.

As of September 30, 2016,  all of the regulated Operating Companies were in compliance with their respective regulatory capital requirements.