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The bankruptcy trustees liquidating MF Global's holding company and brokerage struck a deal to resolve claims between those two estates, while a separate agreement between the trustee for MF Global's brokerage division and the administrator overseeing its U.K. arm aimed to end legal disputes that have lingered between the two for nearly a year, according to court documents filed late Friday.
"Resolving complex issues with these entities marks a critical milestone in administering the MF Global Inc. estate," James Giddens, the trustee appointed to unwind MF Global's brokerage unit, said in a statement.
The trustees have been locked in disagreements over competing claims on various pieces of MF Global's far-flung business, which held thousands of accounts that the firm's clients used to trade futures contracts and securities. The New York-based firm collapsed in October 2011 due in part to outsized bets on troubled European sovereign debt, and Mr. Giddens has estimated there is a $1.6 billion shortfall facing customer accounts.
The disputes between the court-appointed authorities have meant that only about 10% of the $2.5 billion collected by the U.K. administrator has been distributed to customers of MF Global, according to a statement from Richard Heis, the administrator liquidating MF Global's U.K. division. Resolution of that dispute means that between $500 million and $600 million would ultimately go back to the U.S. brokerage estate, according to the agreement.
Source: Wall Street Journal | JACOB BUNGE
