I also think that giving brokerage customers actual ownership of their assets via direct customer registration is the way to solve this systemic...
Remember, while IB having excess SIPC insurance is laudable, the maximum Lloyd's will pay out under this insurance is 150 million to all accounts....
The "IB hypothecation" thread has gone to 200 posts and 20 thousand views in just a few days. Rather than trying to become a hypothecation...
Mostly long and short (liabilities) options, futures and stocks arising out of market making subsidiary timber hill
Well, at least for stocks there is such system. It's called the stock register. Wall St just chooses to register customers' shares in street name....
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Contrary to Corzine, who was willing to bet everything for bigger business, IB's Peterffy has so far shown that he is willing to sacrifice profit...
I don't see a compelling reason why these issues necessarily need to be connected. Even though ownership of your house is registered with you...
iB UK accounts are held at IB LLC which is SIPC, reads the last note of my account statement.
Right. T-Bills give you protection like stocks, that is better than cash, at a lower margin "cost". However the protection is not better than...
Why is that? Are these T-Bills in my IB account registered in my name then? And returned to me no matter what happens to IB? Can you explain how...
On a day like this, i am relieved that my money is with IB as opposed to MF Global. However, it also shows that "segregated customer accounts"...
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