I love it... Peacefulness at it's best! Even with all this flüchtlinge crap that is going on... And you? Singapure? HK?
Phuket since 1996 hehehe. Never felt home in Austria as I am mixed french/spanish from my grandparents side. Doesn't mean that Thailand in particular or Asia gives me too warm of a feeling but well. It's good here but not peaceful but hey so is my biz. Cheers and I'm glad that you enjoy it there.
OP: The likely reason why they ask you to open new account: In Brazil, you opened an account directly with the US IB LLC, while in Europe their licensed broker is IB UK. So european accounts are opened through IB UK (even though your money eventually ends up at IB LLC too). Regarding other options, take a look at https://www.degiro.eu/. It looks like they are even cheaper than IB in some markets. Equally or better broad market offering. I just came across recently as I read a news report about free ad supported stock trading from USAToday mentioning https://www.deziro.com/, and I researched further to arrive at their parent Degiro, a dutch firm