Recent content by Hedgehog1

Sure; there are not different agreements for Illinois residents, so far as I'm aware. However, in the (unlikely) event of a dispute you may well end up in a legal/resolution process outside the UK - as is the case for UK clients of MF Global. As I recall, signing up as an IB UK Customer...

Contrary to expectations, I have finally received a response to my three questions posed to IB a couple of weeks ago and forwarded to their Compliance Department. Are they watching? The first response (concerning arbitration) is not well explained and consequently seems disingenuous because...

Unfortunately, I'm still searching ... and, still waiting for a reply from IB's Compliance Dept. But reputation counts for something, as the CME has evidently decided, and I'm looking at e.g. Dorman. What's the betting that my 30-day account opening window is up before I get a proper reply...

As I have a substantial balance in purdah at MF Global and am contemplating opening an account at IB, I was pleased to find this thread today. I spent a dull hour or so going through the IB T&Cs for an online signup as a UK resident last evening. Subsequently, I sent this email to their...