A number of settlements between three MF Global administrators and JP Morgan Chase has opened the door for substantial distributions to be made to former commodity customers of the US futures commission merchant. Several conditions must be met before the settlements become effective, but those conditions are foreseen to be met around August 1, 2013. The trustee for the U.S. futures brokerage is currently in the process of making distributions to bring 4d / domestic futures customers from 80% to 89% of their claim amount and 30.7 / foreign futures customers from 5% to 18%. Once the settlements become effective…