On January 31, 2013, the judge presiding over the MF Global, Inc. (“MFGI”) bankruptcy approved a settlement between MFGI and its UK affiliate and also green-lighted further distributions. The trustee indicated in court that he immediately will make distributions to bring non-affiliate 4d / domestic futures customers up to a 93% level of recovery and 30.7 / foreign futures customers up to an 18% level. Additional recoveries should occur on behalf of 30.7 customers over time that the trustee expects will result in staggered distributions bringing 30.7 customers up to about 54% within a few months and then around 80%…