MF Global Payout Approved for Unsecured Creditors

NEW YORK—A judge on Wednesday approved a payout to MF Global’s unsecured creditors, who have waited nearly three years as customers of the collapsed brokerage already had their money returned. Judge Martin Glenn of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan said James W. Giddens, the trustee in charge of winding down the brokerage, could pay the unsecured creditors about $295 million. A lawyer for Mr. Giddens said distributions to the unsecured creditors could begin as soon as the order is final. He also said settlements of unresolved claims could soon result in “very substantial” creditor distributions beyond the one approved Wednesday. More in the Wall Street Journal here.