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I opened recently a broker account with IB; however I am struggling to wire JPY funds from my Shinsei Bank account to IB. From IB I received these wire instructions: Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch Otemachi Park Building, 1-1-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8132 Japan SWIFT/BIC Code CITIJPJTXXX Bank A...

Planning to use IB for high yielding CEFs, and about to start the KYC process online there. Before doing so, do you happen to know if funding the IB broker account with JPY funds from Rakuten bank and Shinsei bank is working ?

Thanks a lot for clarification; for buying CEFs, BDCs, MLPs I will need to open an IB account then.

Trying to buy stocks of CEFs, BDCs and MLPs at NYSE and NASDAQ via Rakuten Securities, but stocks are not listed with this broker. Wondering if I am using here missing something or does anybody made the same experience and can confirm. With which online broker purchases of these stocks is possible, ...