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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
April 16, 2013
Former MF Global Inc. broker Evan Brent Dooley was sentenced to 5 years in prison for making unlawful unauthorized trades that caused the now-defunct futures firm to lose more than $141 million in 2008.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
March 20, 2013
Peregrine Financial Group Inc.’s Chapter 7 trustee won court approval to create three classes of firm commodity customers, a ruling that he said may lead to full repayment for one class of account holders.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
March 14, 2013
A patent trial pitting International Securities Exchange LLC against Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc. was canceled on its scheduled opening day in federal court in Chicago.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
March 11, 2013
International Securities Exchange is set to renew legal hostilities with Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc. in a fight over an automated trading patent.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
December 11, 2012
A former MF Global Inc. broker pleaded guilty to federal commodities act violations after the U.S. accused him of making unauthorized trades that caused the now-defunct futures company to lose more than $141 million.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
November 28, 2012
CME Group Inc., operator of the world’s largest futures market, must defend a lawsuit brought by Chicago Board of Trade brokers and traders challenging a change in how final-trade settlement prices are determined
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
October 24, 2012
RBS Financial Products will pay Nevada $42 million to resolve an investigation into the firm’s role in the buying and securitizing of subprime and payment- option adjustable-rate mortgages
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
September 19, 2012
A former CME Group Inc. software engineer confessed to stealing trade secrets from his ex- employer, the operator of the world’s largest futures exchange.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
September 17, 2012
Russell Wasendorf Sr., the indicted founder of Peregrine Financial Group Inc. who tried to kill himself in July, will be freed on bail after he pleads guilty to embezzlement on Sept. 17, a judge said.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
September 12, 2012
Peregrine Financial Group Inc.’s liquidating trustee can consider bulk offers for futures client accounts from other commodities firms, a U.S. bankruptcy judge said.
