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15 key players in the MF Global bankruptcy

By Alanna Byrne | November 16, 2012

On the heels of a Congressional report assigning blame for the firm's collapse, we offer our take on the most important executives, officials and regulators involved in the case

MF Global’s original sin

By Elaine Knuth | November 1, 2012

The MF Global bankruptcy has been complicated by an error from the start.

MF Global trustee partners with customers’ lawsuit

By Michael McFarlin | August 15, 2012

MF Global Inc. Trustee James Giddens announced an agreement to cooperate and participate in an already pending lawsuit against former MF Global executives.

Additional questions for Jamie Dimon

By Stanley Haar | June 21, 2012

The Golden Rule of government, “Whoever has the gold makes the rules,” was on full display in Washington over the past week as JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon appeared at hearings

MF Global debacle grows more outrageous

By Daniel P. Collins | June 15, 2012

We have pointed out on several occasions how the original sin in the MF Global debacle is how the firm was allowed to be split

MF Global executives will not receive bonus money, trustee says

By Phil Mattingly and Silla Brush, Bloomberg | April 24, 2012

Senior MF Global Holdings Ltd. executives still working at the bankrupt firm will not receive bonuses, the company’s trustee told lawmakers.

MF Global U.K. staff seek $62 million in unpaid bonus, severance

By Kit Chellel, Bloomberg | April 4, 2012

Employees of MF Global Holdings Ltd.’s U.K. unit are seeking 39 million pounds ($62 million) of unpaid bonuses, severance pay and pension contributions from the collapsed broker’s administrator KPMG LLP.

MF Global: Clear as mud

By Daniel P. Collins | March 28, 2012

For those holding out hope that the most recent Congressional hearings on the MF Global bankruptcy would clear up some confusion, Wednesday’s hearing before the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations subcommittee entitled “The Collapse of MF Global: Part 3” was a huge disappointment.

MF Global Treasurer declines to answer questions for House panel

By Phil Mattingly and Silla Brush, Bloomberg | March 28, 2012

Edith O’Brien, the MF Global Holdings Ltd. assistant treasurer who has become a key figure in the disappearance of as much as $1.6 billion in customer funds, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers.

MF Global treasurer goes from obscurity to Congressional glare

By Phil Mattingly and Silla Brush, Bloomberg | March 28, 2012

Edith O’Brien, the Chicago-based treasurer of MF Global Holdings Ltd.’s broker-dealer, was pulled from back-office obscurity onto center stage last year in testimony to Congress by former chief executive Jon S. Corzine.

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