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By Michael McFarlin, Daniel P. Collins |
November 15, 2012
According to a report by the House Financial Service’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, the onus for MF Global’s bankruptcy and missing customer funds rests squarely on Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO.
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By Ginger Szala |
May 1, 2012
Although high-frequency trading has become the whipping boy of regulators and the godsend of exchanges, it seems a better villian of market instability is the bankruptcy of MF Global.
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By Ginger Szala |
May 1, 2012
May editor's note from Ginger Szala
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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.
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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.
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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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By Phil Mattingly and Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
March 27, 2012
MF Global Holdings Ltd. General Counsel Laurie Ferber twice resisted providing assurances to JPMorgan Chase & Co. that the company was complying with rules to segregate customers’ collateral.
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By Phil Mattingly and Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
March 24, 2012
Jon S. Corzine, MF Global Holding Ltd.’s chief executive officer, gave “direct instructions” to transfer $200 million from a customer fund account to meet an overdraft in a brokerage account with JPMorgan Chase & Co., according to a memo written by congressional investigators.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
March 23, 2012
Edith O’Brien, the assistant treasurer for MF Global Inc. who was subpoenaed earlier this week by the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee of the House's Financial Services Committee is expected to be out of a job at the end of this month.
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By Nina Mehta, Bloomberg |
March 9, 2012
Creating a registration category for high-frequency trading firms will help U.S. regulators determine whether new rules should be imposed on them as a group, says Chilton.
