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By Daniel P. Collins |
August 31, 2012
On Aug. 15 a story came out that angered many people following the MF Global saga, particularly futures market participants who are still out money
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By Daniel P. Collins |
August 30, 2012
Days after receiving a letter from a former PFG customer complaining about the lack of progress in getting money back to former PFG customers, the PFG trustee asks judge to give raise to PFG general counsel.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
August 16, 2012
The MF Global bankruptcy didn't just give the futures industry a black eye, it shattered the claim that futures customers have never lost money due to broker failure.
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By Alanna Byrne |
August 10, 2012
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a public roundtable Thursday in an effort to reassure futures industry customers rattled by the collapses of MF Global and PFGBest.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
August 10, 2012
An interesting discourse went on at last week’s Senate Agriculture Committee hearings on recent failures to protect customer funds in the futures industry between the two MF Global trustees
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By Michael McFarlin & Daniel P. Collins |
August 2, 2012
Yesterday’s hearings of the U.S. Senate’s Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee probing the MF Global and PFGBest scandals had less fireworks than past hearings but perhaps a more serious tone.
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By Daniel P. Collins, Michael McFarlin |
July 10, 2012
The PFGBest revelation raises serious questions about the safety of the U.S. Futures industry. Now, apparently customer segregation has been violated twice in nine months.
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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
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By Daniel P. Collins |
June 13, 2012
The Managed Funds Association (MFA) may be regretting inviting Commodity Customer Coalition (CCC) co-founder James Koutoulas to speak at its recently concluded Forum 2012 conference in Chicago this week.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
June 12, 2012
The Commodity Customer Coalition made numerous policy recommendations, warned that MF Global may not be an isolated incident and leveled serious charges against JPMorgan.
