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By Daniel P. Collins |
February 11, 2014
The MF Global debacle was really a slow motion car crash. There were numerous red flags going back a year and the bottom line is that according to the initial bankruptcy filing, there was capital within MF Global Holdings to cover the shortfall in customer segregated funds but the appropriate...
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By Daniel P. Collins |
December 25, 2013
The CFTC is not just one of many financial regulators charged with finding financial fraud on big bad Wall Street. ... It is charged with overseeing the U.S. Futures markets
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By Daniel P. Collins |
December 25, 2013
The world of futures is often a mystery to people outside of it. Only when a case such as MF Global explodes on the scene does the larger media world take notice.
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By Ginger Szala |
August 1, 2013
Almost 20 months after the fateful fall of MF Global, the regulator files its complaint against MF Global as well as CEO Jon Corzine and Assistant Treasurer Edith O’Brien. MF Global will settle, but Corzine and O’Brien may fight on.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
October 3, 2012
When my kids are acting particularly nutty and inattentive, my wife looks them in the eye and says, “focus, you need to focus.”
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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
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By Daniel P. Collins |
June 5, 2012
James Koutoulas made an interesting claim in a conversation with CNBC last week. He indicated that he has inside information from sources within JP Morgan that the bank is holding up to $600 million in former MF Global customer money.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
May 1, 2012
Looking at the continuing MF Global mess the one thing becomes clear is a lack of leadership and accountability across the board
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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 Daniel P. Collins |
May 1, 2012
As the MF Global debacle has dragged on, one thing that has become apparent is that the two trustees are on a collision course as they battle for what’s left of the bankrupt firm.
