Mf Global Probe

MF Global Execs May Be Fined, Even Without Evidence They Knowingly Broke Rules

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

By Nick Brown NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) - The trustee for failed commodities brokerage MF Global Inc plans to tell a Congressional...

MF Global's Insurance Money Could Pay For Corzine's Defense

Reuters | Posted 04.03.2012

* MF trustee seeking release of $25 mln in insurance funds * Policies cover liability from acts of directors, employees ...

MF Global Exec To Testify On Missing Customer Funds

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2012

* General counsel Ferber to testify on Wednesday * Says unaware of irreconcilable shortfall until final hours * Says res...

Corzine Gave 'Direct Instructions' To Transfer Hundreds Of Millions From Customer Account

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.23.2012

WASHINGTON — A former MF Global executive appears to contradict testimony from Jon Corzine, saying the former senator and New Jersey governor or...

After Refusing To Appear Voluntarily, MF Global Exec Subpoenaed By Congress

AP | Posted 03.22.2012

WASHINGTON -- A congressional panel has voted to subpoena an MF Global executive to testify about what took place at the brokerage firm before it coll...

MF Global May Just Get Away With It

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.29.2012

It looks like MF Global might just get away with it. That's because prosecutors are having trouble figuring out what exactly "it" is. Even as a Ch...

Why MF Global's Farmer Clients Are Panicking

Reuters | Posted 04.22.2012

* MF Global trustee puts off mailing key tax forms * Former clients struggle to estimate 2011 earnings * Customers still...

MF Global Collapse Triggers Regulator To Consider Changing Rules

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2012

* CFTC review of oversight in response to MF Global collapse * Some changes may require rule-making, action from Congress ...

Investigators Found Most Of MF Global's Missing Money

AP | By DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 04.02.2012

WASHINGTON -- Most of the $1.2 billion reported missing from the failed brokerage MF Global has been traced to customer accounts and banks, people bri...

Report: Missing MF Global Funds May Have 'Vaporized'

Posted 01.30.2012

Jon Corzine still doesn't know where the money is, and it seems nobody else does either. A "significant amount" of the missing $1.2 billion in MF ...

Ex-MF Global CEO Reportedly Shopped For French Mansion During Firm's Collapse

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.05.2012

As MF Global inched towards collapse, CEO Jon Corzine pre-occupied himself with a few other things -- namely securing a chateau for him and his wife i...

MF Global Fallout Fueling Calls For Reforms In One Trading Sector

Posted 12.27.2011

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Agricultural bankers and other players in the world's grain markets say fallout from the collapse of giant broker MF Global is...

As MF Global Teetered On Collapse, Firm Drew Up Survival Guide

Posted 12.14.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just days before it declared bankruptcy on October 31, MF Global concluded it could remain solvent even if a major ratings ...

Ex-MF Global CEO Tells Senators He Never Authorized 'Misuse' Of Client Funds

AP | DANIEL WAGNER and MARCY GORDON | Posted 02.12.2012

WASHINGTON — A financial-exchange executive said Tuesday that Jon Corzine might have known that MF Global tapped clients' money to lend to a Eur...

Ex-MF Global CEO Says He 'Never Intended' To Break Rules

Posted 12.09.2011

A contrite Jon Corzine, in his first public defense of his leadership of now-bankrupt futures brokerage MF Global, told U.S. lawmakers he "never i...

Corzine Warned About Europe Bets Before MF Global Collapse

Posted 12.06.2011

A top official within MF Global warned the company's former CEO John Corzine about the firm's growing bet on European bonds -- a risk that likely plun...

Regulator OK's Rule Restricting Use Of Clients' Money In Wake Of MF Global Collapse

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 02.04.2012

WASHINGTON — A federal rule adopted Monday places tighter restrictions on how U.S. trading firms can invest their customers' money. The action c...

MF Global Mixed Customer Accounts, Transferred Funds Abroad

Posted 12.03.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators investigating the collapse of MF Global have determined that the firm combined money between securities and futu...

Former FBI Director Appointed Trustee In MF Global Bankruptcy Case

Posted 11.26.2011

(BEN BERKOWITZ, Reuters) - Former FBI director Louis Freeh was appointed trustee in the MF Global (MFGLQ.PK) bankruptcy case on Friday, days after...

Judge Approves Payout To MF Global Clients Worth Hundreds Of Millions

Posted 11.17.2011

The trustee liquidating MF Global Holdings Ltd's (MFGLQ.PK) broker-dealer unit won court permission to distribute $520 million of cash, providing ...

Lawsuit Alleges MF Global Didn't Give Workers Proper Notice Before Firings

Posted 11.14.2011

MF Global Holdings Ltd has been sued by former employees who said workers were not given proper notice before the November 11 firing of all 1,066 ...

Top Regulator Decides Against Participating In MF Global Review

Posted 01.05.2012

WASHINGTON (Christopher Doering) - The head of the U.S. futures regulator working on a sweeping review into the business practices of failed futur...

Regulators Launching Broad Prove Into MF Global's Huge Loss

Posted 01.04.2012

U.S. regulators are launching a broad review into the business practices of failed futures brokerage MF Global Holdings Ltd as their hunt continue...