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In retrospect, it is clear that customer funds were in jeopardy even while CFTC staff was on site at [MF Global] offices in New York and Chicago during the firm's final days
Anyone who violates the law, and particularly anyone at MF Global who used a billion bucks of customer cash that should have been protected, should be punished appropriately
Mr. Corzine was recruited to revitalize a troubled company, and during his entire tenure as CEO he worked tirelessly with the board, firm management and world-class consultants to improve MF Global's operations and performanceMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Freeh: Corzine negligence led to MF Global collapse
on the sovereign debt of European countries such as Ireland and Portugal.As Europe's economies weakened in the middle of 2011, MF Global was required to meet margin calls on its trades.Regulators have found that there was an unprecedented use of money in customer Read more »
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MF Global regulator Gensler faulted by CFTC inspector general over recusal
or civil charges have been brought and customers will recover more than 90 percent of the missing funds. In the week before MF Global collapsed, Gensler was in contact with MF Global executives as well as with the CME Group Inc., Securities and Exchange Commission 5/21/13 from NJ.com Read more »
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U.S. CFTC watchdog faults Gensler for recusal from MF Global probe
derivatives regulator made a questionable call when he chose to distance himself from probing the demise of futures broker MF Global, the agency's internal watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday. The findings by the inspector general of the Commodity 5/21/13 from Reuters Mobile Read more »
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CFTC Criticized for Handling of MF Global
inspector general's report also said that CFTC staff didn't formally coordinate with officials from CME Group Inc., one of MF Global's regulators, who were closely watching the firm's operation in its final days. While CFTC and CME staffers encountered one 5/21/13 from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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Troublesome ties: Clinton aide given a pass on lobbying connections
as a consultant for private clients that included Teneo, a lobbying firm. Teneo advised companies such as Coca-Cola and MF Global, the failed brokerage firm headed by Jon S. Corzine, a former Democratic senator and governor of New Jersey. She was also a consultant from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Read more »
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MF Global trustee liquidates broker's CME Group memberships
that type of membership sold for $18,500, almost 57 percent more, CME data show. Traders who bought memberships before MF Global's sales last week complained that the deals drove down prices. Many MF Global customers are still fuming that no one has been charged from Reuters Mobile Read more »
