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Architect of Broker Dealer / FCM Liquidation Process Goes On the Record Regarding SIPA Liquidation Process

Account Segregation Protections Critical To Futures Market Stability, SIPA Law Has Protections Covering BD/FCM Liquidation, Says Law Architect   While MF Global bankruptcy court trustee William Freeh has been arguing against MF Global segregated account holders receiving priority treatment in the liquidation proceedings, interesting voices are emerging to set the record straight.   On January 18, the [...]

Was Critical Disclosure of MF Global Documents Delayed, Provided Special Treatment At SEC?

Why was release of critical disclosure apparently delayed?  Why were time stamps suspiciously altered?    Critical documents related to MF Global’s financial condition appear to have been delayed for release by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at an important time just before a MF Global floated a bond offering to professional investors.   While [...]

Sold Out: MF Global Investor Protections Trampled In Private Meeting Between Government Regulators

(Note: This article was altered 1/23/2012 to reflect new information.   This is the first of three articles that details questionable, behind the scenes meetings and special treatment that negatively impacted investor protections.  This first article details a critical meeting where core investor protections were jeopardized.  The second article details tampering of critical MF Global [...]

Its Time for a New Direction in Financial Services: Investor Protections

CNBC’s Rick Santelli asked a pointed on air question last Thursday: Why is media attention waning into the eighth largest bankruptcy in US history, MF Global?  One might consider this a particularly interesting question given the fact that the scandal surrounding the bankruptcy is punctuated with related issues of fraud that may be pointing right [...]

Opalesque Launches New Show Covering Uncorrelated Investing & Managed Futures

Opalesque’s Uncorrelated Investments Show is a new program that focuses on investments that exhibit a lack of dependence on economic strength and stock market performance.   The show’s host Mark Melin explains the need for this investment approach: “All investors are impacted by the far reaching consequences of the government debt crisis which continues to weaken the outlook for [...]

Legality of Non Transparent Transfer of MF Global Assets to JP Morgan Questioned

(This article was revised on 12/20/2011 based on new information received)   Commodity Customer Coalition founder James Koutoulas is requesting that MF Global bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn investigate three potential legal issues that are said to have occurred in transferring of MF Global assets.  The key issues include the fact that JP Morgan was able to purchase [...]

Why Protecting Investors Matters At This Moment In History

A few people asked questions regarding the basis for positive opinion regarding MF Global investors recouping 100% of their investment capital.  This was particularly the case after this November 23 radio interview on the Clear Channel radio network (click here for the radio interview).  After frank discussion of the debt issue, what was then described as a [...]

Mr. Corzine’s Key Inconsistencies Should be Questioned

In the chaos of the early-morning realization liquidity was gone, a decision was likely made to move segregated funds. In almost any imaginable case inside an FCM, the only ones with access and authority to move such a large amount of capital at 2 AM was a high level official. At minimum, such activity would likely have been reported to top officials at MF Global early Monday morning as mid-level and high-level officials would have been alerted to the transfer through even the most basic FCM security process. MF Global was not a “basic” FCM and had a more detailed process in place, leading to a question: Why did it take so long for this activity to get reported?

Jon Corzine’s History Toppling Government Regulators Should be Questioned

Note: This article is subjective and significantly represents the opinions of the author.   With all eyes focused on Jon Corzine’s testimony relative to MF Global Thursday, perhaps it might be time to consider that MF Global might only be one act to consider in this multi-act and often undisclosed tragedy.   The whispered story [...]

“Solving” the debt problem behind closed doors is the problem

It is difficult to watch a great society in decline, particularly when that society is your own.   As the cradles of democracy, Greece and Italy, fight a debt crisis and potential societal meltdown that will test the very concept of democracy, the world might have been looking to the U.S. for leadership on the [...]

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