MF Global: 1.7 Billion missing

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by benwm, Nov 22, 2011.

  1. Chausey

    Chausey

    You know free market!
     
    #12     Nov 22, 2011
  2. jsp326

    jsp326

    Seriously, can someone get banned for nonstop, inane, no-value-added posts?
     
    #13     Nov 22, 2011
  3. Why is the death penalty not applicable to financial crimes
     
    #14     Nov 22, 2011
  4. He earned something approaching $420MM pre-tax from the IPO. Where do you get the $1Bn figure?
     
    #15     Nov 22, 2011
  5. It does not fit into the "inflate or die" mandate.
     
    #16     Nov 22, 2011
  6. BREAKING NEWS
    HOUSE PANEL CALLS JON CORZINE TO TESTIFY AT MF GLOBAL HEARING
     
    #17     Nov 22, 2011
  7. A tough call. His ego and background in (sic) public service will compel him to talk, but my guess is that he will plead the 5th. Sociopaths love to testify, but his lawyer will forbid it. Those EU outrights, repos and commingling of funds was all his doing.
     
    #18     Nov 22, 2011
  8. jsp326

    jsp326

    Gotta love the take at ZH:

    "Corzine's permanent expatriation plans may have to be delayed as Corzine is called in to explain why he didn't leak news of MF Global's demise to Congress ahead of time so the 435 insider traders could profit on the outcome."

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/heeeeeeres-jonnie-corzine

    Hope someone gives the children's storytime version of the events to Maxine Waters and other financial illiterates in CONgress.
     
    #19     Nov 22, 2011
  9. MF Global moved customer funds to BNY Mellon - WSJ
    Published: Friday, 18 Nov 2011 | 8:57 PM ET Text Size
    Nov 18 (Reuters) - MF Global moved hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money from its U.S. brokerage unit to Bank of New York Mellon Corp in August, just months before filing for bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal reported. The movement of money affected customers of MF Global outside the United States, including in the United Kingdom, the paper said, citing people familiar with the situation. However, there is no sign that the transfer of funds is related to the estimated $600 million shortfall in customer money at MF Global, the Journal said. The money transfer allowed MF Global to avoid setting aside more capital for the customer assets, at a time when it was being asked by regulators to add capital at its U.S. brokerage unit to cushion against possible losses from the firm's $6.3 billion bet on European sovereign debt, the Journal reported. MF Global, which was run by former Goldman Sachs & Co chief and New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, was transitioning into an investment bank and making more bets with its own money. The broker dealer filed for bankruptcy last month hurt by large investments on European debt that led credit watchers to downgrade their ratings and made it very expensive for the company to access the short-term funding on which it depended. MF Global did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
     
    #20     Nov 22, 2011