Talk:MF Global/Archives/2012

MF Global Inc/MF Global Holdings didn't file for bankruptcy - smoke and mirrors?
According to http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1377-aqHnI6CrAMp0-56PIBAQMOFCTPG4C2TQ1E13916 "the company's regulated U.S. broker-dealer unit, MF Global Inc., didn't file for bankruptcy." Ottawahitech (talk) 15:22, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * "However, the MF Global trustee said the liquidation and terminations don't apply to the parent company, MF Global Holdings, which listed 2,847 employees as of September."


 * Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/11/11/trustee-fires-1000-workers-at-mf-globals-broker-dealer/#ixzz1dQBDgmJi Ottawahitech (talk) 18:08, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

In the news
MF Global customers to get long-sought $520 million http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/18/us-mfglobal-idUSTRE7AG1U420111118 Ottawahitech (talk) 00:53, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Or Are The Repos Really The Story Here?
I don't know if you have read this article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-tavakoli/mf-global-revelations-kee_b_1107097.html but it's worth it. This is the behavior that people in the financial community are worried about because there is a thought that MF Global reveals the vulnerability of now-common repo funding - also the use of repos to create unstable off-balance-sheet "structured" balance sheets that are potentially vulnerable to liquidity crises. There is some ineresting stuff on alphaville, etc. Dlawbailey (talk) 23:46, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Created Missing Funds Subsection
Financial news outlets and writers have done a significant amount of reporting on the misuse of customer funds in the days prior to MF Global's bankruptcy, and the topic has been a subject of investigation for Congressional committees, the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the Justice Department. There are plenty of resources to expand this section if others are interested. I intend to do some work in that direction when I have more time.173.23.191.206 (talk) 10:16, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

I did more work on this section. It may be helpful to add information on any investigations that are or may be proceeding. Certainly that information is available in news reports. I may add such a paragraph to this section but would be pleased to see it worked on further. 173.23.191.206 (talk) 05:46, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Great work. This is the most notable aspect of this whole company at this point. Are you keeping this updated? The Sound and the Fury (talk) 13:23, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

I ended up writing the "Disappearance of Customer Funds, etc." subsection when I had some spare time. I am happy to see that much of that work was worthy of being retained in this impressive reworking of the article. As most of my original citations show, the last work I did was in April. Unfortunately, regulators and prosecutors have so far declined to write the rest of the story - I wasn't aware of significant updates I could make. 173.23.191.206 (talk) 06:31, 12 July 2012 (UTC)