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Commodity Brokerage World
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- CFTC says customer-fund review comes up clean
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The futures regulator said on Wednesday that its spot check of major futures brokerages did not find any material breaches of protections for customer funds. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission conducted the sweep of the industry after the collapse of futures brokerage MF Global in late October and the ensuing search for more than $600 million in missing customer ...
commodity brokerage 08 Feb 2012 - MF Brokerage Trustee Traces Loss Over Five Days of $1.2 Billion
A trustee?s investigation found that the $1.2 billion in missing MF Global Inc. customer funds began to flow out of the brokerage on Oct. 26, five days before its collapse, as computers and employees fell behind margin calls and demands for collateral.
commodity brokerage 08 Feb 2012 - Citi Launches Risk Balanced Commodity Index
Citi has launched a commodities index that allows qualified investors to invest in a portfolio of 24 commodities in a risk balanced approach.
commodity brokerage 08 Feb 2012 - MF Brokerage Trustee Traced $105 Billion in Cash Movement
MF Global Inc.?s $1.2 billion in missing customer funds began to filter out on Oct. 26 as the company?s computers and employees couldn?t keep up with margin calls and increased demands for collateral, according to a trustee who has traced where most of $105 billion in cash went during the company?s final days.
commodity brokerage 08 Feb 2012 - iShares Launches Five Global Commodity Producer Equity ETFs
BlackRock, Inc. announced today that its iShares® Exchange Traded Funds business, the world's largest manager of ETFs, has launched five funds focused on commodity producers.
commodity brokerage 08 Feb 2012 - MF Global bankruptcy and customer account update
MF Global failed on Oct. 31, 2011, producing the eighth-largest bankruptcy in US history and the largest commodity brokerage collapse of all time.
commodity brokerage 08 Feb 2012 - Commodity Trading ? Chapter 1: History of Commodity Trading
Unbelievably Futures Trading dates back to 17th Century Japan. The first ever case noted concerned rice. However, there is also evidence that rice futures were traded in China as far back as 6,000 years ago.
commodity brokerage 08 Feb 2012 - GFI Group Inc. Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Earnings Release, Conference Call
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG - News) announced today that it will release its fourth quarter and full year 2011 financial results on Thursday, February 16, after the U.S. ...
commodity brokerage 08 Feb 2012 - Singapore Stocks-Up at midday on boost from commodity stks
* Index up 0.2 pct at 0500 GMT, may be capped by Greece * Noble gains as much as 2.8 pct * Brokers up target on Sembcorp Marine after order win SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Singapore shares roseslightly on Tuesday, outperforming regional markets as energyand commodity-related stocks gained on positive sentiment towardthe sector. By 0500 GMT, Singapore's Straits Times Index was up0.2 percent, or ...
commodity brokerage 08 Feb 2012 - MF Global Parent Receives 71 Claims Totaling $188.7 Million Since November
MF Global Holdings Ltd. (MFGLQ) , the bankrupt parent of the commodity brokerage, received 71 claims totaling $188.7 million from Nov. 4 to Jan. 31, according to a claims register.
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