OMG! What Did MF Global Do?

Futures & Derivatives Law Report, Volume 30, Issue 11, November 2011

7 Pages Posted: 25 Oct 2013 Last revised: 24 Feb 2015

Date Written: November 1, 2011

Abstract

This paper, written one week after MF Global, a large futures brokerage firm filed for bankruptcy, analyzes the bankruptcy, its impact on futures customers and the shortfall in customer funds that occurred on October 31, 2011. Subsequent to MF Global's bankruptcy, several customer protection rules were amended by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association.

Keywords: MF Global, Customer Assets, CFTC, Commodity Exchange Act

Suggested Citation

Filler, Ronald H., OMG! What Did MF Global Do? (November 1, 2011). Futures & Derivatives Law Report, Volume 30, Issue 11, November 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2232900

Ronald H. Filler (Contact Author)

New York Law School ( email )

185 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013
United States
212-431-2812 (Phone)

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