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The Collapse of MF Global: What Happened and Lessons Learned
Hilary Till: Futures market participants were caught off-guard when MF Global Inc., a commodity futures broker, filed for bankruptcy on October 31, 2011.
Author(s) :
Research Associate, EDHEC-Risk Institute
Presentation :
Bankruptcies of financial firms are not unusual, so why did this one cause such consternation? Essentially, this episode educated industry participants that customer protections in the U.S. commodity futures markets are more ambiguous than expected. That said, there are a number of reforms that could be undertaken to prevent future MF Globals.| Type : | Working paper |
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| Date : | le 04/06/2012 |
| Extra information : | For more information, please contact EDHEC Research and Development Department [ research@drd.edhec.edu ] |
| Research Cluster : | Finance |
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