Post-Madoff, a Greater Awareness of Ponzi Schemes
Federal authorities are opening more investigations of possible fraud, which they attribute to greater awareness among consumers and a weak economy.
View ArticleWith MF Global Money Still Missing, Suspicions Grow
Authorities are growing more concerned about what went wrong at MF Global as they comb through some 38,000 customer accounts.
View ArticleRegulator Wants to Curb Use of Customer Cash
In the wake of the MF Global bankruptcy, Bart Chilton, a Democratic member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is calling on Congress to bar brokerage firms from investing customer money...
View ArticleNew Limits on Commodity Trades Are Approved
A divided Commodity Futures Trading Commission rebuffed a request from Wall Street to delay new restrictions on speculative commodities trading.
View ArticleNew Rules on Swaps Will Protect Big Traders
Regulators agreed to require brokerage firms to segregate the accounts of swaps customers from company money. But the rule would not have prevented MF Global’s loss of customer money.
View ArticleFutures Industry Sees Chance to Shape Oversight
Worried about government overreach after MF Global's demise, futures executives want to have a hand in greater industry oversight.
View ArticleRegulators Move to Prevent Another MF Global
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is weighing changes that include allowing customers to trade at futures brokerage firms without keeping excess cash there.
View ArticleRegulators Defend Derivatives Rule
Regulators approved a rule on Wednesday that spells out the type of derivatives dealers that will soon face federal oversight, a crucial piece of the broader regulation for the market that played a...
View ArticleMF Global Trustee Calls for Fund to Protect Customers
James W. Giddens, the trustee who is tasked with returning more missing MF Global customer money, suggested establishing an insurance fund for commodities customers to safeguard assets in the event of...
View ArticleAn MF Global Trustee Defends His Inquiry
Louis J. Freeh, the trustee, told a Senate committee he would not pay bonuses to MF Global executives.
View ArticleRegulator Approves New Exchange Rules, but Delays Others
Some of the nation’s largest exchanges face stricter oversight under a plan approved on Thursday, a move that came even as federal regulators agreed to delay bolder plans to scrutinize the $700...
View ArticleAfter Delay and Debate, Regulators Support New Rule
Regulators agreed to support a draft proposal to regulate overseas derivatives trading, a move that comes just days after internal wrangling delayed the plan and prompted several last-minute changes.
View ArticleIn New Rules to Shine Light on Derivatives, Regulators Also Allow Exemptions
The new rules, stemming from the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, will give regulators more control over the $700 trillion derivatives industry, an opaque business at the center of the financial crisis.
View ArticleJudge Strikes Down a Dodd-Frank Trading Rule
Wall Street posted another victory in the battle over regulation, as a federal judge on Friday struck down the so-called position limits rule, a central piece of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul.
View ArticleRegulator Urges Appeal of Dodd-Frank Court Ruling
Bart Chilton, a Democratic member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on Tuesday assailed a recent court ruling that overturned limits on speculative trading, calling it “deeply flawed” and...
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