MF Brokerage Trustee Traces Loss Over Five Days of $1. - BusinessWeek

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MF Brokerage Trustee Traces Loss Over Five Days of $1. BusinessWeek On Oct. 31, the brokerage's final day, it had a $310 million margin call tied to its European sovereign debt trade. The trustee didn't disclose the parties making the margin calls. Transactions traced in the investigation cover 47 bank accounts at ... MF Global shortfall worsened as bankruptcy nearedReuters MF Global dipped into customer funds earlierFinancial Times MF Global used $300m client funds earlier than thoughtFT Adviser all 165 news articles »

ITG Releases January 2012 US Trading Volumes - MarketWatch (press release)

ITG Releases January 2012 US Trading Volumes MarketWatch (press release) 8, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Investment Technology Group, Inc. /quotes/zigman/188604/quotes/nls/itg ITG -0.18% , a leading agency research broker and financial technology firm, today announced that January 2012 US trading volume was 4.2 billion ... and more »

Independent Investor Announces Range of Spread Betting and CFD Accounts - MarketWatch (press release)

Independent Investor Announces Range of Spread Betting and CFD Accounts MarketWatch (press release) Independent Investor is enabling spread betting traders across the board to find the most competitive brokerage deals from the market's leading suppliers, providing an unrivalled insight into the pricing, service levels and performance of the leading ... and more »

Independent broker LPL posts profit, but falls short - Reuters

Independent broker LPL posts profit, but falls short Reuters ... LPL Investment Holdings Inc , the top US independent brokerage, on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter profit after a year-earlier loss, but the results fell short of expectations as volatility and economic worries slowed trading activity. and more »

Insight: Two firms flourish in frenzied MF Global aftermath - Reuters

Insight: Two firms flourish in frenzied MF Global aftermath Reuters The fact that MF Global's client base was vast, diverse but typically quite small - from retail speculators to professional energy traders to agriculture hedgers and "introducing brokers" - meant that no single broker could or would take on all those ... and more »