This article originally appeared on FuturesMagazine.com on October 23, 2012. BY MICHAEL MCFARLIN The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced new rules and regulations related to customer fund protection earlier today. The Commission unanimously approved the new rules yesterday in response to MF Global’s demise one year ago and the revelation of fraud at PFGBest earlier this year. Speaking at the annual Securities

This article originally appeared in Futures Magazine. BY ALANNA BYRNE A group of Peregrine Financial Group (PFG) forex and metals account holders prepared to file a motion asking a judge to order Trustee Ira Bodenstein to return these accounts to customers, arguing that they should not be considered assets of the estate. The motion asserts that