This article originally appeared as a November 21, 2012 Reuters dispatch. By Tom Polansek WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Cantor Fitzgerald will pay a $700,000 fine to settle allegations it allowed a shortfall in futures-customer funds just months after the collapse of MF Global left a gaping hole in customers’ accounts, regulators said on Wednesday. The

This article originally appeared in the November 14, 2012 edition of the Delta Farm Press. by David Bennett It has been just over a year since the collapse of commodities brokerage MF Global and the disappearance of some $1.2 billion — much of it invested by the U.S. agriculture sector — in illegally-accessed, and supposedly segregated, customer funds.

This article originally appeared in the November 13, 2012 edition of Crain’s Chicago Business.   By: Lynne Marek Two Chicago futures trading advisers who were instrumental in helping MF Global Inc. customers recover money from the collapsed firm are seeking election to the board of an industry regulator, even though a nominating committee bypassed them. James

This article originally appeared in the November 1, 2012 issue of Futures Magazine. BY DANIEL P. COLLINS The MF Global debacle has many interesting angles and has taken on a variety of conspiracy theories, though none really are necessary. At the end of the day, what we are talking about is theft, as National Futures Association