Posts belonging to Category Commodities and Futures
Posted by Page PerryonSeptember 19, 2012
Church bonds, and broker sales practices involving them, have earned a spot on the list of examination and enforcement priorities of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for 2012. FINRA is concerned about sales of church bonds arising out of brokers’ inappropriate sales practices, unsuitable product offerings and misrepresentation.
Categories: Affinity Fraud, Brokerage Firms, Church Bonds, Commodities and Futures, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Elder Abuses, Fairness/Just & Equitable Conduct, G A Repelle, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, Misrepresentation/Omission, Regulatory Developments, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Unsuitable Recommendations
Posted by Page PerryonJune 11, 2012
Under the guise of reducing government spending and “onerous” regulatory burdens, the House of Representatives has introduced appropriations bills that would gut the necessary funding to carry out the Dodd-Frank financial reform act, including regulating the toxic derivatives, such as swaps and collateral debt obligations (CDOs), that blew a hole in financial markets and drove […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Commodities and Futures, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Market Developments, Regulatory Developments, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonJune 11, 2012
Slowing U.S. jobs growth, slowing growth in China, concerns about another global recession, and uncertainties relating to the Euro crisis, have turned commodities bulls into bears as hedge funds beat a hasty retreat from commodities for the third consecutive month, according to Businessweek (“Hedge Funds in Longest Rout Since Global Recession,” by Tony C. Dreibus).
Categories: Alternative Funds, Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, Commodities and Futures, Derivatives, Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs), Hedge Funds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Limited Partnerships, Private Investments/Reg D, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Structured Notes
Posted by Page PerryonJune 5, 2012
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is expanding its investigation into whether J.P. Morgan traders, who made the derivatives trades that resulted in losses of $3 billion and counting, engaged in fraud, among other things. The investigation is proceeding under new authority gained in the Dodd-Frank financial reform act. “U.S. Probe of J.P. Morgan Widens,” […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Commodities and Futures, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Credit Default Swaps, Derivatives, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, J. P. Morgan Chase, Regulatory Developments, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation
Posted by Page PerryonFebruary 23, 2012
What’s the difference between a Wall Street bank and a whistleblower? Nothing! While Wall Street railed against whistleblower protections for employees in Dodd-Frank, turns out they are falling all over themselves to blow the whistle on each other. Why? Because the first to tattle gets protections that are not offered to the second to tattle. […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Citigroup/Smith Barney, Commodities and Futures, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Deutsche Bank, Financial Industry Whistleblowers, HSBC, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, J. P. Morgan Chase, Regulatory Developments, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, UBS
Posted by Page PerryonNovember 30, 2011
In another example of brokerage firms catering to retail investors’ worst instincts, supposedly investor-friendly firms like Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade are focusing on expanding their trading business beyond traditional investment like stocks and bonds into alternative investments like options because the commissions are so high. (“‘Easy Money’ Options Pushed by Online Brokers,” Bloomberg).
Categories: Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, Charles Schwab, Commodities and Futures, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, Misrepresentation/Omission, Options, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, TD Ameritrade, Unsuitable Recommendations
Posted by Page PerryonNovember 1, 2011
MF Global Holdings, Ltd. (“MF Global”) filed the eighth largest bankruptcy petition in U.S. history on Monday November 1, seeking to reorganize its debt structure and continue to operate. MF Global, the broker-dealer unit, faces liquidation. The filings occurred after a potential buyer of MF Global’s assets, Interactive Brokers Group, “bolted over a discrepancy of […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Commodities and Futures, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Derivatives, Economy, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Market Developments, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation
Posted by Page PerryonOctober 14, 2011
Bank of New York Mellon has been sued in separate civil lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Attorney General of New York seeking damages in excess of $2 billion related to BNY’s alleged practice of fraudulently misleading and overcharging public pension funds, universities, and other clients for foreign exchange (FX) currency […]
Categories: Bank of New York Mellon, Brokerage Firms, Commodities and Futures, Financial Industry Whistleblowers, Forex Fraud, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Regulatory Developments, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, State Street
Posted by Page PerryonSeptember 27, 2011
In recent years, hedge funds have become dominant players in the investment markets and the evidence suggests that hedge fund trading (which regularly involves thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of shares) has been a significant contributing factor to market volatility.
Categories: Alternative Investments, Asset Backed Securities, Brokerage Firms, CDOs, Commodities and Futures, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Credit Default Swaps, Derivatives, Hedge Funds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Market Developments, Mortgage Securities & Collateralized Debt Obligation Problems, Regulatory Developments, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Structured Notes
Posted by Page PerryonSeptember 15, 2011
A UBS exchange-traded-fund director has lost $2 billion of the firm’s money, raising questions about the bank’s proprietary trading and risk management systems just three years after it lost over $39 billion and had to be rescued by the Swiss National Bank.
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Commodities and Futures, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Market Developments, Securities, UBS
