Sunday, July 22, 2012

Futures Overseer Plots Revamp


The WSJ reports that the collapse of Peregrine Financial Group Inc. has prompted new scrutiny of the futures industry's front-line regulator and triggered plans to change its practices just as the agency prepares to take on a bigger role in policing derivatives markets.

The National Futures Association, which federal market authorities rely on to police broker practices and review firms' books, has come under fire for missing warning signs of a nearly 20-year fraud allegedly carried out by Peregrine Chief Executive Russell Wasendorf Sr. The alleged fraud, which authorities say left an estimated $215 million in customer money missing, has cast a spotlight on…..


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