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| Company type | Public Company (NYSE: MF) |
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| Industry | Financial Services |
| Founded | 2007 (2007) |
| Founder | Man Group |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
| Key people | Jon Corzine, CEO (Since Mar 2010) |
| Services | Financial broker, On-line trading, Futures, Options, CFDs, Spread Betting |
| Number of employees | 3,271 |
| Website | http://www.mfglobal.com |
MF Global (NYSE: MF) formally know as ‘’’Man Financial’’ is a major global financial derivatives brokers. MF Global provides exchange-traded derivatives such as futures and options as well as over-the-counter products such as Contract for difference (CFDs), Foreign Exchange and spread betting.
MF Global was the brokerage segment of Man Group until 2007, when the business decided to split the investment and brokerage businesses so they could each focus on their own markets. An IPO was done for the brokerage business which was renamed MF Global to distinguish it from the investment business which remained as Man Group. The company was registered in the Bermuda but subsequently moved its registration and headquarters to the United States.
History
MF Global traces its roots to the sugar trading business started by James Man in England in 1783, which evolved into broader commodities trading before its later transformation into a financial services business during the 1980s.
Its former parent, then known as ED&F Man, diversified from its pure cash commodities into commodity futures in the late 1970s, and established the Anderson Man futures brokerage in 1981. It later changed its name to ED&F Man International and then Man Financial, before adopting the current brand following the IPO and separation of the brokerage from the asset management operation.
ED&F Man operated as a partnership through to the 1970s, when it started an international expansion which, by 1983, saw its staff climb to 650 employees. ED&F Man listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1994, changing its name to Man Group in 2000. Its agricultural business, which retained the EDF Man name, was sold to management the same year.
The rapid expansion of the Man Investments unit in the emerging hedge fund management business shrouded many investors from the development of its brokerage unit.
Man Financial embarked on a series of acquisitions, which expanded its product capability and geographic reach, starting in 1989 with the purchase of the Chicago-based GNP Commodities, and including well-known industry names such as Geldermann, Gerald Metals, Tullett & Tokyo Futures, First American Discount Corp., Australia’s Ord Minnett and GNI.
The purchase of GNI in 2002 was the largest deal until the transformative $323 million acquisition of client assets and accounts from entities of Refco following the U.S. financial-services group’s collapse in late 2005. The Refco deal followed a hotly-contested auction with Cerberus Capital, the private equity group, and boosted Man Financial’s scale in retail and institutional business.
On March 17, 2008, shares of MF Global plummeted on liquidity fears.. The CME, ICE, Nymex and CFTC issued statements confirming MF Global was in compliance with regulatory and financial requirements.
Issues
On Feb. 28, 2008, MF Global announced a bad debt provision in the amount of $141.5 million. The provision was the result of unauthorised trading by a representative in a MF Global branch office, who on Feb. 27 of 2008, while trading in the wheat futures market in his personal account, substantially exceeded his authorized trading limit. MF Global held a conference call at 11 a.m. EST on Feb. 28 to discuss the matter.
MF Global was fined $10,000,000 by the CFTC over the incident and an unrelated Natural Gas incident from 2003. The CME Group also fined MF Global $495,000 over the wheat incident.
References
- LinkedIn Companies MF Global
- "MarketsWiki - MF Global Holdings Ltd".
- "Man oh Man!".
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|org=ignored (help) - "MF Global plunges amid liquidity fears".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|org=ignored (help) - "CME Group Statement on MF Global in Good Standing at CME Clearing".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|org=ignored (help) - "ICE Confirms MF Global Remains in Good Standing". March 18, 2008.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|org=ignored (help) - "CFTC Statement on MF Global".
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|org=ignored (help) - "CFTC Sanctions MF Global Inc. $10 Million for Significant Supervision Violations between 2003 and 2008". December 25, 2009.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|org=ignored (help) - "CME Fines MF Global $495,000 Over Rogue Wheat Trades".
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