James Koutoulas, an attorney and CEO of Typhon Capital and President and Co-Founder of the Commodity Customer Coalition, a non-profit customer advocacy organization formed in response to the MF Global bankruptcy, tells the Street’s Jill Malandrino the CCC works with regulators, Congress, and industry leaders to better protect commodities customers.
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2014 in Review: Geopolitics, Economies, and the US Farmer
Alexandra Lively, RMG’s Chicago News Bureau Chief, live interview with James Koutoulas, CEO Typhon, Robert Chesler, VP at INTL FCStone, and Bob Iaccino, Chief Market Strategist of Tethys Partners, covers the major events affecting financial markets throughout 2014.
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How MF Global’s collapse prompted two men to challenge the futures industry
Commodity trading advisers James Koutoulas and John Roe, who manage client money invested in the futures market, were among the investors and traders who lost personal and customer funds in the meltdowns of MF Global Inc. and Peregrine Financial Group Inc. After the MF Global collapse, they created the Chicago-based Commodity Customer Coalition to bring together customers to fight in Bankruptcy Court for the return of their MF Global money. The group also asked Congress for legal and regulatory changes that would better safeguard customer funds.
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James Koutoulas @jamesKoutoulas Talks MF Global, Jon Corzine, Risk, Future of Futures @MissTrade
James Koutoulas @jamesKoutoulas Talks MF Global, Jon Corzine, Future of Futues with @MissTrade @AgrimanGroup
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The Fall of MF Global: Inside America’s Eighth Largest Bankruptcy
James Koutoulas, founder and CEO of Typhon Capital Management and co-founder of the Commodities Customer Coalition, has been called “The boy wonder of the MF Global nightmare,” by Fortune Magazine. Representing more than 8,000 former MF Global clients, Mr. Koutoulas shared his first-hand account of the bankruptcy case and opine on what happened just before the firm failed. Discussion moderated by Professor Michael Keehner.