Huffington Post Koutoulas was so infuriated by the blatant screwing over of his customers that he became a fixture at all of the bankruptcy hearings, not to mention a fixture in the dumbfounded media who worked overtime to explain exactly what went wrong at the brokerage firm and why it... read more →
Jun
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May
14
Futures Magazine Two weeks after first circulating a letter addressed to Attorney General Eric Holder asking Holder to appoint an independent counsel to take over the investigation into improprieties involved in the MF Global bankruptcy, Rep. Michael G. Grimm (R-N.Y.) officially delivered the letter to Holder having secured 64 signatures... read more →
Apr
02
Futures Magazine The Commodity Customer Coalition delivered a memo to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder as well as U.S. attorneys from New York and Chicago and members of Congress stating that there is clear evidence of an intent to commit fraud by MF Global in its closing days.
Mar
11
ZeroHedge But, there’s a reason that during Triumphs in Ancient Rome, a slave stood behind the Emperor whispering “all glory is fleeting” in his ear. Because, it is. And, one day, something bad will happen to JPMorgan Chase. I don’t know if it will be a blow-up of the bank’s... read more →
Feb
27
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... read more →
Jan
24
Futures Magazine James Koutoulas, co-founder of the Commodity Customer Coalition. Angered over seeing his MF Global accounts frozen and the lack of response by industry leaders, Koutoulas offered his services to former MF Global customers and created a coalition that arguably has done more to get customers their money back... read more →
Jan
23
Thomson Reuters "The overall goal is to change the culture of the organization to be more activist," Koutoulas told Reuters in an interview. Koutoulas and Roe co-founded the Commodity Customer Coalition in late 2011 to help former customers of MF Global get their money back, and now want NFA to... read more →
Jan
11
Reuters He was surprised when his efforts gained attention and other customers sought to join forces, quickly making him the de facto advocate for nearly all customers as head of the grassroots Commodity Customer Coalition. But Koutoulas plays down the "boy wonder" label he's picked up from cohorts. "Alexander the... read more →
Dec
27
The Motley Fool If you talk to Koutoulas, it becomes clear very quickly that the main Goliath to his David right now is JPMorgan. "Their hands are on every aspect of this case," he told me. He went on to explain that JPMorgan was the custodian for MF Global's segregated... read more →
Dec
22
Business Insider Commodity Customer Coalition founder James Koutoulas is requesting that MF Global bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn investigate three potential legal issues that are said to have occurred in transferring of MF Global assets.