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 never should have been permitted to happen.
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The 25 Most Dangerous People in Financial Media (In a Good Way)
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Rep. Grimm and 64 others call on Holder
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 of fellow Republican members of Congress. -
Evidence of fraud at MF Global
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. -
An Open Letter to Jamie Dimon
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 some $500 Billion in re-hypothecation exposure or a squeeze on its rumored massive short silver position. Or, if the United States will again see a regulator that believes in, and enforces, stiff punishment for misconduct by banks. But, we will all find out should you continue down the path you are on.
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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.
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Top 25 people and events of 2011
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 than anything else. -
Critics sweep election at futures-industry regulator
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 take the lead as an advocate for customers. First on their agenda, they say, is to bar Jon Corzine, MF Global’s former chief executive, from the commodity futures business. -
Brash commodities trader shakes up MF Global case
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 Great was commanding 48,000 troops at 24,” the former University of Florida classics scholar told Reuters in an interview at Typhon’s New York office. “It’s not like I’m going to war,” he said, sitting in Typhon’s conference room. “Guys go to war at 18.”
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You Want Real Change in the Financial Industry? I suggest you keep an eye on James Koutoulas
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 customer funds and the company’s biggest lender. He also has concerns that the bank got preferential treatment in its purchase of European sovereign debt and a stake in the London Metals Exchange from the MF Global estate. And now JPMorgan is swooping in as a vulture investor, offering to buy funds claims from customers at a significant discount. The phrase “conflict of interest” hardly seems sufficient to describe JPMorgan’s involvement.
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Here are 3 suspicious involvements JPMorgan has had with the MF Global case so far
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.