An MF Global/Corzine Story You Have Not Heard

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Mark Melin
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As former MF Global CEO and Chairman Jon Corzine prepares for the next chapter of life, building a hedge fund in high-profile fashion by speaking at the SALT Conference last Friday and to The New York Times in a major article in published in the Sunday edition, some of the most interesting and meaningful issues and stories remain little discussed. Was MF Global and the goal to take on Goldman Sachs Corzine’s boldest decision? Why did customer assets leave the firm after regulators ordered a halt to all transfers? How can a “case be cold” before the primary suspects were…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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