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Defunct accounting firms of the United States (4 P) L. Long-Term Capital Management (8 P) S. Stanford Financial Group (14 P)
Leak of hundreds of thousands of confidential documents pertaining to the bank accounts and companies held by politicians, High-net-worth individuals and other people, some in off-shore tax havens. [35] The focus was Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. Paradise Papers leak; Peregrine Systems [8] [10] corporate executives convicted of accounting fraud
This is a list of notable financial institutions worldwide that were severely affected by the Great Recession centered in 2007–2009. The list includes banks (including savings and loan associations, commercial banks and investment banks), building societies and insurance companies that were:
The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was an American investment bank, securities trading, and brokerage firm that failed in 2008 during the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession. After its closure it was subsequently sold to JPMorgan Chase .
Second, all legitimate brokerage firms are members of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, or SIPC. Customer assets at SIPC-member firms are insured from loss for up to $500,000 ...
A special assessment was made of all NYSE member firms to cover the loss. In 1976, the NYSE determined that the firm's senior partner, Harold Goodbody, (grandson of the firm's founder) had filed false financial statements and failed properly to supervise the business. The exchange banned him from re-entering the stock brokerage business. [4]
[10] [11] In most cases where a brokerage firm has failed or is on the brink of failure, SIPC first seeks to transfer customer accounts to another brokerage firm. Should that process fail, the insolvent firm will be liquidated. [12]
MF Global, formerly known as Man Financial, was a major global financial derivatives broker, or commodities brokerage firm that went bankrupt in 2011.MF Global provided exchange-traded derivatives, such as futures and options as well as over-the-counter products such as contracts for difference (CFDs), foreign exchange and spread betting.