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Mike Capuano: “But even for a repo, I guess what I am getting at, as I understand, and this really is not just MF Global, as I…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2011
But even for a repo, I guess what I am getting at, as I understand, and this really is not just MF Global, as I understand it, under the rules of the CFTC a week ago, or 2 weeks ago, whatever it was, everybody talks about segregated funds, that somehow the customers' money is locked away never to be touched.
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Mike Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Capuano discusses the misconceptions about customer funds and CFTC rules.

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