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bom dia,
em seguimento do que tenho exposto fica uma comunicação da ACM que recebi hoje
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em seguimento do que tenho exposto fica uma comunicação da ACM que recebi hoje
Estimado Cliente,
Diversos clientes têm manifestado alguma preocupação relativamente às recentes noticias sobre a REFCO e como essa situação poderá afectar a ACM.
A ACM e a REFCO são empresas completamente distintas e independentes quer financeira, quer administrativamente. Não existem motivos para preocupação.
Junto enviamos um comunicado do Sr. Lloyd Lamarca (CEO - Chief Executive Officer) da ACM.
Estaremos à sua disposição para qualquer esclarecimento que necessite.
Atenciosamente,
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Olá Ulisses. Como é teu bom costume pesas sempre os prós e os contras dos 2 lados. O mercado nos últimos tempos tem-nos habituado a que quando tudo parece que está “preto” afinal está é “branco”... mas é como aquela velha história, “tantas vezes a cantara vai á fonte até que um dia... Tudo parece indicar que desta vez a coisa está muito feia mas... entretanto quem tem apostado pelo lado das probabilidades vai enchendo o cofre...
Um abraço e boa sorte para esse teu novo projecto.
Um abraço e boa sorte para esse teu novo projecto.
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Apesar da cobertura que tem sido dada a esta notícia na Imprensa, penso que tem sido menor do que era expectável numa situação destas. Por ser recente (a OPV foi recente - aliás, deve ser um dos casos de maior rapidez desde uma OPV ao fiasco), talvez a cobertura não esteja a ser massiva como se uma Ameritrade estivesse com este género de problemas, mas a Refco tinha rapidamente conquistado uma boa quota de mercado e vai ser curioso ver até que ponto isto está já descontado pelo mercado.
Os ursos acham que isto é apenas um sinal da debilidade do sistema financeiro norte-americano e que os mercados iniciaram agora a queda, enquanto os touros acreditam que as quedas dos últimos tempos estão já relacionadas com esta notícia, tendo-a descontada e que este era o "susto" que era preciso para o mercado limpar mais umas mãos fracas antes de regressar às subidas.
Um abraço,
Ulisses
Os ursos acham que isto é apenas um sinal da debilidade do sistema financeiro norte-americano e que os mercados iniciaram agora a queda, enquanto os touros acreditam que as quedas dos últimos tempos estão já relacionadas com esta notícia, tendo-a descontada e que este era o "susto" que era preciso para o mercado limpar mais umas mãos fracas antes de regressar às subidas.
Um abraço,
Ulisses
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Bom dia,
Telefonei hoje para a acm, que confirmou o que eu ontem tinha andado a vasculhar na net, a refco é accionista maioritária da acm, mas a empresa não faz parte do grupo refco, é independente e a regulação é feita pelo banco suíço, assim sendo, na eventualidade da refco falir o que teria de acontecer era a refco vender as suas acções para cumprir com as suas responsabilidades.
Eu penso que o raciocínio está correcto, embora gostasse de ouvir mais opiniões
Ate porque uma situação destas pode acontecer a qualquer momento em outras correctoras, e é bom sabermos como agir.
Precisamos de um especialista em fraudes
, Incognitus se leres este post diz de tua justiça
Estou a brincar com o “especialista”
mas podes sempre opinar algo
Para finalizar e sem prejuízo do que escrevi acima, devo dizer que como já pensava em abrir conta noutra correctora e em face a estes acontecimentos, fechei a minha conta e requeri a transferência do capital.
Não me foi posto nenhum problema
Wolf,
Telefonei hoje para a acm, que confirmou o que eu ontem tinha andado a vasculhar na net, a refco é accionista maioritária da acm, mas a empresa não faz parte do grupo refco, é independente e a regulação é feita pelo banco suíço, assim sendo, na eventualidade da refco falir o que teria de acontecer era a refco vender as suas acções para cumprir com as suas responsabilidades.
Eu penso que o raciocínio está correcto, embora gostasse de ouvir mais opiniões
Ate porque uma situação destas pode acontecer a qualquer momento em outras correctoras, e é bom sabermos como agir.
Precisamos de um especialista em fraudes
, Incognitus se leres este post diz de tua justiça
Estou a brincar com o “especialista”
mas podes sempre opinar algo
Para finalizar e sem prejuízo do que escrevi acima, devo dizer que como já pensava em abrir conta noutra correctora e em face a estes acontecimentos, fechei a minha conta e requeri a transferência do capital.
Não me foi posto nenhum problema
Wolf,
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nestes casos, e na mho, a melhor atitude e agir o mais depressa possivel e tentar levantar o $$... as perguntas fazem-se qdo o $$ ja esta no nosso lado e temos tempo para fazer essas questoes... ate la temos de salvaguardar os nossos interesses...
Um abraco e bons negocios
Nuno
Um abraco e bons negocios
Nuno
Pluricanal... não obrigado. Serviço péssimo e enganador!!!
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acm
sei que aqui no caldeirao existem clientes da acm no mercado forex.
eu proprio tbm tenho lá conta, deixo abaixo a informação que vem no site deles.
gostava de perguntar, se algum colega souber, das implicaçoes que este imbroglio na refco podera ter na acm http://www.ac-markets.com/PT
há cautela tenho todas as posiçoes fechadas e preparo-me para levantar o capital, antes disso tbm gostaria de ouvir a vossa opiniao sobre o quanto isto pode afectar a acm
wolf,
eu proprio tbm tenho lá conta, deixo abaixo a informação que vem no site deles.
gostava de perguntar, se algum colega souber, das implicaçoes que este imbroglio na refco podera ter na acm http://www.ac-markets.com/PT
há cautela tenho todas as posiçoes fechadas e preparo-me para levantar o capital, antes disso tbm gostaria de ouvir a vossa opiniao sobre o quanto isto pode afectar a acm
Em 29 de Junho de 2004 a Refco Group Ltd., LLC comprou uma posição maioritária no capital da ACM Advanced Currency Markets SA. Este acordo definitivo posiciona a ACM como parte integrante do Grupo Refco. A gerência e os restantes membros da ACM estão orgulhosos em poder fazer parte de um dos maiores e mais conhecidos grupos de corretagem do mundo.
Com 2400 funcionários em 14 países, um total de activos superior a 40 biliões de dólares USA e uma base de 200’000 clientes, o Grupo Refco é o maior corretor não bancário do mundo!
As subsidiárias do Grupo Refco são membros das principais bolsas americanas e internacionais, e estão entre as entidades mais activas no mercado de futuros de Chicago, New York, Londres, Frankfurt, Paris e Singapura.
Além da sua actividade de corretagem no mercado de futuros, a Refco também está activa no mercado cambial, no mercado de opções, taxa fixa, mercados de acções nacionais e internacionais, mercados emergentes e matérias-primas. A Refco faz parte das principais câmaras de compensação do mercado de derivados.
Resumo e implicações do acordo entre a ACM e a Refco:
A gerência da ACM mantém-se a mesma.
Todas as nossas condições, comissões, margens de negociação e metodologias de execução mantém-se as mesmas se não melhoradas ao longo do tempo.
Toda a tecnologia, incluindo a nossa plataforma premiada flash (que é única no seu género) vai manter-se a mesma.
Todos os acordos de parceria existentes vão manter-se com base nas condições anteriormente acertadas.
wolf,
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Exacto, Refco e FXCM, acho que estão interligadas, ou então são a mesma coisa. Parece que foi á falência e o presidente foi preso.
Partilho a opinião do Ulisses, se alguem tem lá conta convem tirar de lá o dinheiro o mais rapido possivel.
Cumps.
Partilho a opinião do Ulisses, se alguem tem lá conta convem tirar de lá o dinheiro o mais rapido possivel.
Cumps.
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As notícias de hoje dão conta que a Refco está a limitar o montante dos levantamentos. Situação muito complicada... Entretanto a acção está suspensa.
Curiosamente, a Refco é um dos maiores clientes da Chicaco Mercantil Exchange e, desde a sua suspensão, o S&P acelerou hoje a sua queda.
Espero sinceramente que nenhum dos membros do Caldeirão lá tenha dinheiro...
Um abraço,
Ulisses
Curiosamente, a Refco é um dos maiores clientes da Chicaco Mercantil Exchange e, desde a sua suspensão, o S&P acelerou hoje a sua queda.
Espero sinceramente que nenhum dos membros do Caldeirão lá tenha dinheiro...
Um abraço,
Ulisses
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Former Refco CEO Leaves Jail on $50M Bond
NEW YORK (AP) -- The ousted CEO of commodities brokerage Refco Inc. has been released from jail on a $50 million bond following his arrest for alleged securities fraud.
Authorities say Phillip R. Bennett, of Gladstone, N.J. concealed as much as $545 million in bad debts from federal regulators and investors. Bennett was arrested Tuesday night and released a day later. He was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said.
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On Monday, Refco announced that $430 million in debts to the company, funneled through a firm controlled by the ousted chairman and chief executive, was hidden through a number of secret transfers to disguise that much of the debt may have been uncollectable.
In court, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Esseks fought bail, calling Bennett a flight risk, a British citizen with a half billion dollars in assets who told a colleague in a tape conversation Monday that he was going to Europe within two days.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas F. Eaton granted bail, saying he could go free Wednesday after pledging a Manhattan apartment and his New Jersey home as collateral and agreeing to electronic monitoring, a $50 million bond with $5 million in cash.
Esseks said prosecutors had developed a "straightforward and truly extraordinary case" that involved a "staggering" loss of money for investors.
But defense attorney Gary P. Naftalis said "there's no case here." He said his client had already pledged his shares in Refco to secure a bank loan that repaid the $430 million loan with interest on Monday.
"He received no personal profits from this," Naftalis said.
The lawyer said prosecutors rushed their case. He noted that Esseks acknowledged he did not know Bennett had pledged all of his Refco stock to secure the loan.
"I think they jumped the gun," Naftalis said.
Garcia said the failure to disclose "an incredibly important fact" came as the public invested hundreds of millions of dollars in August when Refco, the largest retail commodities broker dealer in the nation, issued stock in an initial public offering.
On Monday, Refco said its earnings statements dating back to 2002 "should no longer be relied upon," and will delay filing its next quarterly report, originally scheduled for next week.
Bennett, 57, was put on leave that day by Refco's board, and Chief Operating Officer William Sexton, who was due to retire, was tapped as the new CEO.
The criminal charge accused Bennett of hiding the existence of hundreds of millions of dollars of related party transactions between Refco and a company controlled by Bennett from investors from 2004 until this month. Garcia said the amount which was hidden fluctuated, but rose as high as $545 million at one point.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Bennett used a New Jersey hedge fund, Liberty Corner Capital, to hide the debts from regulators and the company's auditors. The moves made the debts appear to be receivable, which inflated Refco's revenue on its balance sheet.
Liberty Corner executive Terry Pigott did not return calls from The Associated Press to his office and home. He told the Journal he was not involved in Refco's problems.
Because Bennett allegedly hid bad debt in a separate company and caused Refco's revenue figures to be higher than they actually were, federal prosecutors accused Bennett of causing Refco to file a false and fraudulent registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On Tuesday, the New York-based Refco said it had voluntarily contacted the SEC, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and other regulators, and was cooperating with their inquiries. Garcia said the cooperation by Refco allowed prosecutors to act more swiftly than otherwise might be possible.
The company has some 2,400 employees in 14 countries. It reported earnings of $176.3 million for the fiscal year ended last February, down from $187.2 million a year earlier.
When the transactions were disclosed to the public, the stock price plummeted, causing investors to lose more than $1 billion, U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector Heather Tucci said in the complaint.
The company is also facing a potential class action suit from investors who bought Refco stock since its initial public offering on Aug. 11.
AP Business Writer Michael J. Martinez contributed to this report.
Authorities say Phillip R. Bennett, of Gladstone, N.J. concealed as much as $545 million in bad debts from federal regulators and investors. Bennett was arrested Tuesday night and released a day later. He was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said.
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On Monday, Refco announced that $430 million in debts to the company, funneled through a firm controlled by the ousted chairman and chief executive, was hidden through a number of secret transfers to disguise that much of the debt may have been uncollectable.
In court, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Esseks fought bail, calling Bennett a flight risk, a British citizen with a half billion dollars in assets who told a colleague in a tape conversation Monday that he was going to Europe within two days.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas F. Eaton granted bail, saying he could go free Wednesday after pledging a Manhattan apartment and his New Jersey home as collateral and agreeing to electronic monitoring, a $50 million bond with $5 million in cash.
Esseks said prosecutors had developed a "straightforward and truly extraordinary case" that involved a "staggering" loss of money for investors.
But defense attorney Gary P. Naftalis said "there's no case here." He said his client had already pledged his shares in Refco to secure a bank loan that repaid the $430 million loan with interest on Monday.
"He received no personal profits from this," Naftalis said.
The lawyer said prosecutors rushed their case. He noted that Esseks acknowledged he did not know Bennett had pledged all of his Refco stock to secure the loan.
"I think they jumped the gun," Naftalis said.
Garcia said the failure to disclose "an incredibly important fact" came as the public invested hundreds of millions of dollars in August when Refco, the largest retail commodities broker dealer in the nation, issued stock in an initial public offering.
On Monday, Refco said its earnings statements dating back to 2002 "should no longer be relied upon," and will delay filing its next quarterly report, originally scheduled for next week.
Bennett, 57, was put on leave that day by Refco's board, and Chief Operating Officer William Sexton, who was due to retire, was tapped as the new CEO.
The criminal charge accused Bennett of hiding the existence of hundreds of millions of dollars of related party transactions between Refco and a company controlled by Bennett from investors from 2004 until this month. Garcia said the amount which was hidden fluctuated, but rose as high as $545 million at one point.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Bennett used a New Jersey hedge fund, Liberty Corner Capital, to hide the debts from regulators and the company's auditors. The moves made the debts appear to be receivable, which inflated Refco's revenue on its balance sheet.
Liberty Corner executive Terry Pigott did not return calls from The Associated Press to his office and home. He told the Journal he was not involved in Refco's problems.
Because Bennett allegedly hid bad debt in a separate company and caused Refco's revenue figures to be higher than they actually were, federal prosecutors accused Bennett of causing Refco to file a false and fraudulent registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On Tuesday, the New York-based Refco said it had voluntarily contacted the SEC, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and other regulators, and was cooperating with their inquiries. Garcia said the cooperation by Refco allowed prosecutors to act more swiftly than otherwise might be possible.
The company has some 2,400 employees in 14 countries. It reported earnings of $176.3 million for the fiscal year ended last February, down from $187.2 million a year earlier.
When the transactions were disclosed to the public, the stock price plummeted, causing investors to lose more than $1 billion, U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector Heather Tucci said in the complaint.
The company is also facing a potential class action suit from investors who bought Refco stock since its initial public offering on Aug. 11.
AP Business Writer Michael J. Martinez contributed to this report.
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Boa noite,
a investigação ja deu em prisão
wolf,
a investigação ja deu em prisão
Editor's note: Updates to clarify the amount of money involved in the criminal case
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Phillip Bennett, the ousted chief executive of Refco Inc., was arrested Wednesday and charged with securities fraud on after federal prosecutors alleged he was involved in an alleged scheme that duped thousands of investors in the futures broker's August initial public offering.
Short-term loans between Refco Group Holdings (RGHI), a company controlled by Bennett, and an unnamed Refco customer helped the executive hide as much as $545 million in debt that RGHI owed Refco, according to the complaint filed against Bennett by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Ahead of its IPO, Refco (RFX:news, chart, profile) was required by law to disclose any transactions involving its executives and any major debts management owed the company.
However, Refco's pre-IPO filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed nothing about this huge debt between Bennett's firm and the company, the complaint claimed.
The loans between Bennett's firm and the unidentified Refco customer were arranged at the end of the company's fiscal year on Feb. 28, 2005. Other loans were arranged to cover the quarters ending May 31, 2005 and November 30, 2004, the complaint said.
Bennett was suspended by the futures broker earlier this week for allegedly using a hedge fund to disguise $430 million in debts owed to the company.
Liberty Corner Capital was paid for telling Refco's auditors that it owed the debts even though companies connected to Bennett owed the money, a source familiar with the company told MarketWatch.
The company's shares have tumbled since it disclosed the $430 million receivable on Monday and warned that investors can no longer rely on its financial statements as far back at 2002. Bennett repaid the money on Monday, the company said.
Refco (RFX: news, chart, profile) shares shed another 22% to $10.85 on Wednesday.
Bennett was put on leave and Chief Operating Officer William M. Sexton, who recently announced his impending resignation, has been named chief of Refco in Bennett's absence.
Refco disclosed discussions were under way with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators amid an audit probe of the company. See full story.
IPO tainted?
While confirming that it has adequate liquidity to run its business in its ordinary course, Refco said the transactions could date to 1998, well ahead of the company's bid to go public.
Refco's initial public offering debuted Aug. 11 at $22 a share. The stock hit a high of $30.55 Sept. 7 before dropping to the $10 level in recent trades.
With Refco's accounting and regulatory woes mounting so soon after its IPO, the company may be vulnerable to lawsuits from aggrieved shareholders who bought into the offering.
At least six law firms have issued statements in the past two days saying they're filing class-action suits against Refco on behalf of investors.
Refco raised $583 million in its IPO, which was backed by private-equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, a significant shareholder.
Filings
Refco said it's in the middle of a probe of its finances and that it "cannot estimate at this time when the fiscal 2006 second-quarter filings will be made, or when the audit committee investigation will be concluded."
For the year ended Feb. 28, Refco reported $1.33 billion in revenue and $176.3 million of net income. For the three months ended May 31, the company reported $411.6 million of net revenue and $42.6 million of net income.
Goldman Sachs analysts on Wednesday said they continue to rate Refco shares as in line, but cautioned that they "would not be buyers until we have more conviction that there are no more major governance or disclosure issues yet to be revealed."
Alistair Barr is a reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco.
Steve Gelsi is a reporter for MarketWatch in New York.
wolf,
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Refco
Já repararam qua a Refco (RFX)que entrou na bolsa há dois meses, caiu 60% nos últimos três dias? Parece que existe uma investigação em curso da SEC.
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