Monday, April 20, 2015

The return of the Sexy MF

Remember Jon Corzine? The guy who who ran MF Global into the ground and was dipping into customer funds, a tremendous no-no? He wants back in the game:
Jon S. Corzine, the embattled former MF Global Holdings Ltd. chief executive and ex-chairman of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has discussed plans to start his own hedge fund in recent months, according to people familiar with the matter.

The fund would start with cash from Mr. Corzine’s personal wealth and a handful of outside investors. Mr. Corzine said he had been speaking with about a half-dozen potential investors, and projected around $150 million in assets under management, one of the people said.

The plans are tentative and could evolve or fall apart in coming months. But a launch would mark an unlikely return to high finance for Mr. Corzine, the 68-year-old former Democratic U.S. senator and New Jersey governor who has stayed out of the limelight since commodities brokerage MF Global declared bankruptcy in 2011.
This guy should be in prison. If you or I would have done what Corzine had done, we would be in the federal pen for sure. I'll pass.

2 comments:

3john2 said...

I think he'd be the ideal - and natural - candidate to take over management of the Clinton Foundation funds.

Gino said...

he'll go to jail just before hillary does.