Na začátek předesílám, že naštěstí nepatřím mezi klienty PFG. I když byl PFG doporučován na woodiecciclub. Osobně, jsem z toho velmi překvapený, protože jsem byl přesvědčený, že se nic podobného u tak velké společnosti nemůže stát :-(
Když se na to podívám z pohledu klienta PFG, který obchodoval, zažíval radost ze ziskových obchodů, prohlížel si výpisy s hřejivým pocitem, jak se mu daří .... tak teď, mu vůbec nezávidím :-(
O "průšvihu" PFG jsem se dověděl z emailu od Larryho Willliamse:
By now you probably know all that I do about the PFG fiasco; but if not, here is the latest official lack of any real information, information:
Like many of you I am in same boat, Louise and I had two 6 figure accounts that have been liquidated and locked up. So what are we going to do?
I have hired a lawyer to see if we can sue the NFA for gross negligence in their monitoring of PFG. Ironically, PFG was found guilty for not responding "to obvious red flags" regarding the Ponzi scheme that traded at the firm. Seems the same logic should apply to NFA; the $200,000,000 has been missing for 2 to 3 years.
We shall see and as my lawyer updates, I will advise you.
Next... we see no other choice---for now---than to take our lumps and await the outcomes from the bumbling regulators. Fretting, losing sleep and emails about it are not productive. Moving forward, after regrouping our thoughts, is the best plan of action. Things could be far worse; this is only money. It is not your health or a loved one dying. What you did once, you can do again.
We will open a new account at a new firm but have not made any choices at this time.
Larry
PS I appreciated all the emails today, but for now please hold them back unless you have breaking news. When the dust settles, I will send another update.
Larry Williams CTI Publishing910 Greg StreetSparks, NV 89431USA 800-800-8333
a oficiální zpráva z asociace:
Important Message for Customers of Peregrine Financial Group and Peregrine Asset Management
On July 9, 2012, National Futures Association took an emergency enforcement action against Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. (PFG), an NFA Member futures commission merchant (FCM) and Forex Dealer Member (FDM) and Peregrine Asset Management, Inc. (PAM), an NFA Member commodity trading advisor (CTA) and commodity pool operator (CPO) which is closely affiliated with PFG.
NFA Financial Requirements required PFG to maintain segregated funds of approximately $400 million as of July 6, 2012. On July 9, 2012, NFA received information indicating that PFG's Chairman may have falsified bank records.
On July 9, 2012, NFA made inquiry with U.S. Bank and learned that rather than the $225 million in customer segregated funds that PFG had reported to NFA as being on deposit at U.S. Bank just days earlier, PFG had only approximately $5 million on deposit at U.S. Bank. NFA also learned that, in contrast to purported bank confirmations submitted to NFA that sought to confirm U.S. Bank account balances as of February 2010 and March 2011, that reported balances of approximately $207 million and $218 million, respectively, PFG's actual balances at U.S. Bank at those times were less than $10 million for each one of these months.
NFA anticipates that in the near future this matter will be brought before a court of competent jurisdiction for resolution. In the meantime, NFA continues to investigate and will provide additional information that NFA becomes aware of.
If you are an Introducing Broker and intend to enter into a new guarantee agreement, NFA will assist you in expediting this process.
a ještě zpráva z MEDIAFAX:
Brokerské společnosti PFGBest chybí 220 milionů dolarů, majitel se pokusil o sebevraždu
CHICAGO/
NEW YORK (MEDIAFAX) - Americké brokerské společnosti PFGBest chybí 220 milionů dolarů (4,5 miliardy korun) jejích klientů. Zakladatel a majitel
firmy Russel Wasendorf se pokusil o sebevraždu, informuje v úterý agentura Reuters.
Na kontech PFGBest mělo být 225 milionů dolarů. Ve skutečnosti tam ale bylo jen pět milionů. "Vypadá to, že
PFG nemá dostatek prostředků, aby splnila závazky vůči svým klientům," uvedla v prohlášení americká National Futures Association (NFA).
NFA, která má i regulační povinnosti, proto vydala nařízení na zmrazení všech operací PFGBest.
Informace o chybějících penězích se objevily jen několik hodin poté, co byl zakladatel a majitel PFGBest nalezen v autě před sídlem
firmy v Iowě. Wasendorf se pokusil o sebevraždu a je v kritickém stavu v Iowské univerzitní nemocnici.
