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KPMG Has Traders in Stitches

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Caleb Newquist

One anonymous independent trading client of MF Global said “It’s a joke. I don’t know what’s happening to my positions and when I’ve tried to contact KPMG all I’ve been told is that I can send an email to which I get an automated reply.” [FN, Earlier]

Posted in KPMGTagged administrators, automated reply emails, jokes, KPMG, MF Global, People are freaking out, traders

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