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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will audit many of the U.S.'s largest futures trading firms to verify that customer money is protected, amid the investigation into missing MF Global Holdings Inc. client funds, the New York Times reported on its DealBook blog Thursday, citing a person briefed on the matter.

Exchanges such as the CME Group Inc. (CME) will examine smaller firms to ensure they are keeping customer money separate from company money, the report said.

Full story at http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/in-mf-globals-wake-regulators-to-audit-all-futures-firms

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