MF Global Ltd. (NYSE:MF), is the world's leading independent broker of futures and options and a well-established intermediary in the markets for other financial instruments around the globe. We provide execution and clearing services for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative products as well as for non-derivative foreign exchange products and securities in the cash market.

Through offices on five continents and affiliations with more than 70 financial exchanges, MF Global provides a diversified client base - including corporations, financial institutions and other asset managers, professional traders, and private/retail clients - access to the world's largest and fastest-growing financial markets. We are the leader by volume in many of these markets and on a single day we execute an average of eight million contracts, more than many of the world's derivatives exchanges. We also provide full clearing and settlement services as well as market research and analysis.

Because our business is diversified across products, services, markets, regions, and clients, MF Global is well positioned to foresee and adapt quickly to changing market dynamics and meet client needs.