But future job prospects or business development could be hindered if they are too restrictive, especially if you are expected to transfer clients with you to your new employer.
As an estate planning attorney, I am often asked to transfer clients homes into their children's names.
Investigators have characterized the fraud as a giant shell game in which he transferred client money into accounts he controlled under fictitious names.
In addition, authorities have yet to interview key witnesses - including a person who is believed to have transferred client funds in the firm's final days.
The CME Group, the exchange where MF Global did business, is transferring client funds to other brokerage firms, including R.J. O'Brien and ABN Amro, people involved in the process said.
On Nov. 2, the exchange issued a harshly worded statement that blamed MF Global, saying the firm might have transferred client money "in a manner that may have been designed to avoid detection," a serious violation of Wall Street regulations.
On Nov. 2, the exchange said MF Global might have transferred client money "in a manner that may have been designed to avoid detection," a serious violation of Wall Street regulations.
Thus, only a small portion of super-peers change their roles to be a client peer and the number of transferred client peers (because of role change of these super-peers) is low.
The government accused Mr. Eustace, of Ontario, Canada, of creating false account statements, raising management fees based on false profits and transferring clients' money to himself.
The move is reminiscent of moves years ago by Merrill Lynch and other firms, which transferred clients with assets less than $100,000 into call centers, causing an uproar among some customers who felt they were being shortchanged.
