This is dizzying. Imagine the tip offs Max Johnson can get from his brother Boris
He expects the £, which has weakened 6.2% against the US dollar in the past 6 months, to be a big draw for foreign investors. It has fallen 11.7% since the ref in June 2016 scmp.com/business/banki…
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Max, 34 yrs old, plans to launch a £1 billion (US$1.2 billion) real estate fund targeting Asian investors. He is said to be in advanced talks to co-found a hotel investment fund targeting Asian high net worth individuals and pension funds
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While Johnson declined to name the partner, he said the company owns & operates hotels in London that are popular with Chinese tourists. 3 of these properties will be sold to the fund, tentatively set for launch 3 months after the UK’s departure from the EU or a GE.
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“It is a fantastic time to buy education [study], properties, products and be a tourist in the UK,” Johnson said, noting the pound fetches only around 8.5 yuan, compared to 15 in 2007 when he first lived in China.”
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Imagine what an edge you would have if you knew when B Johnson was going to talk up No Deal, or reign back on it?
Imagine that.
This links in neatly to @libdemfightbac finds about metal markets and Max.
7/. 2 additional thoughts/ connections/leads
This from @shady_inf0 👏
Max Johnson (article 24/7/2019) saying he’s set up a trading business in Moscow. I wonder in what & with whom?
businessbecause.com/news/podcast/6…
8/. Lord Barker was an advisor to B Johnson when he was Mayor, amongst other relevant matters. He stepped down in Nov 2016 by which time Johnson was Foreign Secretary.
He knows the Johnsons.
quercusassetsselection.com/team/the-rt-ho…
9/ @RealBristolNews points out he runs the EN+ GROUP International (aka Rusal) on behalf of Deripaska who was sanctioned by the USA, as was EN+. Barker spent the last 2yrs getting the US to lift sanctions by reducing Deripaska’s ownership
Mi6 v concerned
thenational.ae/world/europe/m…
10/. Barker was called before the Foreign Affairs SC about these interests and refused to give evidence publicly to them. Concern about this conflict of interest with him as a law maker too
Never mind. His “modest” reward for getting the sanctions listed was a cool $3-4 million
11/. So those sanctions negotiations with the US were going on when Johnson was Foreign Secretary & when Kim Darroch was the UK Ambassador to the USA.
12/. Can’t help but wonder how well he knows B Johnson backer, Lynton Crosby, given it seems he too worked as an advisor to Johnson as Mayor AND with Cameron when Barker, then Tory MP and also an Environment Minister.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
13/. Barker certainly has long standing business connections in Russia & with Russians, including Abramovich owned Sibneft and
He was alleged to have connections with infamous Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky (who fled Russia to escape fraud prosecutions) per Wiki.
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