"In 2014, Halfon was challenged in Parliament over money paid to his constituency office by a close associate of a Ukrainian magnate, Dmitry Firtash, recently arrested amid allegations of bribery"
"Much of Credit Suisse’s early negotiations focused on dealing with Sanjeev Gupta whose sprawling metals empire employs thousands of workers around the world and whose growth was turbocharged by more than $5bn borrowed from Greensill."
"Among the hold-outs are companies linked to Andrew Foreman, a Yorkshire businessman who founded the Beverley Polo Club, 👀and a Chester-based business that provides services for people with learning disabilities and is owned by a neighbour of Greensill founder Lex Greensill."
" How Swiss asset managers opened their doors to Lex Greensill..
Adviser David Solo played key role as GAM and Credit Suisse funded group’s expansion " - FT
"In late 2014, David Solo lent A$12.2m to a little-known supply-chain finance group with eye-catching claims.
The cheque was helpful, but the real gold for founder Lex Greensill was Solo himself. " archive.ph/JtTGd
Early in his career, Solo "caught the eye of Marcel Ospel, the Swiss banker who orchestrated the 1998 merger between SBC and Union Bank of Switzerland that created UBS"
"Phyllis Costanza, UBS Optimus Foundation CEO and Head of Social Impact, sat down with Hope and Homes for Children and the International Rescue Committee.."
pertained to management contracts of six major US ports. The purchaser was DP World (DPW), a state-owned company in the UAE. The contracts had already been foreign-owned, by P&O, a British firm taken over by DPW ..
"George Bush argued for the approval of the deal..
Dubai Ports World eventually sold P&O's American operations to American International Group's (AIG) asset management division, Global Investment Group .. The company is now known as Ports America"
"Facebook pioneer Peter Thiel invests in coronavirus antibodies
Paypal founder Peter Thiel joins AbCellera in Canada. The German VC investor Christian Angermayer and Uma Thurman are also there."
"Leading biotech investors and Peter Thiel's (52) Founders Fund are investing $105 million in the Canadian biotech start-up AbCellera. The sponsors also include the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly"
"Thiel became aware of the biotech company through the German venture capital investor Christian Angermayer . Angermayer's Presight Capital is also among the new investors."
" Ollie had been approached by Yevgeny Chichvarkin, the owner of Hedonism Wines in Mayfair, to see if he’d be interested in working on one of the biggest restaurant projects London had seen for years – Hide." 👀 greatbritishchefs.com/chefs/ollie-da…
"With the apparent suspicious deaths of several exiled businessmen out of favour with Moscow – and the SKRIPAL POISONING – it is a brave act, I suggest, to be vocal in opposition to Putin at this moment."
- The Guardian