Accounting watchdog opens probe into Greensill auditor June 28, 2021 The UK’s accounting regulator has opened an investigation into the auditor of collapsed supply chain finance firm Greensill. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) today said it had launched a probe into Saffery Champness for its audit of Greensill’s financial statements in 2019. It will also scrutinise PwC over its 2019 audit of Wyelands Bank, which [...]
Credit Suisse could seek UBS merger after Greensill and Archegos scandals June 25, 2021 Credit Suisse’s top management are under pressure to overhaul the scandal-hit Swiss bank and a merger with rival UBS may be on the cards. Reuters today reported that three people familiar with the bank’s thinking are concerned that it could be challenged by investors demanding its break-up. This has led the sources to believe that [...]
Trafigura ‘warned’ Credit Suisse over ‘suspect’ GFG invoice June 3, 2021 Commodities trading house Trafigura warned Credit Suisse over a suspect invoice from Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance in July 2020, it has emerged. The so-called receivable, the FT reported, indicated that Trafigura owed money to Liberty Commodities, the metal trading arm of Gupta’s conglomerate. Prior to going bust in March, Greensill, GFG’s main financier, would lend [...]
Taxman owed millions following Greensill collapse May 9, 2021 The taxman is owed millions of pounds following the collapse of scandal-hit finance firm Greensill Capital. Documents from administrator Grant Thornton show that HM Revenue & Customs is among more than 200 creditors out of pocket since the company’s collapse in March. It is owed $8m (£5.7m), the Sunday Times reported. In total Greensill owes [...]
David Cameron and Lex Greensill to appear before MPs next week May 7, 2021 David Cameron and Lex Greensill will appear before MPs next week to answer questions on the collapse of the boutique bank of the same name amid a huge lobbying row. The former Prime Minister was an adviser to the firm, which provided supply chain financing to firms including billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG empire. In [...]
Greensill: David Cameron made multiple attempts to lobby Bank of England April 22, 2021 David Cameron made multiple attempts to lobby Bank of England (BoE) officials over allowing collapsed financier Greensill access to the bank’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) scheme. Documents obtained by Freedom of Information request show that Cameron contacted officials five times in total over the “incredibly frustrating” issue. It is the latest saga in a [...]
Hand it over: David Cameron ordered to show lobbying text messages April 21, 2021 Former prime minister David Cameron has been given two weeks to pass on the details of his text messages in which he attempted to lobby the chancellor on behalf of failed finance firm Greensill. In a letter to Cameron, the chairman of the Treasury select committee urged the former prime minister to release details of [...]
Greensill lobbying row: Matt Hancock ‘had private drink’ with Cameron and Lex Greensill April 11, 2021 Matt Hancock met former PM David Cameron and financier Lex Greensill for a “private drink” in which the pair lobbied the health secretary to introduce a payment scheme that was later offered by the NHS. The “private drink” took place in October 2019 and the trio were joined by Bill Crothers, the former head of [...]