Morrison government doesn’t want the spotlight on Greensill Capital

Morrison government doesn’t want the spotlight on Greensill Capital

Parliament needs to hear from Greensill Capital and its lobbyist Julie Bishop so it can understand how an Australian company was able to provide such a predatory product - with the help of a former deputy leader of the Liberal Party.

  • byEd Husic

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UK to investigate audits into Greensill and Gupta’s bank

UK to investigate audits into Greensill and Gupta’s bank

The UK’s audit regulator will probe the auditors for Greensill Capital and Sanjeev Gupta’s Wyelands Bank following the collapse of the trade finance specialist.

  • byJonathan Browning
Lex Greensill to face grilling by UK parliamentary inquiry

Lex Greensill to face grilling by UK parliamentary inquiry

Greensill Capital founder Lex Greensill will be publicly grilled by British politicians this week.

  • byDominic Powell
Greensill scandal widens as ex-British PMs hauled before inquiry

Greensill scandal widens as ex-British PMs hauled before inquiry

Four of the five living former prime ministers – David Cameron,Tony Blair,Gordon Brown and Sir John Major – are likely to be called to give evidence in public along with Lex Greensill.

  • byChristopher Hope
Lex Greensill faces possible public grilling over company collapse

Lex Greensill faces possible public grilling over company collapse

Lex Greensill,the founder of Greensill Capital,could be hauled before public examinations by liquidators as they probe the reasons behind the $9 billion company’s unexpected collapse.

  • bySarah Danckert
Greensill’s Australian arm headed for liquidation owing $1.75 billion

Greensill’s Australian arm headed for liquidation owing $1.75 billion

Administrators told the first meeting of creditors that no ‘rescue package’ or deed of company arrangement had been put forward to save the group from liquidation.

  • bySarah Danckert andColin Kruger
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‘Impossible to estimate’:Credit Suisse braces for financial hit from Greensill collapse

‘Impossible to estimate’:Credit Suisse braces for financial hit from Greensill collapse

Credit Suisse warned it may have to book a charge over its dealings with Greensill,as scrutiny grows over its relationship with the Anglo-Australian finance firm that collapsed into insolvency.

  • byBrenna Hughes Neghaiwi,Carolyn Cohn andOliver Hirt
Lex Greensill:Is this the last big deal for the boy from Bundy?
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Lex Greensill:Is this the last big deal for the boy from Bundy?

This high-flying financier came back to earth with a thud this week as his shadow banking company,once valued at $9 billion,went into administration.

  • bySarah Danckert
Credit Suisse freezes another $US1.2b of funds as Greensill fallout widens

Credit Suisse freezes another $US1.2b of funds as Greensill fallout widens

Credit Suisse Group froze four more funds that invested in the bank’s $US10 billion ($12.9 billion) supply chain finance strategy,adding to the widening scandal surrounding the bank’s exposure to Greensill Capital.

  • byPatrick Winters
Credit Suisse shaken by aftershocks of Greensill insolvency

Credit Suisse shaken by aftershocks of Greensill insolvency

The funds’ troubles are a blow for Credit Suisse boss Thomas Gottstein,who became chief executive in the aftermath of a spy scandal and just as the coronavirus crisis struck.

  • byBrenna Hughes Neghaiwi andMakiko Yamazaki
Private equity firm Apollo back in talks to salvage parts of Greensill
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Private equity firm Apollo back in talks to salvage parts of Greensill

Apollo is still eyeing the best bits of failed financier Greensill while the group’s biggest customer,entities owned by billionaire Sanjeev Gupta says its got enough cash.

  • bySarah Danckert