Greensill’s ghost will haunt the finance world

Greensill’s ghost will haunt the finance world

Many backers seemed all too eager to buy what the ego-driven,larger-than-life Australian financier Lex Greensill was selling. It’s time to brush up on how this pyramid of lies was built. It could be built again one day.

  • byLionel Laurent

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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
Greensill traded while insolvent,liquidators say

Greensill traded while insolvent,liquidators say

Finance house Greensill Capital’s Australian arm traded while insolvent,according to a report by the company’s liquidators. It means directors,including company founder Lex Greensill,may be liable for debts incurred during this time.

  • byColin Kruger
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
Gupta in talks with Credit Suisse to shore up Whyalla future

Gupta in talks with Credit Suisse to shore up Whyalla future

The steel tycoon and the Swiss bank say they are confident of reaching an agreement that would see the bank repaid in full for its Greensill debt.

  • bySarah Danckert
Australian banker paid David Cameron more than he earned as UK’s PM

Australian banker paid David Cameron more than he earned as UK’s PM

The former British prime minister was accused of “stalking” rather than lobbying on behalf of controversial banker Lex Greensill.

  • byLatika Bourke
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Lex Greensill ‘truly sorry’ for company’s collapse but blames insurers in first public appearance

Lex Greensill ‘truly sorry’ for company’s collapse but blames insurers in first public appearance

Australian businessman Lex Greensill has issued a grovelling apology after being hauled before the British parliament but blamed the collapse of his business on insurers.

  • byLatika Bourke
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
Steel magnate Gupta wins lifeline for Whyalla and Tahmoor

Steel magnate Gupta wins lifeline for Whyalla and Tahmoor

GFG Alliance said the new financing arrangement would help it pay out the billions in debts it owes to Greensill in full.

  • bySarah Danckert
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