Posts Tagged ‘unregulated investment’
Why Professional Names Matter in Investment Decisions
When people make investment decisions, they often face a common challenge: they rarely have all the information they need. Few investors have the time to scrutinise legal documents or analyse financial accounts. They also cannot verify every statement made about an investment opportunity. Instead, they look for signs that someone they trust has already carried…
Read MoreNorthumberland Living Loan Notes: B Share Proposal
Northumberland Living loan note investors have received an update from William Jackson about a proposed restructure of the business and loan notes. The update also mentioned a possible conversion into preferential B shares. According to the update, senior funding has been selected and is available. However, funding appears to depend on loan note holders supporting…
Read MoreTimeline: Robin Barrasford and Halcyon
The reported arrest of Robin Barrasford in Spain is the latest development in a long-running sequence of events involving Barrasford, Alan Bird, and Halcyon-branded companies. Barrasford, pictured above, is a former British police officer and one of the directors linked to the Halcyon Retreat scheme. According to a story published earlier this month in The…
Read MoreNew Capital Link: Fake Offices and False Impressions
For many months, we’ve been writing about New Capital Link (NCL), a London-based company that promotes unregulated investment schemes. So far, our articles have examined many different elements of the New Capital Link story, including: Individually, these pieces might easily be dismissed as noise or coincidence, but together they form a pattern. And then, in…
Read MoreNew Capital Link: A Case Study in How Not to Do Pre-Action Correspondence
Regular readers of this blog will already be familiar with New Capital Link, its associates, and the issues raised in our previous reporting. Those articles examined corporate structures, public representations, and the backgrounds of individuals connected with matters we considered firmly in the public interest. For readers who want the broader context, our previous reporting…
Read MoreWhy Delays Hamper Third-Party Action
The greatest enemy of third-party action is not the operator who caused the loss. It is delay. Most investors do not lose their ability to recover money because the law is complicated. They lose it through hesitation. An update is expected. Reassurance feels imminent. A police announcement seems like progress. Administrators appear to be reviewing…
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