A Jersey courtroom's search for the real Graham Tuckwell

A court on the UK Channel Island has to decide whether the ETF supremo is treating his company as a fiefdom, or is the victim of a private-equity smear campaign and cash grab.

Financial Review Rich Lister, philanthropist and exchange-traded funds pioneer Graham Tuckwell. Wolter Peeters

Hans van Leeuwen and James Frost

Nov 2, 2020 – 12.01am

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In May 2018, Richard Garman, a San Francisco-based partner of US private-equity investment firm FTV Capital, flew all the way to Jersey, an island in the English Channel just off the coast of France, for a round of golf.

His golfing buddy was former Financial Review Rich Lister, philanthropist and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) innovator Graham Tuckwell – then living in Jersey, though since returned to Melbourne. But Garman hadn't come all that way for the pleasure of Tuckwell's company.

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Hans van LeeuwenJournalistHans van Leeuwen is international economy editor for The Telegraph UK. He was previously The Australian Financial Review’s Europe correspondent.

James FrostFinancial services writerJames Frost writes about banking, funds management and superannuation. Based in Melbourne, James has been reporting on specialist business and finance topics for 15 years.