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Greensill Capital founder Lex Greensill.

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.

  • Lionel Laurent

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Grant Thornton’s investigation has concluded Lex Greensill’s firm may have been insolvent as early as March 2, 2021.

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.

  • Ed Husic
Lex Greensill appeared before a British House of Commons inquiry over the collapse.

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. 

  • Colin Kruger
Sanjeev Gupta has come under scrutiny since the collapse of Greensill.

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.

  • Jonathan Browning
GFG Alliance’s Sanjeev Gupta and workers at Whyalla can breathe a little easier after reaching a standstill agreement with creditor Credit Suisse.

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.

  • Sarah Danckert
Former UK PM David Cameron speaks to a parliamentary committee on his role at Greensill Capital.

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.

  • Latika Bourke
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Lex Greensill appears before the UK House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, from his home in Cheshire, England.

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.

  • Latika Bourke
Lex Greensill will break his silence in front of a British parliamentary committee this week.

Lex Greensill to face grilling by UK parliamentary inquiry

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

  • Dominic Powell
The billionaire tycoon has won himself some breathing room.

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. 

  • Sarah Danckert
The parent group of Lex Greensill’s firm Greensill Capital collapsed owing money to some three dozen entities.

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.

  • Christopher Hope

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