NewsBite

Greensill Capital

Advertisement
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

Latest

Former minister for foreign affairs, Julie Bishop.

Bishop’s big new thing in brine

The former foreign minister attracted raised eyebrows for her involvement in the now-collapsed Greensill Capital, but she had already found her next Queensland firm taking on the world.

  • Nick Bonyhady and Stephen Brook
Former foreign minister Julie Bishop.

Green power push going brine and dandy for Julie Bishop

The fashion-forward former foreign minister is again ahead of the tech curve.

  • Stephen Brook and Nick Bonyhady
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
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
Advertisement
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
Sanjeev Gupta at the Whyalla Arrium mine.

Gupta touted bold plans as steel’s ‘saviour’. He didn’t deliver

In 2017, Sanjeev Gupta was the toast of Whyalla after buying its decades-old steel plant out of administration and announcing a more than $1 billion upgrade. But so far there’s little to show for it. It’s a story that has been repeated across his steel and aluminium empire.

  • Eddie Spence and Jack Farchy

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/greensill-capital--1nok