New Earth fund liquidation costs ‘restricted’
Freedom of Information request from Isle of Man newspaper fails to uncover taxpayer burden
Freedom of Information request from Isle of Man newspaper fails to uncover taxpayer burden
The Isle of Man-based directors of the failed New Earth Recycling and Renewables (NERR) fund could be interviewed in open court under oath, as the liquidator seeks to “clarify the affairs and dealings of the company”.
Liquidators of the failed New Earth Recycling and Renewables (NERR) fund now have more than 200,000 documents in their possession and want to establish if there is a case to take legal action against any party deemed liable for the collapse.
A couple who lost almost £400,000 due to bad advice they received from a financial planner have been shocked to discover that he is still working in the industry.
Isle of Man-based Premier Group (PGIOM), the company behind the ill-fated £300m New Earth Group of funds, has had its financial services operating licence revoked by the island’s regulator.
A financial advice firm has been ordered to pay compensation to a client who was wrongly categorised as a professional investor in order for her to invest in the now-collapsed New Earth Solutions Recycling Facilities Investment fund.
Investors in wound up New Earth funds have been left to pursue third party claims as a measure of last resort to try to recuperate all or part of their investment, the funds’ liquidators are suggesting.
There is no prospect that Isle of Man-based Premier Group will receive any of the £39m ($50.6m, €44.4m) the company is owed by a waste management company it funded through its New Earth Group collective investment schemes.
Taxpayers on the Isle of Man will pay for the winding up of collapsed investment fund New Earth Recycling and Renewable (NERR), part of the New Earth Group of Funds, after the island’s financial regulator stepped in to pick up the tab.
Wound up Isle of Man-based investment fund manager the Premier Group has links to the Panama Papers, the worldwide scandal described as the “biggest ever blow” to the offshore world.
The Isle of Man’s financial services regulator is looking to officially liquidate the stricken Eco Resources Fund, which convinced 189 investors to put $61m (£48m, €57m) into building a bamboo plantation in Nicaragua.
Isle of Man-based Premier Group, the fund manager behind the ill-fated £300m ($373m, €353m) New Earth Group of funds, will be able to pay its creditors in full, according to joint liquidator Craig Mitchell.