Robert Smith
@BondHack
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@FT Corporate Finance Editor. Not posting here anymore, still checking DMs. Have a tip? Contact me: [email protected] / [email protected]
London
Joined February 2015
💥 A BRUTAL MURDER, A FATAL PLANE CRASH AND A BILLION DOLLAR SCANDAL 💥 Bruno Crastes triumphed over adversity to become one of the most gifted investors of his generation. Why did he blow up his career betting on the notorious financier Lars Windhorst?
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Bruno Crastes was one of the most gifted fund managers of his generation. Why did he bet so much on the notorious Lars Windhorst?
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Small reminder to anyone messaging me about First Brands Group: I don’t post here any more (for…. reasons), but I do check DMs and you can find my thoughts and banter over on the other place 🦋 And now to resume my self-eXile……
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🚨 ATTN. New Jersey: MIKIE SHERRILL… - Refuses to commit that she won’t raise New Jersey’s sales tax. - Her plan will “cost you an arm and a leg, but if you’re a good person, YOU’LL DO IT.” As Governor, Mikie Sherrill will make YOU PAY! Vote AGAINST her on 11/4.
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Tweeting about it did the trick. Thanks again to everyone who reported. I guess making it so the most efficient way to suspend imposters is to tweet about them is one way to lure back lapsed users… So see you on here next time I have a crypto clone!
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Thanks to all the many people who have got in touch to flag this over the past couple of weeks. Maybe if people keep reporting it eventually it'll get zapped 🤪 And if you miss my tweets, you can find me elsewhere 🦋
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Unfortunately you can no longer file impersonation reports on here without sending a photo of your drivers licence to Israeli cybersecurity company AU10TIX, which I'm loath to do after this report from @josephfcox of @404mediaco. Wotta platform! https://t.co/H6X5zfPXvR
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As social networks and porn sites move towards a verified identity model, the actions of one cybersecurity researcher show that ID verification services themselves could get hacked too.
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Breaking my X hiatus to warn folk that @Bond_Hack is impersonating me to push scammy crypto shit in DMs. Screenshot of its nonsense below. If only there was some sort of verification system for prominent accounts on here, so users could easily tell if it's the real deal or not!
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.@cynthiao et @bondhack ont révélé le #H2Ogate en juin 2019. 5 ans après, la FCA obtient de #H2OAM le remboursement de 250 mio € pour les investisseurs des side-pockets. De plus, H2O doit cesser ses activités en Angleterre. Du très grand journalisme !
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Regulator criticises ‘false’ statements, lax due diligence and failing to declare hospitality including use of a superyacht
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Also worth noticing that some of those superyacht/private jet trips and 👀 exchanges between H2O's Bruno Crastes and Windhorst will be no surprise to those who read our FT Weekend Magazine cover feature on the affair earlier this year https://t.co/ACSbqkVaoQ
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Story updated with some of the gory detail from the FCA notice Also includes reaction from Collectif Porteurs H2O, a group of investors suing H2O for damages, which describes the level of reimbursement of "shocking" and absence of a fine "astonishing" https://t.co/cjLMgAvEnu
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A good time to re-up our magazine story from January on H2O and Lars Windhorst. Featuring undeclared trips on private planes, yachts, and a whole lot of funky investment decisions. https://t.co/Uc0yy4CMPW
Over five years after @cynthiao and I first raised the alarm on H2O Asset Management's illiquid investments, the firm has agreed to pay €250mn to investors after the UK's Financial Conduct Authority found it committed "serious breaches" full story to come...
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H2O Asset Management to pay investors €250mn after FCA finds ‘serious breaches’ via @FT After Years of digging by the brilliant @BondHack @cynthiao
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Regulator criticises ‘false’ statements, lax due diligence and failing to declare hospitality including use of a superyacht
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First take here. Notably, the FCA said that H2O provided it with “false and misleading statements and documentation” including “fabricated records and minutes of meetings”. https://t.co/8hZJ4C3hrJ
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[FREE TO READ] Regulator criticises ‘false’ statements, lax due diligence and failing to declare hospitality including use of a superyacht
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Reminder: JPMorgan Chase parted ways w/ their chief markets strategist Marko Kolanovic after 19 years, roughly a month ago, for being too bearish. Over the last month, The S&P500 is -7% The Nikkei 225 is -15% https://t.co/RvilfysUo1
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Top analyst leaves US bank after bearish forecasts on S&P 500
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“They’ve really been trying to be this respected investor” in Europe, said one person who has worked with Mubadala. “It’s very ruthless the way they act.” @IvanLevingston takes you inside Mubadala’s messy bets in Europe technology
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Executives at Abu Dhabi’s $300bn fund lead restructurings and management changes as valuations sink
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2 of the most biblically illiterate 🤡's @RealBrysonGray @TheOfficerTatum on the inna net...Children of Christ...Oneness...Don't even know the difference between Father and Son.
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EVAN IS FREE!!! Thank you to everyone who made this happen, who supported Evan and his family over the last 491 days. We have seen the best of humanity in action. My heart is so full. Cant wait to hug you Vania ♥️
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and another thing: Bill’s not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that Bill got mad.
@TartCranberry1 I made the decision to withdraw the IPO this morning when I came up with a better transaction structure. The press reports from last week saying that we were cancelling and/or postponing were false at the time they were written. We were scheduled to price the offering this coming
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“UK Takeover Panel issues its most serious sanction: a cold shoulder” Great headline, even better story from @IvanLevingston & @JosephineCumbo
https://t.co/qv4izwUE0u
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City’s merger watchdog formally ostracises 10 dealmakers for misleading market more than a decade ago
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One's a former business "wunderkind" with bankruptcies, lawsuits and brushes with the law behind him. The other's the scion of a European banking dynasty, notably involved in two high-profile commodities clusterfucks. What could possibly go wrong? https://t.co/8z1KaiLisX
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Scion of Rothschild financial dynasty joins investment firm as executive chair and takes minority stake
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Would you strike a court filing covered in dragons? Justice Daniel Kelly explains why even whimsical filings must honor the rule of law—and why every courtroom appearance should reflect the gravity of justice. Watch the latest Ask The Judge.
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