Duncan Mavin
@dumav
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Journalist at Bloomberg. Author of books on Credit Suisse and Lex Greensill, represented by https://t.co/xIV8ND2x5f
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Joined November 2008
The end of Credit Suisse in March 2023 stunned the financial world. What happened and why it matters - read it in my new book, available to pre-order on Amazon now: Meltdown: Scandal, Sleaze and the Collapse of Credit Suisse
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Meltdown: Scandal, Sleaze and the Collapse of Credit Suisse
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RT @SmeadCap: The latest episode of A Book with Legs is here!. In this episode, @Cole_Smead sits down with @business Editor @dumav to disc….
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“This is from Uncle Jeffrey.” Jes Staley’s appeal of his FCA ban has brought the details of his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein back into focus. via @wealth.
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“He hoped that the truth would never come to light.” The ex-Barclays CEO’s FCA appeal has ended in failure.
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If certain Credit Suisse executives had paid close attention to my "stupid questions" they could have avoided a $10bn scandal that helped crash the bank. #greensill #pyramidoflies #meltdown
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RT @Bloatee1: @walshy140 @UKSFO Given the identification of such a growing number of direct and indirect participants & enablers in the Gre….
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RT @Bloatee1: Spies, lies and anonymous tips: the secret Credit Suisse files on Greensill Capital . Great to see that the UK courts are tea….
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Regulators’ previously confidential report reveals fresh details of Swiss bank’s ties to financial services company
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"We were punch drunk": Fascinating to hear Lex Greensill confirm on the witness stand my reporting in Pyramid of Lies on the chaotic demise of his company. Several Credit Suisse execs mentioned in PoL and Meltdown also referenced by Lex today
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Former Credit Suisse executives were accused of misleading the bank and the regulator in a previously undisclosed report by Switzerland’s financial watchdog into the collapse of Greensill Capital,...
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Would new Swiss bank rules have prevented the collapse of Credit Suisse? Read Meltdown and make up your own mind. UBS faces as much as $26 billion in fresh capital requirements under Swiss reform plans.
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UBS Group AG said it would examine steps to mitigate the effects of the Swiss government’s proposal for as much as $26 billion in fresh capital requirements, calling the demand “extreme” and vowing...
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Why is my book on Greensill called Pyramid of Lies? Well SoftBank, which invested billions in Greensill and committed billions more in additional funding, said Lex was "slippery", "prone to lying" and treated the Japanese firm as a "piggybank"
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Lex Greensill’s biggest backers at SoftBank Group Corp. were concerned that he “was prone to lying” and saw the Japanese investor as a “piggy bank,” according to a London lawsuit that stems from the...
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🍿🍿Lex Greensill will testify in court for the first time since the high-profile collapse of his trade finance firm 🍿🍿.
bloomberg.com
Lex Greensill’s biggest backers at SoftBank Group Corp. were concerned that he “was prone to lying” and saw the Japanese investor as a “piggy bank,” according to a London lawsuit that stems from the...
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Great to have Meltdown reviewed in the @wsj ‘Meltdown’ Review: A Failure of Oversight via @WSJBooks.
wsj.com
In the years before the collapse of Credit Suisse, not knowing what was going on became the hallmark of the bank’s management.
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"Meltdown is a page turner." Fabulous review of Meltdown in the @FT Meltdown — the greed that destroyed Credit Suisse via @ft.
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Duncan Mavin’s gripping account of the bank’s 2023 implosion exposes a crisis decades in the making
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RT @InotAragrev: A great, rare and serious book. Detailed, entertaining and shocking. I had a wonderful time reading it, @dumav. https://t.….
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RT @NorthbankTalent: Congratulations to Duncan Mavin (@dumav) as MELTDOWN: Greed, Scandal, and the Collapse of Credit Suisse is published t….
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RT @Pegasus_Books: "In MELTDOWN, Duncan Mavin (@dumav) describes the grand rise and ignominious fall of a financial behemoth. This story, c….
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In “Meltdown,” Duncan Mavin describes the grand rise and ignominious fall of a financial behemoth.
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Meltdown, available in the US March 4. Kind review in the @nytimes - This History of a Swiss Bank Is a Dossier of Sleaze
nytimes.com
In “Meltdown,” Duncan Mavin describes the grand rise and ignominious fall of a financial behemoth.
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German prosecutor has "massively expanded its investigations into the collapse of Greensill Bank". #.
wiwo.de
Der Untergang der Bremer Greensill Bank sorgte für Entsetzen. Jetzt ermitteln die Behörden auch gegen frühere Aufsichtsräte des Instituts.
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Interesting story by @margotpatrick @WSJ about Credit Suisse's Nazi ties. This was one of the most startling episodes I came across in the research for Meltdown and deserves more attention.
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Fresh look at archives unearthed Nazi-linked accounts discovered by bank in 1990s but never disclosed to investigators.
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"A remarkable account of a complex story": a very kind review of Meltdown, available soon in the US, from @KirkusReviews #kirkusreviews.
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A top business reporter unravels the failure of Credit Suisse.
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