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Updates and stuff
It’s Mayday, and so a good time to write. Not much happens here in New Zealand, unlike offshore. But a few things have happened recently in the tax haven and AML situation, with the regulators actually enforcing the rules. But … Continue reading
Posted in Panama Papers, Uncategorized
Tagged Akezhan Kazhegeldin, Cone Marshall, Kazakhstan
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Anti-Money Laundering and the press in New Zealand
There is a strange advertisement that sometimes appears in the community newspapers here, at least some near Wellington. Over an attractive photo of some wilderness there is a catchphrase in largish lettering, “An Oasis For Native Species”; and in smaller … Continue reading
Posted in money laundering, tax havens, Uncategorized
Tagged Arron Banks, Cone Marshall, Keep Our Money Clean, Southern Rock
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From Monaco to the Bahamas via New Zealand: Rosemont, IPG, and Holdun Trusts
As I noted at the end of the previous post, the ICIJ has added to their Offshore Leaks database, with what they are calling the Bahamas Leaks. This seems to involve company information from the Bahamian official records, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Bahamas Leaks, Panama Papers, Uncategorized
Tagged Brendan Holt-Dunn, Butterfield Trust (Bahamas), Cone Marshall, David Brand, Fleetwood Trustee Ltd (BVI), Holdun Family Office (Bahamas), IPG Family Office (Bahamas), Jackson Russell Law, Julien D Martel, Lesley Ann Fogden, Paul J Winder, Peter John Brigham, Rosebank Ltd (BVI), Rosemont Monaco SAM, Saman Ahsani, Una Oil/Una Energy Trustees
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The round trip of Brian Balleine: Butterfield Trust & Cone Marshall
In the last instalment I looked at Cone Marshall’s extensive links with the Rothschild Trust, and the mix of Swiss entities and Caribbean influence. I briefly mentioned a New Zealand company, Forte Dei Marmi Ltd, that was owned by one … Continue reading
Posted in Panama Papers, Uncategorized
Tagged Arrow Master Holdings Ltd, Brian Balleine, Butterfield Trust (Caymans), Butterfield Trust (Geneva), Capewood Investments Ltd (BVI), Cone Marshall, Field Nominees (Cayman) Ltd, Geoffrey Cone, James Peabody, Philippe Lenz, Robert Lotmore, Rosen Enterprises SA, Rothschild Trust, Trevor Sunderland, Vespertina Holdings Ltd (BVI), Winebox
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All above board?: Cone Marshall and the Rothschild Trusts
This post follows on from the previous one, looking at the Swiss connections to New Zealand companies. But this time the focus will be on the Cone Marshall firm in Auckland, the leaders of the trust industry in New Zealand, … Continue reading
Posted in Panama Papers, Uncategorized
Tagged Casuarina Ltd (Caymans), Cone Marshall, Geoffrey Cone, KFS Nominees (BVI), Peter Chadney, Redlion/Redshield Holdings, Rothschild Trust (Geneva), Rothschild Trust (Schweiz) AG, Serge Meili, Simone van Graffenried Simperl, Stefan Liniger, ZRH Nominees (BVI)
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Panamanian nominee directors: Spoiled for choice?
In this post I will have a closer look at the Panamanian nominee directors that pop up with recently formed New Zealand companies, mainly based on the choices of Martin Fine and Map & Associates in Hamilton. In the previous … Continue reading
Posted in Panama Papers, Uncategorized
Tagged Aracel Sosa de Ayarza, Arias & Arias/Prodem, Arias & Munoz, Cone Marshall, Gionela Chen Walters, Giselle Ocampo Fonseca, Map & Associates, Martin Fine, Morgan & Morgan, Rameses Owens, Representative Investments Foundation, Vineyka Meneses
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Cone Marshall and Jose Eugenio Silva Ritter of Panama
I’m back on the case of the Cone Marshall trust firm of Auckland, and their links to Panamanian nominee directors for their New Zealand companies. In particular, companies like Experian Latam Holdings, Consorcio Andino de Invesiones Ltd, and Capitales Andino … Continue reading
Venezuelan Club Investments, and a Colombian billionaire
This post is not about the Panama Papers, and the New Zealand connections, but has a bit about Panama. That is where the Colombian billionaire, Jaime Gilinski, comes in. The post is just about some of the South Americans that … Continue reading
Geoffrey Cone and the Costa Ricans
Geoffrey Cone no doubt considers himself the doyen of the trust industry in New Zealand, and its major international player. He has worked at the Russell McVeagh practice in Auckland, where tax-dodging schemes became an art form in the 1980s. … Continue reading
Still tracking the NZ trust firms’ international connections
It takes a bit of time, but the trust firms that are based in New Zealand do have interesting international connections, whether or not they are branch operations, or outposts for some larger international firms. One of those international players … Continue reading
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