Hedge Ponzi

«Founded in 2003, Platinum has racked up profits that are the envy of the hedge fund industry. But its winning strategy of lending to troubled companies carries risks that many institutional investors would just as soon not take, according to a Reuters investigation earlier this year.
The soon-to-shut Value Arbitrage fund gained nearly 8 percent in 2016 through April, according to a private HSBC Alternative Investment Group report seen by Reuters. The fund produced average annual returns of more than 17 percent since inception in 2003 with no negative years.»

Traduzinho, praticavam a velha usura rapace da raça sobre os desgraçados em apuros. Isto, pelo menos, para efeitos decorativos da contabilidade e da inerente atracção de papalvos investidores. Porque, na realidade, a culinária era outra... (Como, se formos a espremer bem a coisa, são quase todas):

«According to a federal indictment, Platinum Partners founder Mark Nordlicht and four others faked the hedge fund's books for years to allow them to siphon off one billion dollars to their personal accounts, swindling 600 investors.  The prosecutors called it the biggest finance fraud since Bernie Madoff, and described the Platinum Partners' accounting as "Ponzi-esque."»

 

E agora a parte mais suculenta:

 

«Prior to the indictment, Platinum was considered to be one of the most successful funds in history, with an unbroken string of year-on-year rises, which many investors found suspicious. Platinum drew most of its investment capital from their social acquaintances in the orthodox Jewish community.»

 

Ou seja, estes Penca-boys , abençoadinhos, estavam a dar a golpada essencialmente nos pencudos lá da paróquia. Crime? Acto de liminar justiça, isso sim e se querem a minha opinião. Como o grande Madoff, de saudosa memória, já os projecto daqui como merecedores de estátua e comenda.

 

Lamentavelmente, parece que nem o mínimo dos mínimos alcançaram:

 

 «Prosecutors say the indicted bankers plotted to flee to Israel to escape US authorities.»

PS: Experimentem espreitar nos armários de todos estes Hedge Funds, ou seja, a clientela que comece a pedir o dinheiro de volta e em menos de nada descobrem o belo Ponzi coiso em que estão metidos. E, quanto a mim, não merecem outra coisa.