Belvedere Management is a financial services group based in Mauritius that claims to have $16 billion of assets under administration. In March 2015, Offshore Alert described the group as a Ponzi scheme and it is currently under investigation by regulators in South Africa, Mauritius and Guernsey. The allegations remain unproven.
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| Industry | Financial services |
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| Headquarters | Mauritius |
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| Website | www |
Activities
editBelvedere is reported to run 125 hedge funds and has interests in fund administration, life insurance, stock broking, and investment management.[1] It operates from Mauritius, Guernsey, the Cayman Islands and South Africa and claims to have $16 billion of assets under administration.[2] The group is managed by Irish businessman David Cosgrove, Mauritian accountant Kenneth Maillard, and South African fund manager Cobus Kellermann.[3][4][5]
Fund suspensions
editIn October 2014, The Mauritius Financial Services Commission placed two funds run by Belvedere as protected cell companies, Lancelot Global PCC and The Four Elements PCC, in administration meaning that they are prohibited from accepting new business.[1] Among the companies affected by the suspension of the Four Elements fund has been Apollo Multi-Asset Management in the United Kingdom who have written to their investors to advise them that they are unable to withdraw money from its Mauritius domiciled £5.81 million Four Elements Apollo fund. The administration is being managed by PricewaterhouseCoopers.[6] On 1 June 2015, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority announced that Belvedere entity Brighton SPC had been placed in Controllership following a forensic examination of the fund by accountants. The controllers now have complete authority over the fund in order to protect the interests of investors and creditors.[7] In March 2015 the publication Offshore Alert accused the group of being a Ponzi scheme that is currently under investigation by regulators in South Africa, Mauritius and Guernsey.[2][8]
Components
editSome of the entities in the group are:
Guernsey
edit- Lancelot Management Limited – A Guernsey regulated collective investment scheme manager.
Jersey
edit- Belvedere Management and Investment Limited
Mauritius
edit- Belvedere Fund Manager Limited – Fund manager to the Theseus Property Fund Limited.
- Belvedere Life Limited, PCC – A life insurance company.
- Belvedere Management Limited (licensed by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission)
- E-portfolio Solutions Limited - Electronic trading of mutual funds and shares.
- RDL Management Limited – A collective investment manager.
- Teleraka Investments Limited – An investment advisor to cells of the Universal Mutual Fund, a Guernsey regulated ICC.
- Theseus Property Fund Limited – A property fund which invests in Mauritius real estate.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b CWMFX’s Parent Group Linked to Massive Offshore Ponzi Scheme, Researcher Says. Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Victor Golovtchenko, Forex Magnates, 24 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ a b EXPOSED: Belvedere Management's massive criminal enterprise. David Marchant, Offshore Alert, 17 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ deVere reveals it provided evidence regarding Belvedere. Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Nicole Cassandra Naidoo, cnbcafrica.com, 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ Deaths expose troubled business at Basileus Capital. Lionel Faull & Sam Sole, Mail & Guardian, 17 August 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ THAI LINKS TO 'ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL FINANCIAL ENTERPRISES IN MODERN HISTORY'. Archived 2015-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Andrew Drummond, 18 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ UK fund house caught up in Mauritian 'Ponzi scheme' probe. Laura Miller, Professional Adviser, 31 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ Another Belvedere limb severed as Cayman authorities take control of Brighton SPC. Alec Hogg, BizNews.com, 2 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Funds marketed in Hong Kong linked to Belvedere fraud probe. Benjamin Robertson, South China Morning Post, 6 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.