A New York court has granted the Glitnir Bank resolution committee an extension until the 10th September to provide evidence against the motion for dismissal of their case put forward by defendants. Read the full story
Posted on 06 August 2010.
A New York court has granted the Glitnir Bank resolution committee an extension until the 10th September to provide evidence against the motion for dismissal of their case put forward by defendants. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 July 2010.
Asgeir Margeirsson, CEO of Magma Energy Iceland, says he does not see what difference it makes which particular foreigners own the HS Orka geothermal company; but says it will fall into foreign hands either way. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 July 2010.
In the asset freezing case brought by Glitnir Bank against Jon Asgeir Johannesson, it was not known who had GBP 202 million in British bank accounts connected to Johannesson’s UK business. He now intends to bring charges against the head of Glitnir’s resolution committee for saying that he had the money himself. Read the full story
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Posted on 15 July 2010.
IceNews has received copies of bank statements from six banks which appear to prove that GBP 202 million which Glitnir Bank believes was in the possession of Jon Asgeir Johannesson, was actually always the property of Iceland Foods in the UK. Read the full story
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Posted on 10 July 2010.
Icelandic businessman Jon Asgeir Johannesson has paid the banrupt estate of Glitnir Bank USD 15 million, or around ISK 2 billion. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 July 2010.
The assets of former Glitnir bosses frozen by the Reykjavik District Commissioner amount to nearly a billion kronur (USD 7.9 million) and look set to include the former bank director’s house. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 July 2010.
Icelandic businessman Jon Asgeir Johannesson paid off his USD 10 million mortgage a few weeks ago. The mortgage on his luxury New York apartment was paid by bank transfer from his personal Royal Bank of Canada account. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 July 2010.
The domestic assets of Icelandic tycoon Jon Asgeir Johannesson are still frozen, despite the Director of Customs having retracted an asset freezing request. The Reykjavik District Commissioner froze the assets upon request from the Glitnir Bank resolution committee. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 June 2010.
The biggest single claimant on the estate of Glitnir Bank is Burlington Loan Management from Ireland. The company is also among the biggest claimants at Kaupthing and is seeking roughly ISK 220 billion (USD 1.7 billion). Read the full story
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Posted on 16 May 2010.
The deadline for former Baugur boss, Jon Asgeir Johannesson to submit a comprehensive list of all his assets to the Glitnir Bank resolution committee has been extended to tomorrow. Read the full story
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