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Will Brodie - Offshore Investment Brokers - OIB - OIBME -OIBME Asia Ltd - U$5000 outstanding debt since 2020
So I am forced to re-post this after deleting it in good faith on request in Dec.
I was wondering if anyone knows the whereabouts of Will Brodie and Nikky Grayson from Offshore Investment Brokers also seen here at https://lnkd.in/e_bSVBsp ?
We have an outstanding debt they owe us of $5000 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 for services rendered.
My last email reply from the company owner Will Brodie stated that:
𝘖𝘯 3 𝘑𝘶𝘭 2020, 𝘢𝘵 12:50, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 <𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭.𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦@a𝘰𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮> 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦:
"𝘏𝘪 𝘋𝘢𝘯,𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭"
𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲
𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮: 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 <𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭.𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦@a𝘰𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮>
𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 18 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦, 2020 3:49 𝘈𝘔
𝘛𝘰: 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭@𝘪𝘧𝘢-𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮
𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵: 𝘙𝘦: 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘦
𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩
"𝘏𝘪 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭,𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭"
𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗!
Now everybody who knows me know that I am NOT an unreasonable person, and so after quite a few of emails and Whatsapp messages asking very nicely during a p@ndemic where we ALL seriously needed our money...we got NO reply or acknowledgement. I know for a fact that my then-candidate gathered about $1mil AUM during his 3years at OIB, so there HAS to be money and their business and websites are all seemingly functional.
Last time I checked Will Brodie was on LinkedIn at https://lnkd.in/efMBaF_i and also https://lnkd.in/eZ66JMvv and his head of Operations, Nikki Grayson was at https://lnkd.in/eQyfqpTC
Is it unreasonable for me-, after having exhausted ALL other avenues, to have to resort to this?
Its Christmas time (well was)...my own family and I are in a foreign country faaaar from home, family and parents...it's a challenging time in South Africa for my parents and $5000 with the current exchange rate could really help my ageing parents quite a bit amidst loadshedding...and I would've loved to help them out.
Will and Nikky is just ignoring me, probably hoping "I'll go away" or forget about it, but 5c, $5, $50, $50, $5000 or $50 000, it makes no difference, it's a principle and integrity issue, and quite frankly I'm tired of getting the short end of the stick in this often murky-waters industry.
If their names in the first 3 lines of this post becomes unclickable, then they saw it, un-tagged their names and/or blocked me to try and avoid blowback.
𝙇𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨!
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Zurich Middle East launches DEWS app for UAE end-of-service
Zurich Workplace Solutions (Middle East) Limited has teamed up with Smart, the organisation that powers the Smart Pension Mastertrust in the UK, a global technology provider transforming financial well- being across all generations, to launch the Zurich for DEWS app in the UAE.
The app, developed by Smart and fully customised for DEWS, the Dubai Internationall Financial Centre (DIFC) Employee Workplace Savings scheme, provides members with a simple, quick and hassle-free digital way to manage their workplace savings accounts.
Along with creating much-needed transparency over these investments, the app responds to emerging appetite for contactless solutions and seamless experience across multiple channels.
Zurich Middle East said key features for members using the app include:
- Access to their DEWS account from anywhere, at anytime
- Ability to see their latest account value, contribution history and monitor their investments
- Ability to manage their investments and switch their strategies to suit their risk appetite
- Facility to nominate beneficiaries
"When we launched the DEWS plan, we had made a commitment to continually enhance our service offering such that employers and members find the day-to-day interactions easy, intuitive and hassle-free. We want to take away some of the barriers that detract people from making regular savings, and help our members prepare for a secure financial future. The Zurich for DEWS app is the next step in that journey towards financial freedom," said Reena Vivek, senior executive officer at Zurich Workplace Solutions (Middle East) Limited.
Will Wynne, group MD at Smart added, "This partnership really illustrates what's now possible in retirement technology and we are immensely proud of the end result. It's the first of its kind and was created to provide a smooth and simple customer journey, while simultaneously bringing long term savings into the 21st century."
The DIFC's DEWS plan ensures that all contributions by the employer are held in a trust with the Master Trustee, Equiom, on behalf of the employees, and is fully paid out when the employee leaves the employer. That protection is extended to the historical accrued gratuity pots, if these were transferred into the plan, Zurich said.
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Swiss watchdog censures Bank SYZ over money laundering rules
Swiss financial market supervisor FINMA reprimanded private Bank SYZ for failing in its duties to root out anti-money laundering in a high-profile case of an Angolan client.
"FINMA found that the bank did not make sufficient efforts to investigate the substantial growth in the client's assets," the watchdog said in a statement, adding it had also failed to clarify the client's high-risk transactions. "The bank did not adequately resolve issues that should have raised suspicions."
FINMA noted the Geneva-based wealth manager had reported suspicions, which enabled criminal prosecutors to investigate the Angolan case. The regulator did not name the client, who has previously been reported as Carlos Manuel de São Vicente, a politically connected Angolan-Portuguese businessman, as finews writes.
Switzerland's public prosecutors froze seven accounts of Carlos Manuel de São Vicente and family members in December 2018 on suspicions of money laundering, according to news website Gotham City, which first reported the news. At nearly $900m it was one of the largest amounts of money frozen by the Alpine nation.
Bank SYZ said it had taken a number of measures to improve the systems it had in place.
"The bank attaches the utmost importance to compliance with its anti-money laundering obligations," it said in an emailed statement. "Unfortunately, for a specific business relationship, the procedures put in place proved to be inadequate."
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Jersey may broker its own deal with the EU: Brexit
Jersey's External Relations Minister has admitted that the island may see its own deal with the European Union if it feels that the arrangements at the end of the Brexit negotiating period are unsatisfactory.
"Really, for Jersey, there's three options remaining - a thin deal that we say we want to be part of, the UK not negotiating any deal so there's nothing to be part of, or a thin deal that we decide it's not in our interests to be a part of," Senator Ian Gorst said.
Boris Johnson has admitted the UK is currently heading for a no-deal Brexit, with an agreement now "very difficult" as the two sides dig in and refuse to compromise.
No 10 described a deal as only "still possible" - with a strong attack on the EU's failure to give ground.
"An agreement is still possible and this is still our goal, but it is clear it will not be easy to achieve," the prime minister's spokesperson said.
If the UK signed a deal with the EU which was ‘not of benefit' to Jersey, then the Island would seek to have its own conversations with Brussels, the Senator said.
"In this case it might mean that we'd have to change some of our domestic legislation, for example to have a goods-for-goods deal," Senator Ian Gorst said in an interview with the Jersey Evening Post.
‘We might just say, "You know what, this deal is too much for us - we want to maintain our current approach".
Negotiating directly with the EU would require agreement from the UK in the form of an ‘entrustment' to allow the Island to sign its own international treaty.
Although UK government sources are playing down the idea of the UK walking away without a breakthrough, they agree a deal must be struck by the European Council summit in mid-October.
The economic cost of a no-deal Brexit could be two or three times as bad as the impact of Covid, a report has concluded.
Analysis by the London School of Economics and UK in a Changing Europe says "a no-deal Brexit would represent a further major shock to a UK economy" with a "major set of changes" to the economic relationship with the country's largest trading partner.
"Our modelling with LSE of the impact of a no-deal Brexit suggests that the total cost to the UK economy over the longer term will be two to three times as large as that implied by the Bank of England's forecast for the impact of Covid-19," the report said.
JP Morgan Chase & Co is reportedly set to move €200bn (£184bn) assets from the UK to Germany as a result of Brexit.
The US banking giant plans to finish the migration of the assets to a Frankfurt-based subsidiary by the end of this year, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The shift would make JP Morgan Germany's sixth largest lender, based on reported assets of the country's largest banks last year.
Germany's minister of State for Europe, Michael Roth, said: "Please, dear friends in London, stop the games. Time is running out."
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