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  • Mystery of $2 Billion of loans backed by fake gold in China; More than a dozen Chinese financial institutions loaned billions to Wuhan Kingold Jewelry with pure gold as collateral and insurance policies to cover any losses.

    06/29/2020 10:07:55 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 27 replies
    Nikkei Asian Review ^ | 06/29/2020 | WU YUJIAN, WU HONGYURAN, BAI YUJIE and HAN WEI, Caixin
    More than a dozen Chinese financial institutions, mainly trust companies, loaned 20 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) over the past five years to Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Inc. with pure gold as collateral and insurance policies to cover any losses. Kingold is the largest privately owned gold processor in central China's Hubei province. Its shares are listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York. The company is led by Chairman Jia Zhihong, an intimidating ex-military man who is the controlling shareholder. What could go wrong? Well, plenty, as at least some of 83 tons of gold bars used as collateral turned...
  • Rep. Perlmutter part owns 'green' bank he helped

    07/15/2009 9:06:22 AM PDT · by La Lydia · 9 replies · 469+ views
    Washington Times ^ | July 15, 2009 | Kara Rowland
    Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado inserted a provision into the recently passed House climate change bill that would drum up business for "green" banks, such as the one he has invested in and his family and a political donor helped found in San Francisco. The bill calls on bank regulators to promote green banking and says federal dollars should be used to support energy-efficient home improvements at government-funded housing projects. Mr. Perlmutter, a two-term Democrat, has two investments in the 3-year-old New Resource Bank, which calls itself the nation's first green bank...A Perlmutter spokeswoman stressed that the bill provisions benefit...