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« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2008, 09:02:34 PM »

Bank still ok, just had their assets frozen, reduced state of liquidity.
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« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2008, 10:40:24 PM »

Bank still OK, just had their assets frozen, reduced state of liquidity.

Icesave's parent is "OK" in the sense that it is completely broke and incapable of paying back 100% of its deposits.

The UK govt has decided for some reason to "Well i think, cos the press releases make no sense" *but give tax payers money to people who invested in icesave (over and above the £50k ney £35k limit) because they were chasing the extra 0.2% in interest per Annam.

Now these "savers" were more interested in holding their capital rather than their high interest - if they really meant that, then they would not have invested in a bank that is sat on a rock in the middle of a few shoals of cod and some whales.

If a deal looks too good to be true - it probably is.


* but I know nothing - which actually is probably about 10% more then the uk treasury at the moment about what is going on in iceland
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« Reply #17 on: October 09, 2008, 12:13:47 AM »

Bank still OK, just had their assets frozen, reduced state of liquidity.

Icesave's parent is "OK" in the sense that it is completely broke and incapable of paying back 100% of its deposits.

The UK govt has decided for some reason to "Well i think, cos the press releases make no sense" *but give tax payers money to people who invested in icesave (over and above the £50k ney £35k limit) because they were chasing the extra 0.2% in interest per Annam.

Now these "savers" were more interested in holding their capital rather than their high interest - if they really meant that, then they would not have invested in a bank that is sat on a rock in the middle of a few shoals of cod and some whales.

If a deal looks too good to be true - it probably is.


* but I know nothing - which actually is probably about 10% more then the uk treasury at the moment about what is going on in iceland


 

Do you think this will level the playing field a bit after the government demands more transparency and puts a block on crazy bank capital-gearing?
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« Reply #18 on: October 09, 2008, 09:16:08 AM »

So now it appears that half of the local authorities in the UK have put there money in Icelandic banks.

Local Authorities do risk assessment forms for playing conkers in a school yard - I would love to see this form for investing millions in a tiny bank in the middle of the Atlantic. I hope someone uses the freedom of information act to have a look at it, and then publishes it.

Did they not learn anything from the BCCI problems when a council in the Scottish islands lost millions "investing" with them.
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« Reply #19 on: October 09, 2008, 11:14:54 PM »

OK, I am making this my own thread but it would be funny if it was not so serious.

so the UK is using anti terror legistation against the county of iceland.

Iceland > al qaeda

Given that Al Qaeda is etherial and therefore untouchable, we are beatng up Iceland.

Yeah us, bullying FTW.
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« Reply #20 on: October 09, 2008, 11:29:00 PM »

OK, I am making this my own thread but it would be funny if it was not so serious.

so the UK is using anti terror legistation against the county of iceland.

Iceland > al qaeda

Given that Al Qaeda is etherial and therefore untouchable, we are beatng up Iceland.

Yeah us, bullying FTW.

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"Hello you're a bunch of terrorists give us back our money" equals...


Imagine you're a big Icelandic company. UK trade officials visit you and beg you on their knees to open up in the UK, with a tax break. You invest 100 M EUR in the UK. Then a banking squabble erupts between UK and Iceland, so they freeze your assets, crippling your firm. I'd be p!ssed off.
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« Reply #21 on: October 10, 2008, 12:42:02 AM »

I recommend BCCI for all your banking needs.
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« Reply #22 on: October 10, 2008, 09:57:13 AM »

It all went down hill when Kerry Katona was brought in.

Good work on the Icesave-avoidance thought guys, missed a bad beat there.
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