Jonathan Browning

London

Legal reporter @Business covering financial crime and the courts. London Deputy Bureau Chief. Former China deals in HK. Opinions are my own.

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Billionaire Gerko Takes Trader Profit Tax Spat to UK’s Top Court

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Jonathan Browning

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Billionaire Gerko Takes Trader Profit Tax Spat to UK’s Top Court

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Jonathan Browning

Billionaire Alex Gerko, one of the UK’s largest taxpayers, took a legal challenge to the country’s highest court arguing that British tax authorities were seeking to impose “massive double taxation” on deferred trading profits. The XTX Markets Ltd. founder is at the UK Supreme Court this week over the tax treatment of a deferred payment plan while he was still running high-frequency trading strategies at GSA Capital Partners between 2010 and 2015.
Billionaire Gerko Takes Trader Profit Tax Appeal Over to UK’s Top Court

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Jonathan Browning

The Supreme Court building in London. (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Alex Gerko, one of the UK’s largest taxpayers, took a legal challenge to the country’s highest court arguing that British tax authorities were seeking to impose “massive double taxation” on deferred trading profits. The XTX Markets Ltd.
UK Freezes 342 Properties Linked to Ex-Bangladesh Minister

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Jonathan Browning

Saifuzzaman Chowdhury in 2021. (Bloomberg) -- British police have frozen 342 properties worth around £185 million ($252 million) linked to the family of Bangladesh’s ex-land minister, pursuing a crackdown on assets held by members of the former government. The National Crime Agency won the court freezing order against the properties belonging to Saifuzzaman Chowdhury earlier this month.
Swiss Bemoan Lack of Credit Suisse Accountability Over Greensill

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Jonathan Browning

The Swiss regulator’s full report into Credit Suisse’s exposure to the $10 billion Greensill financing affair was scathing. No one on the Swiss lender’s board, from the chief executive down, could agree who had responsibility for Greensill Capital, the one-time trade finance unicorn seen as a lucrative customer for both the bank’s asset management and investment banking divisions before it was rescued, Finma said in a full report made public for the first time this week.
Swiss Bemoan Lack of Credit Suisse Accountability Over Greensill

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Jonathan Browning

The Swiss regulator’s full report into Credit Suisse’s exposure to the $10 billion Greensill financing affair was scathing. No one on the Swiss lender’s board, from the chief executive down, could agree who had responsibility for Greensill Capital, the one-time trade finance unicorn seen as a lucrative customer for both the bank’s asset management and investment banking divisions before it was rescued, Finma said in a full report made public for the first time this week.
Financier Lex Greensill Decries ‘Code of Silence’ Around SoftBank Deals

2 weeks ago | insurancejournal.com | Jonathan Browning

Financier Lex Greensill said there was a “code of silence” around a series of transactions with SoftBank Group Corp. to keep potential losses hidden, in his first public court appearance since the high-profile collapse of his firm. Greensill is giving evidence at a $440 million London trial brought by Credit Suisse against SoftBank over a restructuring agreement with Katerra Inc. that involved his trade finance firm in 2020.
Lex Greensill Decries Code of Silence Around SoftBank Deals (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Jonathan Browning

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Lex Greensill Decries Code of Silence Around SoftBank Deals (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Jonathan Browning

Financier Lex Greensill said there was a “code of silence” around a series of transactions with SoftBank Group Corp. to keep potential losses hidden, in his first public court appearance since the high-profile collapse of his firm. Greensill is giving evidence at a $440 million London trial brought by Credit Suisse against SoftBank over a restructuring agreement with Katerra Inc. that involved his trade finance firm in 2020.
Greensill gives evidence in $677 million Credit Suisse and SoftBank

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Jonathan Browning

Jun 10, 2025 – 12.13am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Financier Lex Greensill said there was a “code of silence” around a series of transactions with SoftBank to keep potential losses hidden, in his first public court appearance since the high-profile collapse of his firm.