[1/2] Britain’s Crispin Odey arrives at Hendon Magistrates’ Courtroom to face one cost of indecent assault in Hendon, London, Britain, February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) – Schroders Plc and Canada Life moved to chop again their dealings with the asset administration companies with hyperlinks to Crispen Odey on Friday citing allegations of misconduct by the financier revealed by the Monetary Instances and Tortoise Media a day earlier.
Canada Life, an asset supervisor that oversees round 40 billion kilos ($50.2 billion) of shopper funds within the UK, mentioned it had suspended relationships with Odey Wealth Administration, a unit of Odey Group, with instant impact.
“We have made a really fast and clear determination,” the Canada Life spokesman mentioned. “It exhibits the seriousness with which we see the state of affairs.”
Schroders, which oversees greater than 700 billion kilos, mentioned it had bought its remaining investments in Odey Asset Administration (OAM).
Reuters contacted OAM in addition to the wealth unit by electronic mail and phone for touch upon the traders’ strikes, however didn’t obtain a direct reply.
The Monetary Instances and Tortoise, in a joint publication on Thursday, reported allegations by 13 ladies that Crispin Odey, considered one of Britain’s best-known hedge fund managers, had sexually assaulted or harassed them over a 25-year interval.
Crispin Odey instructed Reuters on Thursday that the report was “a rehash of an previous article and not one of the allegations have been stood up in a courtroom or an investigation.”
Odey Asset Administration instructed traders in a letter dated June 8, and seen by Reuters, that the agency “doesn’t recognise the image of the agency that has been painted” by allegations of sexual misconduct by Crispin Odey revealed by media.
Some traders are paring again their relationships with Odey companies as Goldman Sachs (GS.N), JPMorgan (JPM.N) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N) are reviewing their prime broking relationships with OAM after the allegations, sources acquainted with the matter mentioned on Thursday.
Crispin Odey was cleared of indecent assault costs by a British courtroom in 2021. British regulator the Monetary Conduct Authority has been investigating Odey since 2021, a supply acquainted with the state of affairs mentioned.
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Reporting by Naomi Rovnick; extra reporting Nell Mackenzie; Modifying by Dhara Ranasinghe and Kirsten Donovan
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