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Kaupthing Bank hf

Type: Company

Name: Kaupthing Bank hf

Nationality: Iceland

Web Address: http://www.kaupthing.com/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Kaupthing Bank hf

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Circle Oil plots RBL

Read more: [Circle Oil] [Kaupthing Bank] Circle Oil plans to use a $100 million senior reserves-based loan to fund work on its holdings in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Oman. Circle, which is based in Ireland and listed on London's AIM, has approached the ... [Published Project Finance Magazine - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Circle Oil Plc, Kaupthing Bank hf, Morocco

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Landsbanki Group

Overseas creditors might have to accept losses

Foreign bondholders hoping to recoup their full investments in Iceland’s three collapsed banks will be eyeing the new government nervously. Anti-austerity election pledges have threatened to force accepted losses on them. Landsbanki Íslands, Glitnir ... [Published IceNews - Daily News - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Independence Party (IS), Iceland, Lars Christensen, Glitnir Banki hf, Landsbanki Group

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Glitnir Banki hf

DekaBank Loses $499 Million Lawsuit Against Iceland’s Treasury

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, the third-biggest creditor in failed Glitnir Bank hf, lost a 388 million-euro ($499 million) lawsuit against Iceland’s Treasury in a ruling by the island nation’s Supreme Court.DekaBank, based in Frankfurt, demanded damages ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 17 2013]

Entities: Glitnir Banki hf, Iceland, Lawsuit

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Creditors' Meeting 5 June 2013

The next Creditors' Meeting of Kaupthing will be held on Wednesday, 5 June 2013 at 10:00 am in Harpa Conference Centre, Silfurberg, Austurbakki 2, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland.At the meeting the Winding-up Committee will give a general overview of its decisions ... [Published Kaupthing - May 14 2013]

Entities: Kaupthing Bank hf, Reykjavik (Iceland), Iceland

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Kaupthing Bank hf

Former Kaupþing Manager Ordered to Pay ISK 1 Billion

Former CEO of Kaupþing Ingólfur Helgason was yesterday ordered by Reykjavík District Court to pay a total of ISK 1.078 billion (USD 9,275 million, EUR 7.073 million) for the loans he received in 2006 and 2007 for the purchase of shares in the bank.Reykjavík ... [Published Iceland Review Online - May 03 2013]

Entities: Kaupthing Bank hf, Reykjavik (Iceland), District Court

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Court Orders Former Bank Mogul To Pay Up

Words by Alda KravecPhotos byIngólfur Helgason, the former chief executive of Kaupþing bank, was ordered by the Reykjavík Court this morning to pay back over a billion krónur of stock purchase loans he received before the crash, Vísir reports.The Court ... [Published Rekjavik Grapevine - May 02 2013]

Entities: Kaupthing Bank hf, Court Order, Supreme Court

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 6 reports

Analysis: Iceland chooses lonely road back from economic segregation

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - The victory in Iceland's election of parties who would spurn the European Union may keep the country isolated by cementing damaging currency controls in place.Once a symbol of globalization with its banking boom-turned-bubble, Iceland ... [Published Tutorial Finder - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Iceland, Reykjavik (Iceland), Independence Party (IS)

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Eurosceptic parties win Iceland election

Iceland's bid for European Union membership has been thrown into doubt after parties opposed to entry won Saturday's parliamentary elections, although it was the economy that took centre-stage ahead of the vote.The centre-right Independence party topped ... [Published Public Service Europe - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Iceland, Elections, European Union, Coalition

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

UK Retailer Coast Appoints CFO Pall Olafsson of Kaupthing

Coast has appointed a new chief financial officer, Pall Olafsson. The new CFO will be expected to manage the UK-based clothes retailer’s finances once it becomes an independent entity over the course of the next several months.my ArticlesiStockPall Olafsson ... [Published CFO Insight - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Kaupthing Bank hf, Appointed, United Kingdom, Appointment

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Al-Thani Case Most Likely Postponed by Ten Months

The trial of the Al-Thani case will most likely be postponed by ten months because defense lawyers Gestur Jónsson and Ragnar H. Hall resigned from the case against the judge’s wishes. The judge met with the prosecutor and new defense lawyers on Monda ... [Published Iceland Review Online - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Kaupthing Bank hf, Sigurður Einarsson, Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, Magnús Guðmundsson (politician)

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Bankers plead not guilty in big Iceland share fraud case

Two former chiefs and 13other ex-executives and staff of two Icelandic banks pleaded notguilty on Wednesday to charges of share price manipulation inone of the biggest trials linked to the collapse of the banksystem in 2008. REYKJAVIK, April 24 Iceland ... [Published Reuters - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Iceland, Kaupthing Bank hf, Fraud

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Vincent Tchenguiz settles Black Cube legal dispute

Hearing to determine claims and counterclaims halted after tycoon settles fraud wrangle with Israeli intelligence expertsVincent Tchenguiz, the Mayfair investment tycoon, has settled a dispute with a band of former Israeli intelligence experts who had ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Vincent Tchenguiz, Black Cube, Kaupthing Bank hf, Robert Tchenguiz

Quotes

...of 2008 permitted" that emergency legislation would be imposed by the authorities, according to the ruling posted on the court’s website yesterday. "It has not been proven that the action taken was more inflictive than necessary."

DekaBank Loses $499 Million Lawsuit Against Iceland’s Treasury [Published BusinessWeek - May 17 2013]

The first-day share gain is "relative," said Vidarsson. "The question is whether the pricing of the public offer was too low or too fair or however you look at it. But, of course, the primary reason is the limited amount of investment opportunities and the capital controls."

Swelling Iceland Cash Raises Capital Control Risks, TM CEO Says [Published BusinessWeek - May 13 2013]

Beating up creditors may not be a smart legal strategy. "If the government forces the creditors to negotiate on its terms, it can be tantamount to a de facto expropriation, which can afford the creditors the right to damages" says Hróbjartur Jónatansson, a bankruptcy attorney in Reykjavik...

Iceland Gets Tough With Foreign Creditors of Failed Banks [Published BusinessWeek - May 10 2013]

Sharon White, chief executive at Stephenson Harwood LLP, said: "Each of the new partners has worked extremely hard for the firm and is seen as having a key role in the future development of their respective practice area. I look forward to seeing them flourish in their new positions, enhancing Stephenson Harwood's capability further."

Stephenson Harwood promotes four to partnership [Published Stephenson Harwood - May 01 2013]

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Circle Oil plots RBL [Published Project Finance Magazine - 1 hour ago]
Overseas creditors might have to accept losses [Published IceNews - Daily News - 4 hours ago]
DekaBank Loses $499 Million Lawsuit Against Ice... [Published BusinessWeek - May 17 2013]
Iceland's elections: A shattered fairy tale [Published New Statesman - May 16 2013]
Creditors' Meeting 5 June 2013 [Published Kaupthing - May 14 2013]
Swelling Iceland Cash Raises Capital Control Ri... [Published BusinessWeek - May 13 2013]
Iceland Gets Tough With Foreign Creditors of Fa... [Published BusinessWeek - May 10 2013]
Peverel Group names new head of legal [Published The Lawyer - May 08 2013]
Iceland may now wait until next crisis to join ... [Published Public Service Europe - May 07 2013]
Laws on Foreign Property Rights in Iceland Tigh... [Published Iceland Review Online - May 05 2013]
Former Kaupþing Manager Ordered to Pay ISK 1 Bi... [Published Iceland Review Online - May 03 2013]
German Left Party, Marx 21 group praise “Icelan... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 03 2013]
Court Orders Former Bank Mogul To Pay Up [Published Rekjavik Grapevine - May 02 2013]
Stephenson Harwood promotes four to partnership [Published Stephenson Harwood - May 01 2013]
Iceland treads lonely road to recovery [Published China Post - Apr 30 2013]
Analysis: Iceland chooses lonely road back from... [Published Tutorial Finder - Apr 29 2013]
Iceland's lonely road back from segregation [Published Reuters UK - Apr 29 2013]
Iceland chooses lonely road [Published Daily News South Africa - Apr 29 2013]
Vote sees Iceland in the cold for longer [Published Ireland Business World - Apr 29 2013]
Analysis: Iceland chooses lonely road back from... [Published Reuters - Apr 29 2013]
Eurosceptic parties win Iceland election [Published Public Service Europe - Apr 29 2013]
Governing coalition suffers huge losses in Iceland [Published World Socialist Web Site - Apr 29 2013]
UPDATE 1-Iceland set for coalition talks after ... [Published Reuters - Apr 28 2013]
Icelanders oust government over austerity program [Published Reuters - Apr 28 2013]
Invasion of privacy for public good [Published WA Today - Apr 27 2013]
Iceland Sours on Austerity as Pre-Crisis Partie... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 27 2013]
UK Retailer Coast Appoints CFO Pall Olafsson of... [Published CFO Insight - Apr 25 2013]
More » Audley Retirement welcomes new CFO [Published Yahoo! News - Apr 25 2013]
Coast Said to Name Kaupthing’s Olaffson as CFO ... [Published BusinessWeek - Apr 24 2013]
Al-Thani Case Most Likely Postponed by Ten Months [Published Iceland Review Online - Apr 24 2013]

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The Arctic This Week: 16 March 2013 - 22 March ... [Published The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar S ... - Mar 25 2013] By Tom Fries , Kevin Casey & Maura Farrell The Arctic This Week 2013:12Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here . The newsletter is also available as a PDF with higher-contrast black-on-white typeface. Please click here to read that version. Thanks ...
Fatster’s Roundup [Published Firedoglake - Mar 22 2013] Agneaux lambs Good morning! International Developments ❖ ” Syrian rebels captured one village and parts of others on the edge of the Golan Heights [today] as fighting closed in on the strategic plateau”. If this continues there’ll be “Islamic ...
Icelandic Bank Kaupthing's Top Executives Indic... [Published Here is the city - Business News - Mar 20 2013] Icelandic banker Sigurdur "Siggi" Einarsson, who ran Kaupthing bank from offices in Mayfair until its collapse five years ago, is among nine former senior staff who have been variously charged in Reykjavik with orchestrating five large-scale market manipulation ...
The Arctic This Week: 2 March 2013 - 8 March 2013 [Published The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar S ... - Mar 11 2013] By Tom Fries & Kevin Casey The Arctic This Week 2013:10Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here . The newsletter is also available as a PDF with higher-contrast black-on-white typeface. Please click here to read that version. Thanks for joining us ...
This Time Is Different [Published Zero Hedge - Jan 27 2013] Authored by Dr. Tim Morgan, Tullet Prebon, The 2008 crash resulted from the bursting of the biggest bubble in financial history, a ‘credit super-cycle’ that spanned more than three decades. How did this happen? As Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff ...