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Hubbard firm has lost $7m: managers
Hubbard Management Funds, Allan and Jean Hubbard's businesses in statutory management, lost $7.1m from September 30 to the end of January.
![Committee clamps down on low-ball stock offers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Committee clamps down on low-ball stock offers
The new Financial Markets Authority will have the power to clamp down on low-ball stock offers the likes of which are used by Christchurch businessman Bernard Whimp.
![Mystery SCF bidder revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mystery SCF bidder revealed
Former South Canterbury Finance chairman Allan Hubbard wants the Govt to front up to the public about a bid from an investment fund.
![UK ponzi scheme took in £14m savings from 350 victims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
UK ponzi scheme took in £14m savings from 350 victims
To his clients, Terry Freeman had all the trappings of a multimillionaire City of London trader.
![Mrs Hotchin 'I'm not selfish, I care'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mrs Hotchin 'I'm not selfish, I care'
The wife of Hanover Finance boss Mark Hotchin, Amanda, says she has been wrongly portrayed in the media.
![SFO investigating Mutual Finance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
SFO investigating Mutual Finance
The Serious Fraud Office has opened a probe into the dealings of failed minor lender Mutual Finance Ltd.
![<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Hotchin deserves all the heat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Hotchin deserves all the heat
In olden times, the mob would deliver justice via the guillotine and celebrate the deed by parading the guilty person's head on a pike.
![Hotchin had removal company booked](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hotchin had removal company booked
Mark Hotchin had already arranged for a removal company to pick up household items before a court order froze his NZ assets.
![Sympathy in short supply from Hanover investor](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sympathy in short supply from Hanover investor
Burned Hanover Finance investor George Craddock will be working on Christmas Day - a decision the 58-year-old says he has no control over.
![Finance company sector's 'legacy of problem loans'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Finance company sector's 'legacy of problem loans'
The finance company sector has a "legacy of problem loans" that are proving difficult to dispose of or recover despite improvements in profitability, margins and volume growth this year.
![Hotchin's Porsche, Mercedes bid rejected](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hotchin's Porsche, Mercedes bid rejected
Hanover Finance founder Mark Hotchin has had his bid to transport a Mercedes and a Porsche to Australia rejected, in the High Court at Auckland today. He withdrew his application for more than $1000 a week in allowance.
![Mark Hotchin hot and bothered in luxury hideaway](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mark Hotchin hot and bothered in luxury hideaway
Mark Hotchin is living a life few Kiwis could dream of, despite a court order freezing his NZ assets.