US$953mil Singaporean fund ensnared by alleged nickel fraud

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SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) -- Technology startup investor Vickers Venture Partners has been caught up in the allegedly fraudulent nickel trading scheme of a Singaporean businessman and his Envy Global Trading, prompting a review by the city-state’s monetary authority.

Vickers would be the highest-profile investor yet to have fallen victim to the suspected US$740 million swindle, which Singaporean authorities have said could be the biggest investment fraud the financial hub has ever seen.

"We are performing a supervisory review” of Vickers Venture Partners Pte Ltd. to"ascertain that it has met these requirements.” Vickers has US$953 million of assets under management, including co-investments. Its founder and chairman was an early investor in Chinese technology giant Baidu Inc.

 

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