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More than $54m tied up in collapse of investment companies

Liquidators say collapsed investment firms had no external revenue and operated as Ponzi-like schemes.

Skinny McBuntu

Investment companies have collapsed with more than $54 million in funds at stake. Liquidators found the failed firms had no outside source of revenue, instead relying on new investor money to cover running costs, interest payments and withdrawals by existing investors.

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