Buying Shares With Australia’s Mr Bud Gerigar
by Anorak | 13th, November 2008
THIS native Australian has made his first purchase is in reputable listed company Downer EDI.
He receives a welcome letter from Downer EDI company secretary Stephen Mockett: Dear, Mr Bud Gerigar ….
As The Age notes:
Holding shares under false names can help in tax avoidance and money laundering. The extent of off-market transfers of shares to fake identities and the amount of tax revenue lost in Australia as a result remains a mystery.
If only they’d have used Mr Parrot instead. He’d have talked, wheras Mr Bud Gerigar only tweets.
Read on…
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