Bernard Whimp is back with more fantastical offers

Bernard Whimp is back with more fantastical offers
Chance Voight directors Paul Currie and Bernard Whimp woo investors. (Image: Chance Voight)
Jenny Ruth
Bernard Whimp is at it again. For those who aren’t familiar with this enterprising chap, he had just emerged from bankruptcy in late 2001 when he first caught the eye of the Securities Commission, the predecessor of the Financial Markets Authority (FMA).The commission prohibited the offer document for Rosetta Terraces Contributory Mortgage, a scheme offered by a company called General Mortgage.General Mortgage was formed in 2000 when Whimp was still bankrupt and was 90%-owned by Merlin Capital Partners, based at 518 Woodend Road, Ran...

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