Hmmm….
Last summer, Kaupthing loans to the Tchenguiz empire amounted to 230bn krona (£1.47bn) – equivalent to 46% of bank deposits.
It’s easy enough to make money in the middle of an asset bubble if you’ve a compliant banker willing to fund you.
But to nearly half of the deposit base? That’s near lunacy in a banker, to be so exposed to one individual.
For, of course, when the bubble bursts it might be a tad difficult to get the money back.
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