Penrich investors start circling legal wagons

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date September 25, 2020

Investors in failed Cayman Islands hedge fund Penrich – a list which includes the exclusive Diocesan School for Girls and what is understood be to a cluster of rich-list families – are being urged to …

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