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Trond Ø. Westlie er i dag næstformand for bestyrelsen, som han har været en del af siden foråret 2012. Indtil i efteråret var han desuden medlem af direktionen for Mærsk.

Martin Folke Tivéus er 47 år gammel og svensk statsborger. Han er til daglig direktør for den svenske dyrehospitalsvirksomhed Evidensia.

»Vi har for nylig solgt vores privatkundeforretning i Letland og Litauen til Swedbank. Den estiske del af personmarkedet er stadig en del af vores non-core-forretning, og den er til salg,« skriver Kenni Leth, Danske Banks pressechef, i et svar til Børsen.

The direct link between Moldindconbank and transfers to Estonian banks is bad news because Moldova is in the risk group when it comes to international money laundering. A surge of transfers from the country should have made bankers watchful.

More so as the money was transferred from the accounts of offshore companies to the accounts of other offshore companies of the owners and intentions of which the Estonian branch of Danske did not have a good overview. Head of the financial supervision authority Kilvar Kessler says that a large number of non-resident clients is always a sign of danger when it comes to money laundering. Offshore companies count as non-residents.

The tracks of companies that made transfers to Estonian banks disappear in offshore paradises: British Virgin Islands, Panama, Marshall Islands, Niue etc. These companies were often created just before the money laundering episode began and abandoned once it ended.

The Estonian branch of Danske Bank allowed more than a billion dollars of criminal money from Russia to flow through its accounts in what was nearly a year. The sum is too great to go unnoticed by the bank. This is at the core of the financial authority's criticism in hindsight. Anti-money laundering rules obligate banks to report suspicious transfers to the police. The latter have the right to keep assets frozen for a period of 90 days.

Danske failed in this obligation, which cost Estonian CEO Aivar Rehe his job. That much was confirmed by the bank's Danish headquarters yesterday. The sheer extent of Danske's blunder in Estonia is reflected in the financial watchdog's allegedly 300-page report on the incident.

The report was put to the bank's executives in July of 2015. Because the report constitutes an in-house matter of the company, Postimees has no access. However, the watchdog's criticism caused the bank to thoroughly change its work organization. Danske's headquarters received a similar telling off by the local financial watchdog in March of 2016.

He added that the authority has been saying punishments for money laundering are too lenient in Estonia since 2004. “Right now the biggest fine is €32,000. Amendments currently in proceedings aim to hike that to €400,000,” Kessler said.

June will mark the entry into force of a European anti-money laundering directive that can punish financial institutions with a fine of €5 million or 10 percent of annual turnover. That is a dozen times higher than what Estonia is planning in its amendment.

Thomas skrev:Selvfølgelig vidste ALLE i Danske Bank, at det var brandulovligt.

The direct link between Moldindconbank and transfers to Estonian banks is bad news because Moldova is in the risk group when it comes to international money laundering. A surge of transfers from the country should have made bankers watchful.

More so as the money was transferred from the accounts of offshore companies to the accounts of other offshore companies of the owners and intentions of which the Estonian branch of Danske did not have a good overview. Head of the financial supervision authority Kilvar Kessler says that a large number of non-resident clients is always a sign of danger when it comes to money laundering. Offshore companies count as non-residents.

The tracks of companies that made transfers to Estonian banks disappear in offshore paradises: British Virgin Islands, Panama, Marshall Islands, Niue etc. These companies were often created just before the money laundering episode began and abandoned once it ended.

Det er Danske Banks fodaftryk. Det var Virgin Islands, der blev brugt til manipulation af realkreditobligationer og valuta. Pengevask er formentlig en udløber af valutamanipulationen.

The Estonian branch of Danske Bank allowed more than a billion dollars of criminal money from Russia to flow through its accounts in what was nearly a year. The sum is too great to go unnoticed by the bank. This is at the core of the financial authority's criticism in hindsight. Anti-money laundering rules obligate banks to report suspicious transfers to the police. The latter have the right to keep assets frozen for a period of 90 days.

Danske failed in this obligation, which cost Estonian CEO Aivar Rehe his job. That much was confirmed by the bank's Danish headquarters yesterday. The sheer extent of Danske's blunder in Estonia is reflected in the financial watchdog's allegedly 300-page report on the incident.

The report was put to the bank's executives in July of 2015. Because the report constitutes an in-house matter of the company, Postimees has no access. However, the watchdog's criticism caused the bank to thoroughly change its work organization. Danske's headquarters received a similar telling off by the local financial watchdog in March of 2016.

He added that the authority has been saying punishments for money laundering are too lenient in Estonia since 2004. “Right now the biggest fine is €32,000. Amendments currently in proceedings aim to hike that to €400,000,” Kessler said.

June will mark the entry into force of a European anti-money laundering directive that can punish financial institutions with a fine of €5 million or 10 percent of annual turnover. That is a dozen times higher than what Estonia is planning in its amendment.

Det er da derfor Danske Bank ville til Estland, fordi dér kunne de udfolde deres kriminalitet uden risiko.

Jeg synes bare, at reportagerne i den danske presse har været meget følgagtige overfor Danske Bank - uha! Ikke sige noget grimt om Danske Bank - det er så synd for de skadedyr!

Det værste er næsten, at det er sket i en periode, hvor markederne generelt er gået pænt frem. Det torpederer troen på hele ideen, nemlig at der er tale om passive placeringer i indeks: Så længe det går op på aktiemarkedet, så får man som opsparer stort set det samme afkast – og generelt vil aktier stiger over tid, det er jo den statistiske erfaring.

1. De stigende aktiekurser skyldes at investorerne skynder sig ud af dem. For at undgå at aktierne smides og hele markedet krasher, så sælges aktierne til en stråmand/investeringsbank - for penge lånt af virksomheden, der igen har lånt pengene i banken. I sidste ende er der ikke andet at gøre end at virksomheden rent faktisk indfrier lånet mod aktierne, som så går i beholdningen af egne aktier - det kan tage overordentlig lang tid! - hvorefter aktierne annulleres.
2. Igen, som jeg før har påpeget, så er aktieindex ren svindel - de vil altid stige over tid. Ikke fordi det går bedre eller blot godt for virksomhederne - tværtimod.
   Et aktieindex er sammensat af en portefølje af aktier. Når kursen på en aktie kommer så højt op, at den ikke kan handles - fordi alle aktionærer, med den mindste forstand på, hvad de roder med, de kan vurdere en akties værdi og det mulige afkast aktien kan give.
   Når aktien således ikke handles (går illikvid), så erstattes den af en anden aktie, der begynder forfra på ballonopstigningen. Et aktieindex tæller kun de positive stigninger.