U.K. regulatory system also at fault in Greensill collapse
By 
Neil Hodge2021-05-20T17:19:00
The collapse of Greensill Capital has led to investigations into how the company got into the financial mess it did and why alarm bells didn’t ring. But one investigation is noticeably conspicuous by its absence—why the company wasn’t properly regulated in the first place.
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