Denialist and Addy10 Feb 2016 10:38
Denialist - IMO you are spot on. JB himself has made several pronouncements which have subsequently proved to be way off the mark or incorrect. Therefore the issue becomes one of trust. I bang on about this so much but that's ultimately what it's about.
Addy - as for the TW thing, hmmmm. Let me ask you a question. If I was TW and you were JB and I picked up the phone and said "Hey John are you going to do a placing?" How would you reply?? If you said "Yes Tom we're going to do a placing". That would be a massive breach of market rules. He couldn't do that even if he wanted to be honest. So I would be VERY cautious of such assurances. Particularly from a CEO with his history of 'off the mark' pronouncements. One or twin months down the road it would be quite easy for JB to justify it by a 'change of circumstances' for example.
I stand by my opinion. There will be a fundraising here.