Relax no Beaufort effect due soon7 Mar 2018 18:43
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43301342
06-03-2018
".......As many as 14,000 investors in the collapsed stockbroking firm Beaufort Securities should get a "substantial" amount of their money back.
The official administrators, PwC, said that the firm's clients should see between 85% and 90% of their cash returned to them.
However, it will be at least a month before any returns go through. ........."
"........PwC said it had located �50m in cash in the client accounts at Beaufort, and �800m invested in client assets such as pensions and Individual Savings Accounts (Isas).
This money has now been ring-fenced, so it can be returned to investors.
"We do forecast a substantial return to clients after costs, although this may take some time to implement, and we do not see any returns commencing before mid-April as there are a number of challenges to overcome," said Nigel Rackham, the joint administrator.
"These include carrying out an assessment of the accuracy of the firm's books and records, devising new processes to move the holdings of all clients in an orderly and appropriate way, and preparing cost estimates for these activities."
PwC said it would be constrained by the fact that there was no money in the company's own bank account. .............."
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So at first glance it looks like Beaufort had not kept 100% of their clients cash and shares in separate ring fenced accounts.
But there is enough to justify moving the customer's holdings from their Beaufort accounts to accounts with a new broker, rather than just paying a cash compensation figure. (so no selling then buying back)
Whatever happens there will be a delay of a month.
So no one need fear that there will be deluge of selling of shares anytime soon.
As Beaufort's customer portfolios would not just contain SOLO shares perhaps CrustyPete would like to spread this message of reassurance on all the other share message boards that he had previously posted his warning that their share price would be doomed by a flood of selling because of the Beaufort effect.