Belvedere Management is a

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group based in

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that claims to have $16 billion of assets under administration. In March 2015, ''Offshore Alert'' described the group as a

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and it is currently under investigation by regulators in South Africa,

and Guernsey. The allegations remain unproven.

Activities

Belvedere is reported to run 125 hedge funds and has interests in fund administration, life insurance, stock broking, and investment management.CWMFX’s Parent Group Linked to Massive Offshore Ponzi Scheme, Researcher Says.
Victor Golovtchenko, ''Forex Magnates'', 24 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015. It operates from Mauritius, Guernsey, the Cayman Islands and South Africa and claims to have $16 billion of assets under administration.EXPOSED: Belvedere Management's massive criminal enterprise.
David Marchant, ''Offshore Alert'', 17 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015. The group is managed by Irish businessman

David Cosgrove David Dawson Cosgrove (born April 1960) is an Irish businessman whose Belvedere Management group claimed to have $16 billion of assets under administration. In 2016 he was barred from serving as an officer of any company regulated by the Maurit ...

, Mauritian accountant

Kenneth Maillard Kenneth Jean Georgy Maillard (born 1972) is a Mauritian accountant who is one of the principals of the Belvedere Management group. Career Maillard worked for the offshore department of Arthur Andersen Mauritius and other companies. He is the co ...

, and South African fund manager

Cobus Kellermann Jacobus "Cobus" Everhardus Kellermann (born ) is a South African Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Fund suspensions

In October 2014, The Mauritius Financial Services Commission placed two funds run by Belvedere as protected cell companies, Lancelot Global PCC and The Four Elements PCC, in

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meaning that they are prohibited from accepting new business. Among the companies affected by the suspension of the Four Elements fund has been Apollo Multi-Asset Management in the United Kingdom who have written to their investors to advise them that they are unable to withdraw money from its Mauritius domiciled £5.81 million Four Elements Apollo fund. The administration is being managed by

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. On 1 June 2015, the

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announced that Belvedere entity Brighton SPC had been placed in Controllership following a forensic examination of the fund by accountants. The controllers now have complete authority over the fund in order to protect the interests of investors and creditors. In March 2015 the publication ''Offshore Alert'' accused the group of being a Ponzi scheme that is currently under investigation by regulators in South Africa, Mauritius and Guernsey.Funds marketed in Hong Kong linked to Belvedere fraud probe.
Benjamin Robertson, ''

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'', 6 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

Components

Some of the entities in the group are:

Guernsey

*Lancelot Management Limited – A Guernsey regulated collective investment scheme manager.

Jersey

*Belvedere Management and Investment Limited

Mauritius

*Belvedere Fund Manager Limited – Fund manager to the Theseus Property Fund Limited. *Belvedere Life Limited, PCC – A life insurance company. *Belvedere Management Limited (licensed by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission) *E-portfolio Solutions Limited - Electronic trading of mutual funds and shares. *RDL Management Limited – A collective investment manager. *Teleraka Investments Limited – An investment advisor to cells of the Universal Mutual Fund, a Guernsey regulated ICC. *Theseus Property Fund Limited – A property fund which invests in Mauritius real estate.

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External links

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