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Sir [[Martyn Arbib]] is one of the UK's wealthiest financiers and a substantial donor to the [[Conservative Party]]. He is the founder of [[Invesco Perpetual]].
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Sir [[Martyn Arbib]] is one of the UK's wealthiest financiers and a heavyweight donor to the [[Conservative Party]].  
  
==Activities==
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He is the founder of fund management company [[Invesco Perpetual]], which he sold in 2001 for more than £1 billion, receiving £113 million in cash and shares worth an estimated £300 million.
Arbib owns a 28.7% stake in [[Circle Holdings] and has donated around £466,330 to the UK. <ref> James Lyons, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fury-tory-party-donors-handed-3123469#ixzz2szTXipLQ Fury as Tory party donors are handed NHS contracts worth £1.5BILLION under health reforms], ''Daily Mirror'', 8 February 2014, acc 10 Feb 2014 </ref>
 
  
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==Tory donations==
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As of February 2014 Arbib had donated around £466,330 to the Tories.
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The financier owns a 28.7% stake in [[Circle Holdings]], the parent company [[Circle Health]] which has landed £1.36billion worth of NHS contracts. This has prompted claims of donor influence, given that several ­of its investors have gifted about £1.5million to the Tories in recent years: Sir Martyn Arbib's donations represent almost a third of this amount. <ref> James Lyons, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fury-tory-party-donors-handed-3123469#ixzz2szTXipLQ Fury as Tory party donors are handed NHS contracts worth £1.5BILLION under health reforms], ''Daily Mirror'', 8 February 2014, acc 10 Feb 2014 </ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*Son [[James Arbib]], a Cambridge graduate who is a former City of London investment analyst, has made donations to the [[Green Party]] and Green MP [[Caroline Lucas]].
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*Daughter [[Annabel Nicoll]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:04, 18 November 2014

Sir Martyn Arbib is one of the UK's wealthiest financiers and a heavyweight donor to the Conservative Party.

He is the founder of fund management company Invesco Perpetual, which he sold in 2001 for more than £1 billion, receiving £113 million in cash and shares worth an estimated £300 million.

Tory donations

As of February 2014 Arbib had donated around £466,330 to the Tories.

The financier owns a 28.7% stake in Circle Holdings, the parent company Circle Health which has landed £1.36billion worth of NHS contracts. This has prompted claims of donor influence, given that several ­of its investors have gifted about £1.5million to the Tories in recent years: Sir Martyn Arbib's donations represent almost a third of this amount. [1]

Affiliations

Resources

Notes

  1. James Lyons, Fury as Tory party donors are handed NHS contracts worth £1.5BILLION under health reforms, Daily Mirror, 8 February 2014, acc 10 Feb 2014