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'''Robin Crispin Odey''' is founder of hedge fund [[Odey Asset Management]].
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'''Robin Crispin Odey''' is a prominent hedge fund figure in London. He is a donor to the [[Conservative Party]], [[UKIP]] and the campaign for the UK to leave the EU.
  
Odey has donated to both the [[Conservative Party]] and [[UKIP]].
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He is founder of hedge fund [[Odey Asset Management]].
  
His company Odey Asset Management owns 12% of [[Circle Holdings]], owner of [[Circle Health]].<ref> Sean Farrell [http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/09/circle-patients-hinchingbrooke-sick-dream-impossible Circle says it’s driven by its patients – but it’s been looking rather sick itself] ''Guardian'', 9 January 2015, accessed 7 May 2015.</ref>
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==Brexit==
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Odey backed the [[Vote Leave]], donating £873,328 to the campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
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He says that talk about hedge fund managers wanting to come out of Brussels because of the directives introduced after the financial crisis that might have affected their industry is “all crap”. Rather, he says, “Europe hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory”.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/06/why-are-hedge-funds-supporting-brexit Why are hedge funds supporting Brexit?], Guardian, 6 Nov 2015</ref>
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==Business interests==
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Odey is founder of hedge fund [[Odey Asset Management]].
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Odey's company [[Odey Asset Management]] previously owns 12% of [[Circle Holdings]], owner of private hospital company [[Circle Health]].<ref> Sean Farrell [http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/09/circle-patients-hinchingbrooke-sick-dream-impossible Circle says it’s driven by its patients – but it’s been looking rather sick itself] ''Guardian'', 9 January 2015, accessed 7 May 2015.</ref>
  
 
==Political Donations==
 
==Political Donations==
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*[[Kwarsi Kwateng]] worked as an analyst for Odey Asset Management.
 
*[[Kwarsi Kwateng]] worked as an analyst for Odey Asset Management.
 
*[[Circle Holdings]]
 
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*Odey was briefly married to [[Rupert Murdoch]]’s daughter Prudence.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 12:44, 10 November 2017

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Robin Crispin Odey is a prominent hedge fund figure in London. He is a donor to the Conservative Party, UKIP and the campaign for the UK to leave the EU.

He is founder of hedge fund Odey Asset Management.

Brexit

Odey backed the Vote Leave, donating £873,328 to the campaign for Britain to leave the EU.

He says that talk about hedge fund managers wanting to come out of Brussels because of the directives introduced after the financial crisis that might have affected their industry is “all crap”. Rather, he says, “Europe hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory”.[1]

Business interests

Odey is founder of hedge fund Odey Asset Management.

Odey's company Odey Asset Management previously owns 12% of Circle Holdings, owner of private hospital company Circle Health.[2]

Political Donations

Recorded by the Electoral Commission:[3]

Date Name of donor Amount Donated to Subsidiary (parties only)
03/12/2007 Robin C Odey £3,000.00 Conservative Party Gloucester
07/07/2008 Robin C Odey £30,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
13/02/2009 Robin C Odey £9,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
25/03/2009 R C W Odey £100,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
15/04/2009 Robin Crispin William Odey £10,000.00 Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" [De-registered 26/07/12]
16/05/2009 Crispin Odey £1,617.00 Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu [De-registered 02/11/10]
16/05/2009 Crispin Odey £5,347.00 Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu [De-registered 02/11/10]
28/05/2009 Crispin Odey £3,000.00 Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu [De-registered 02/11/10]
12/06/2009 Robin Crispin William Odey £15,000.00 Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" [De-registered 26/07/12]
23/06/2009 Robin C Odey £10,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
30/06/2009 Robin C Odey £5,000.00 Conservative Party Hereford
09/02/2010 Robin C Odey £5,000.00 Conservative Party Forest of Dean
14/04/2010 Robin C Odey £2,000.00 Conservative Party North East Somerset
26/04/2010 R C W Odey £4,000.00 UK Independence Party (UKIP) Central Party
11/05/2010 Robin C Odey £2,000.00 Conservative Party Mid Sussex
19/07/2010 Robin C Odey £6,000.00 Conservative Party Orpington
26/01/2011 Robin C Odey £50,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
03/03/2011 Odey Asset Management Group Limited £20,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
06/04/2011 Odey Asset Management Group Limited £20,000.00 No Campaign Limited
08/10/2013 Robin C Odey £9,000.00 Conservative Party North East Somerset
23/04/2014 Robin Odey £10,000.00 UK Independence Party (UKIP) Central Party
17/06/2014 Robin Odey £12,000.00 UK Independence Party (UKIP) Central Party
02/10/2014 Robin C Odey £10,000.00 Conservative Party Hereford and South Herefordshire




Affiliations

Notes

  1. Why are hedge funds supporting Brexit?, Guardian, 6 Nov 2015
  2. Sean Farrell Circle says it’s driven by its patients – but it’s been looking rather sick itself Guardian, 9 January 2015, accessed 7 May 2015.
  3. Electoral Commission, Search: 'Odey', accessed 7 May 2015