Meteor Asset Management has filed an application for a judical review into a FOS decision ordering it to compensate investors who lost money in its Lehman-backed plans.
The FOS ruled in February Meteor did not treat Mr and Mrs B fairly when it failed to inform them Lehman Brothers, the counterparty of their Prima Growth Plan 7, had been downgraded by Standard & Poor's from A+ to A. But Meteor disputes the claim and has refused to return the couple's £20,000 investment. It will now try to challenge the ruling in the courts. If Meteor's case is thrown out, a flood of investors who claim their circumstances are indentical to Mr and Mrs B's will seek also compensation, at a projected cost to the asset manager of millions of pounds. Graham Devile, mana...
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