Exclusive: Secrecy obscures fees already paid to Malik Karim’s investment bank for advice on pension firm’s demutualisation
The Conservative party’s new treasurer could make millions of pounds from the controversial takeover of the pensions and insurance mutual LV= by an American private equity firm.
The proposed buyout has enraged some Conservative MPs – and could put them at odds with Malik Karim, an investment banker, who was named Tory treasurer in September, responsible for building the party’s election war chest.