Photo: Getty Image (file)Investors are being warned to "fully inform themselves" before giving businessman Bernard Whimp or anyone associated with Christchurch-based investment firm Chance Voight any more money. It was reported earlier this month the Financial Markets Authority was looking into Chance Voight Investment Corporation, as well as subsidiaries, persons and entities associated with the Chance Voight Group. The High Court in Christchurch appointed PWC as interim liquidators at the request of the FMA. The FMA said it understood Whimp had contacted investors about the interim liquidation and sought payments, which he described as donations to fund legal expenses. Whimp rose to prominence in the 2010s for making off-market offers to buy shares from investors at below their market value.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 22, 2025 06:05 UTC