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Financial watchdog taking loan notes firm Hunter Jones to high court

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Saker-Clark, H. (2026, September 21). Financial watchdog taking loan notes firm Hunter Jones to high court. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/fca-john-terry-england-instagram-press-association-b1297786.html

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The Financial Conduct Authority is taking property investment firm Hunter Jones, run by social media influencer Reece Mennie, to high court over alleged unauthorized financial activity. The watchdog seeks a court order to halt Hunter Jones from conducting regulated activities without authorization and demands that the company return funds to investors. Hunter Jones claims to have raised over £300 million for property investments through loan notes, a form of debt agreement used by companies to raise capital.

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The Financial Conduct Authority has taken property investment firm Hunter Jones to high court over alleged unauthorised activity. The FCA is asking the court to stop Osborne Baldwin Limited, which trades as Hunter Jones and Hunter Jones Group, from carrying out regulated activities without proper authorisation. The company's CEO, social media influencer Reece Mennie, runs a platform that specialises in promoting loan notes, raising over £300 million for property investments. Loan notes are debt agreements used to raise capital. Additionally, another firm Equity for Growth (securities), which previously provided regulatory cover to Hunter Jones for marketing these loan notes, was also recently censured by the regulator last month.

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Financial watchdog taking loan notes firm Hunter Jones to high court The financial watchdog is taking property investment firm Hunter Jones to the high court over alleged unauthorised activity. asserted

watchdog → take → activity

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched proceedings against Osborne Baldwin Limited, which trades as Hunter Jones and Hunter Jones Group, asking the court to stop it from carrying out regulated activity without authorisation. asserted

which → launch → authorisation

It is asking the court to require the company, run by social media influencer Reece Mennie, to return money to investors. asserted

It → ask → investors

“The court has not yet determined the claim and no trial date has been set.” uncertain

date → determine → claim

Hunter Jones has been contacted for comment. asserted

Jones → contact → comment

The company, which specialises in promoting loan notes to potential investors, claims it has helped raise more than £300 million for property investments. uncertain

it → specialise → investments

Loan notes are a type of debt agreement, which can be secured and unsecured, issued by companies to raise capital. asserted

which → issue → capital

A company which used to provide Hunter Jones with regulatory cover to market loan notes, Equity for Growth (securities), was also censured by the regulator last month. asserted

which → use → regulator

Financial watchdog taking loan notes firm Hunter Jones to high court

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