målvaktsupplägg

English translation: shell company arrangement

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Swedish term or phrase:målvaktsupplägg
English translation:shell company arrangement
Entered by: Paul Lambert

07:55 Oct 5, 2018
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities / Funny business
Swedish term or phrase: målvaktsupplägg
Some kind of dishonest dealing or fraud.

Sentence given:
"Samma investerare dyker upp två gånger i flyttkedjan som även inkluderar ett misstänkt målvaktsupplägg i pensionsrådgivaren XYZ AB, bolaget där de 19.000 spararna från början var kunder."
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 21:59
shell company arrangement
Explanation:
As Björnar says, this has been discussed before and from that discussion, I agree with "shell company arrangement" as a suitable translation for your word.
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Paul Gratwick
Sweden
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1shell company arrangement
Paul Gratwick
4dummy (front) director set up (or scam)
Deane Goltermann
Summary of reference entries provided
"Målvaktsbolag" has been discussed before
Bjørnar Magnussen

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
shell company arrangement


Explanation:
As Björnar says, this has been discussed before and from that discussion, I agree with "shell company arrangement" as a suitable translation for your word.

Paul Gratwick
Sweden
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SafeTex: or "setup" instead of "arrangement"
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dummy (front) director set up (or scam)


Explanation:
Yeah, looked at before and the wrong term selected. Two references and more


https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dummydirector.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_corporation

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/27/victo...

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/322768/Corporate Governance/Trans...



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Note added at 9 hrs (2018-10-05 17:03:31 GMT)
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For the record... shell company is a different thing than anything to do with målvaktupplägg. There's even a Swedish word for shell company ... skalbolag.

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skalföretag

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 21:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 15
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Reference comments


7 mins
Reference: "Målvaktsbolag" has been discussed before

Reference information:
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/swedish-to-english/finance-genera...

Bjørnar Magnussen
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 4
Note to reference poster
Asker: Ah, great link. Thank you!

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