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The [[special purpose vehicle]], or [[espievie]]<ref>Known in accounting circles, for some reason, as an [[espiecie]] — rest assured it is the same beast.</ref> is a unique species of [[joint stock company]], first discovered in the wild in the lush forests of [[George Town]], [[Grand Cayman]] by the Scottish naturalist [[A. J. N. Calder]] in 1926. For many years it was believed that the local genus, ''consortium restrictum culpam caymanium'' — the  “Common” or “Cayman Exempted” [[Espievie]] — was unique, but naturalists found variant species in other islands<ref>[[L. B. G. T. Appleby]] discovering the [[Giant Bermudan espievie]] in Bermuda in 1929, and Herbert Fonesca discovering the [[Panamanian Film espievie]] in 1953.</ref>. For many years the species was understood to be indigenous to the Caribbean, until pioneering Jersey botanist [[Ichabod Mourant]] discovered a colony of [[Oeic]]s<ref>a word derived from the Jèrriais for “imaginary legal entity” and pronounced “[[Oik]]”</ref> or “[[Oik]]” nesting in the archive stacks of Guernsey’s ''Library for the Illiterate''.
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The [[espievie]] was first bred in captivity in a famous scientific collaboration between [[Calder]] and the brothers [[Maple brothers|Godfrey and Maginot Maple]], then working in the [[George Ugland]]’s zoological menagerie in [[George Town]]. The site is occupied today by [[Ugland House]], headquarters of an industrial breeding programme for [[espievie]]s of all kinds, meaning that the continued survival of this freak of financial biology is, for the foreseeable future, assured.
A unique species of [[joint stock company]]<ref>Also known as an “[[espievie]]”  and, in accounting circles for some reason, as an “[[espiecie]]” — rest assured it is the same beast.</ref> first discovered in the lush forests of [[George Town]], [[Grand Cayman]] by dour Scottish naturalist [[A. J. N. Calder]] in 1926.  


Most [[espievie]]s are harmless and even friendly and can be useful around the garden, mulching up tax liabilities and so on. But occasionally they turn nasty. Poor [[Andrew Fastow]] was hounded to prison by three of his own [[raptors]], and the less said about [[synthetic CDO]]s the better.
===Discovery===
For many years Calder believed the creature he had found, and which he [[Taxonomy|taxonomised]] as the “common Cayman exempted [[espievie]]” (genus ''consortium restrictum culpam caymanium''), was unique in the world.  But Calder’s, and our, world was repeatedly rocked over the next thirty years as naturalists found variants elsewhere in many different financial and regulatory climates.


{{Seealso}}  
The first to do so was [[L. B. G. T. Appleby]] who discovered the Bermudan reinsurance [[espievie]], not too far from the Caribbean along the Gulf Stream, of course, in 1939.
 
Fourteen years later, retired botanist [[Herbert Fonseca]] came across neat piles of tax losses when on a forest walk with his grand-children, which the children managed to trace all the way to back to a mating pair of film [[espievie]]s, concealed in dense thicket of blind [[trust]]s. The species had never before seen in Panama.<ref>Fonseca should have realised trouble was in store: the very thing about film partnerships is that they are ''not meant to be traceable''.</ref> 
 
Then, in 1964, Jersey paleontologist [[Ichabod Mourant]] discovered a colony of “[[Oeic]]s” (the word is derived from the Jèrriais for “imaginary legal entity” and is pronounced “[[Oik]]”) nesting in the archive stacks of Guernsey’s ''Library for the Illiterate''.
 
Since then, [[espievie]]s have proven robust migrants and flourished in many fiscal climates all around the world.
===Domestication===
The [[espievie]] was first bred in captivity in the nineteen-sixties, in a famous collaboration between [[Calder]] and [[Maple brothers|Godfrey and Maginot Maple]]. At the time, [[Calder]] was general manager of the children’s orphanage founded by [[George Ugland]], and the [[Maple brothers]] ran [[George Town]]’s zoological menagerie.
 
The site of their collaboration is occupied today by [[Ugland House]], an austere spanish-fronted ''hacienda'' which headquarters an international breeding programme for [[espievie]]s of all kinds, meaning that the continued survival of this freak of [[Financial service|financial biology]] is, for the foreseeable future, assured.
===Modern use===
Most [[espievie]]s are harmless and even friendly and can be useful around the garden, mulching up tax liabilities and so on. But occasionally they turn nasty. Poor Andrew Fastow was hounded to prison by three of his own [[raptors]].  [[Herbert Fonseca]], though he successfully bred Panamanian tax [[espievie]]s for nearly sixty years, was finally undone when an unfortunate leakage of publicity wiped out his whole breeding population, and a significant part of the offshore wealth management industry, in 2016.
 
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*[[Enron]] and its benighted [[raptors]]
*[[Enron]] and its benighted [[raptors]]


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Special purpose vehicle
/ˈspɛʃ(ə)l ˈpəːpəs ˈviːɪk(ə)/ (n.)

A unique species of joint stock company[1] first discovered in the lush forests of George Town, Grand Cayman by dour Scottish naturalist A. J. N. Calder in 1926.

Discovery

For many years Calder believed the creature he had found, and which he taxonomised as the “common Cayman exempted espievie” (genus consortium restrictum culpam caymanium), was unique in the world. But Calder’s, and our, world was repeatedly rocked over the next thirty years as naturalists found variants elsewhere in many different financial and regulatory climates.

The first to do so was L. B. G. T. Appleby who discovered the Bermudan reinsurance espievie, not too far from the Caribbean along the Gulf Stream, of course, in 1939.

Fourteen years later, retired botanist Herbert Fonseca came across neat piles of tax losses when on a forest walk with his grand-children, which the children managed to trace all the way to back to a mating pair of film espievies, concealed in dense thicket of blind trusts. The species had never before seen in Panama.[2]

Then, in 1964, Jersey paleontologist Ichabod Mourant discovered a colony of “Oeics” (the word is derived from the Jèrriais for “imaginary legal entity” and is pronounced “Oik”) nesting in the archive stacks of Guernsey’s Library for the Illiterate.

Since then, espievies have proven robust migrants and flourished in many fiscal climates all around the world.

Domestication

The espievie was first bred in captivity in the nineteen-sixties, in a famous collaboration between Calder and Godfrey and Maginot Maple. At the time, Calder was general manager of the children’s orphanage founded by George Ugland, and the Maple brothers ran George Town’s zoological menagerie.

The site of their collaboration is occupied today by Ugland House, an austere spanish-fronted hacienda which headquarters an international breeding programme for espievies of all kinds, meaning that the continued survival of this freak of financial biology is, for the foreseeable future, assured.

Modern use

Most espievies are harmless and even friendly and can be useful around the garden, mulching up tax liabilities and so on. But occasionally they turn nasty. Poor Andrew Fastow was hounded to prison by three of his own raptors. Herbert Fonseca, though he successfully bred Panamanian tax espievies for nearly sixty years, was finally undone when an unfortunate leakage of publicity wiped out his whole breeding population, and a significant part of the offshore wealth management industry, in 2016.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Also known as an “espievie” and, in accounting circles for some reason, as an “espiecie” — rest assured it is the same beast.
  2. ↑ Fonseca should have realised trouble was in store: the very thing about film partnerships is that they are not meant to be traceable.
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