Hi Amused Observer.
I think it can affect things!
The following is a quote from a cheer leader that was posted nearly 2 years ago when AYB (PDF) announced the $50m farms.. and that ICBC Capital (Pirate Pete Landau) was arranging the $
Whether the post by the cheer leader was intensional or not, I do not know, so he must be given the benefit of doubt and therefor I have to assume that he was over excited by the thought that the Chinese bank ICBC was backing AYB!! And he did try to hype it up! It does make me wonder how many, if any were mislead?
Quote - “Just doing some research into ICBC Capital...”
"Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Sydney Branch has a unique ability of helping customers to bridge the gap between the Australian market and China through its connections with the global ICBC group, thus being able to provide its Australian customers a full range of specialized banking services... The Sydney Branch positions itself first and foremost towards serving those Chinese companies investing in and trading with Australia and Australian companies investing in and trading with China"
https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/funding-approved.2672280/page-2?post_id=16709655#.WfxJX2jZWEc
And my very first post on AYB (PDF)(I came across arron$’s post by accident!)
Quote - “You really do not know who you are dealing with here? Do you?
ICBC Capital has absolutely nothing to do with Industrial Commercial Bank of China……”
https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/funding-approved.2672280/page-4?post_id=16710421#.WfxKumjZWEc
