Has 'superwoman' Nicola Horlick finally met her match?

City 'superwoman' Nicola Horlick has a fight on her hands as 'vengeful playboy' Vincent Tchenguiz vows to destroy her over lost investments.

Nicola Horlick has always generated column inches well beyond the City pages. Her battle to retain control of her flagship Bramdean Alternatives fund is no exception. "Has Superwoman met her Nemesis?" cried the Daily Mail. It makes for juicy reading; her antagonist, Vincent Tchenguiz, is a "vengeful playboy, who has vowed to destroy her". Indeed, "she might have finally met her match" in Tchenguiz (see below) who, "like Horlick, compels and repulses in even measure", says The Daily Telegraph.

Having taken hefty losses on his 29.9% stake in the fund, Tchenguiz now alleges mismanagement. He aims to oust Horlick and liquidate the fund. Horlick has retaliated by suggesting that Tchenguiz is only agitating because he faces a £40m cash-call from the bust Icelandic bank, Kaupthing. This is something that Tchenguiz categorically denies. The gloves are off, says The Times, and this fight could get dirtier still.

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