Patterson Wealth Partners founder retakes control after Chance Voight probe

These entities inlcuded:

Chance Voight Investment Corporation Limited Chance Voight Investment Partners Limited CVI Securities Limited CVI Financial Limited CVI Partners Mortgage Fund Limited CVI Partners Mortgage Income Fund Limited 

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) said it wouldn’t comment further due to court suppression orders and an FMA confidentiality order.

But it noted that in November 2025, a Chance Voight subsidiary took ownership of Patterson Wealth Partners Limited, a licensed financial advice provider.

Companies Office records show the sole director of Chance Voight is Bernard Whimp, while the company has an extensive shareholding list.

Whimp has a history of making “low-ball” offers to investors with small parcels of shares in listed companies.

In 2011, the High Court ordered the cancellation of any agreements made to sell shares to Whimp after legal action from the FMA.

The court ordered shares transferred to Whimp to be returned and also made orders preventing him from making any further offers of this kind.

Some of Whimp’s unsolicited offers were at rates well below the market price.

Others were above the market price, although some investors did not realise the money would be paid out over the next 10 years.

Many shareholders who received and accepted Whimp’s offers were elderly.

The Chance Voight website no longer appears online.

In a statement about its interim appointment as liquidators, PwC said it was required to report to the Christchurch High Court by January 26, 2026.

“Subject to any material matters arising, a further update can be provided following this.”

Investors or creditors of the companies with questions on the interim liquidation process were urged to contact PwC New Zealand.

Jamie Gray is an Auckland-based journalist, covering the financial markets, the primary sector and energy. He joined the Herald in 2011.

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