Under the settlement terms, the investors would recover some of the capital they had put into the mansions.
When the RHI comes in, it will go some way to repaying some of the capital and running costs.
You can get your money out before the end of the period, but you will lose some of the capital.
"I'm surprised that some of the capital plans seem to be as limited as they are," he said.
Proposals include reducing some of the capital requirements on banks, and lifting several controls on asset managers' trading.
Kleiner Perkins, for instance, decided to let its limited partners off paying some of the capital they had committed to its worst bubble fund.
Some of the capital employed will be owned by non-residents, and they will be entitled to the return on that investment.
Quantitative easing and low interest rates in the developed world are behind some of the capital flowing to the emerging world, a flow that is almost certainly excessive.
Taiwan companies are increasingly trying to list shares in Hong Kong, for example, as a way to circumvent some of the capital controls that apply to the mainland.
Some of the capital being plowed into McMansions with Olympic-size lap pools would earn a higher return (tax considerations aside) in medical research or pollution control.
It suggested it would help with some of the capital costs saying it would "fully support the construction of the Tesla factory".
