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    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      US bondholders prepare to sue Swiss government over $17bn Credit Suisse wipeout

      Distressed asset investor David Tepper says trust in European debt issuance at stake

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse promises to pay bonuses to staff despite UBS rescue

      Swiss bank had SFr360mn of contingent capital awards outstanding at the end of 2022

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Holders of $17bn of Credit Suisse bonds wiped out under UBS takeover

      Value of risky additional tier 1 debt written down to zero in move that is expected to jolt markets

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Banks
      Global banks shed $459bn in market rout as Goldman loses on rate swing

      Regulators discuss crisis with focus on Credit Suisse as March declines have mounted

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      SVB Financial Group
      SVB parent files for bankruptcy after bank collapse

      Company to use court-supervised process to salvage value from surviving units

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      News in-depthSilicon Valley Bank
      Project Yeti: How HSBC bought Silicon Valley Bank UK for £1

      Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Bank of England raced to orchestrate a sale

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      UK seeks to tap Middle East money to buy out SVB unit

      ‘Lead white knight’ eyeing British arm of tech lender that had billions in deposits

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      Bank of England moves to put UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank into resolution

      British arm of California-based lender applied for £1.8bn in liquidity as its parent company collapsed

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      Silicon Valley Bank shut down by US banking regulators

      Tech-focused lender failed in eleventh-hour attempt to raise new capital after facing $42bn in deposit outflows

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA
      Retailer Casino probed over alleged financial manipulation and insider trading

      Details of investigation by French prosecutor come as food retail group posts annual loss of €316mn

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Property sector
      How a Saudi prince lost a £250mn ‘London palace’

      Deals and loans stretching back decades lie behind ‘for sale’ notice on UK capital’s most expensive home

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Property sector
      Saudi owner of London’s most expensive house sued over alleged unpaid private jet bills

      Lender makes separate claim on £250mn house of Prince Khaled bin Sultan Al Saud, according to court documents

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse breached supervisory law over $10bn Greensill funds

      Swiss regulator Finma concludes two-year investigation into bank’s failings on supply chain funds

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      News in-depthTrafigura
      Trafigura: the 10-day unravelling of an alleged $500mn fraud

      Commodity trader alleges the ‘controlling mind’ behind nickel scheme repeatedly tried to stall for time

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Prateek Gupta
      Trafigura offered $15mn from alleged nickel fraudster using Mauritian bank

      Indian tycoon Prateek Gupta accused of ‘systematic fraud’ by world’s largest private metals trader

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Prateek Gupta
      Mauritian regulators examine bank in wake of Trafigura nickel fraud

      Silver Bank’s shareholder has ties to alleged fraudster Prateek Gupta

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      News in-depthTrafigura
      Missed signals: behind Trafigura’s $577mn loss on non-existent nickel

      Commodity trading group discovers shipments that did not contain any trace of the valuable metal

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      FT Alphaville
      How one Gupta accused of fraud knows another Gupta suspected of fraud

      The man behind Trafigura’s nickel fiasco has some interesting connections

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      #techAsia
      Japan’s grounded jet dreams and Apple in India Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Industrial metals
      Customer of Gupta’s Liberty Steel falls into administration

      Businessman may step in to rescue West Midlands group as steel industry crisis deepens

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      SoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank’s Vision Funds post $5.5bn loss as Masayoshi Son steps back from spotlight

      Billionaire founder opts out of presentation for first time in decades

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Fund management
      Singapore’s GIC cuts exposure to H2O Asset Management

      Decision by sovereign wealth fund follows French market regulator’s fine last month

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      Adani Group
      Adani ditched Big Four auditor for UK subsidiaries

      Indian conglomerate’s accounting practices have drawn scrutiny after short-selling report

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      ExplainerDue Diligence2 min
      How the buyout of Morrisons turned into a costly blunder | FT Due Diligence

      The FT’s Robert Smith explains how when market sentiment changed the deal ended up costing banks hundreds of millions of pounds

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      News in-depthNadhim Zahawi
      From Iraqi oilfields to Tory HQ: how Nadhim Zahawi mixed business and politics

      The UK Conservative party chair’s tax travails are the latest chapter in a career that has brought him great wealth

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