Timeline of Key Events in Collapse of Allianz’s Structured Alpha Funds May 19, 2022 Germany’s Allianz has agreed to pay about $6 billion and its U.S. asset management unit will plead guilty to fraud...
Allianz to Pay Over $6B for Structured Alpha Fraud, Former Fund Manager Indicted May 17, 2022 By Tom Sims, Alexander Hübner and Jonathan Stempel Germany’s Allianz SE agreed to pay more than $6 billion and its U.S. asset management unit pleaded guilty to criminal...
Allianz Sets Aside Another $2 Billion for Structured Alpha Fund Debacle May 11, 2022 By Tom Sims and Alexander Hübner Germany’s Allianz said on Wednesday it would set aside another 1.9 billion euros ($2 billion) as it braces for the...
Europe’s Top Court Rules Against Compensation for Banco Popular Investors May 6, 2022 By Jesús Aguado Europe’s top court said on Thursday that Banco Popular shareholders who took part in its capital increase in 2016 are...
Some Credit Suisse Investors Do Not Want to Absolve Execs for Greensill Losses: FT March 28, 2022 Some shareholders in Credit Suisse do not want the bank to hold a vote in the annual meeting on absolving...
Inside Allianz’s $4B Structured Alpha Fund Blowup: Red Flags and Fat Fees March 14, 2022 By Neil Weinberg, Alex Wittenberg and Will Louch It’s every investor’s dream: Make money when markets go up, and when markets go down, and even when markets go...
Investors Cannot Sue German Regulator for Wirecard Collapse, Court Rules January 20, 2022 By Karin Matussek Investors who lost money from investing in Wirecard AG shares can’t make Germany’s financial regulator Bafin compensate them, a Frankfurt...
Dirty Money Worried Swedbank Compliance Officers but Bosses Kept Mum: Documents January 10, 2022 By Niclas Rolander, Aaron Eglitis and Anton Wilen In the summer of 2018, a senior anti money-laundering official at Swedbank AB appeared anxious as he read reports that...
Investors Demand $2.5B in Possible German Class Action Over Bayer’s Monsanto Deal January 3, 2022 Investors are demanding around 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) from Bayer as part of a possible class action lawsuit in...
Italian Judge Drops Case Against Unipol CEO Over Merger With Insurer Fondiaria December 27, 2021 An Italian judge on Thursday dropped a case against the CEO of Unipol and six other people related to the...