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Bill Hwang

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Archegos’s Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison

    Former Wall Street trader was convicted of fraud and manipulation in scheme that resulted in big losses for banks

    Bill Hwang arrives for his sentencing at court
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
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    Investors serve, can women’s tennis volley?

    The Women’s Tennis Association is looking to Saudi Arabia and private equity for support

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Archegos founder Bill Hwang found guilty over fund’s collapse

    Implosion in 2021 sent shockwaves through US equity markets and cost Wall Street banks billions of dollars

    Bill Hwang
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Archegos Capital Management
    US urges jury to convict Archegos’ Hwang: ‘what happened here was fraud’

    Closing arguments cap eight-week trial in which lawyers for former trader say government failed to prove its case

    Bill Hwang, left, arriving at the Manhattan federal courthouse on Monday morning
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Star witness testifies at Archegos trial: ‘Do whatever it takes to get the cash’

    Former chief risk officer at Bill Hwang’s family office tells of pressure and lies during testimony

    Scott Becker, former chief risk officer of Archegos Capital Management, leaves federal court in New York, US on Monday, May 20, 2024
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    ‘This is Bill. Bill Hwang’: US jury hears founder’s call to Archegos lenders

    Recording comes in trial over whether investor and other executives duped Wall Street banks that lost billions

    Bill Hwang arrives at Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 14, 2024
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Bill Hwang wanted to be a ‘legend on Wall Street’, say prosecutors

    Trial begins over the collapse of Archegos which cost banks billions of dollars and rattled US markets

    Bill Hwang
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    Due Diligence
    Bill Hwang on trial Premium content

    Plus, inside US universities’ complicated affair with private equity and CVC sells its divisive tea plantations

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  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    News in-depth
    ‘To what end?’: the murky question of Bill Hwang’s motive in Archegos trial

    Three years after his fund’s collapse shook Wall Street, a jury will decide whether the investor’s actions were criminal

    A montage of Bill Hwang, the logo of Archegos and the Manhattan federal courthouse in the background
  • Monday, 24 July, 2023
    Archegos Capital Management
    Credit Suisse fined $388mn over Archegos collapse

    US and UK regulators criticise ‘serious’ and ‘significant’ failings behind $5.5bn trading loss at defunct Swiss bank

    Credit Suisse headquarters in Zurich
  • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Spacs: Enjoy responsibly Premium content

    Plus, Bill Hwang is sued by his former analyst and Putin’s inner circle ponders a sanction-proof mega-deal

  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    Archegos Capital Management
    Archegos founder’s charity was financial ‘escape pod’, suit alleges

    Ex-managing director at Bill Hwang’s failed investment firm claims shares were transferred to foundation

    Bill Hwang, founder of Archegos Capital Management, leaves court in April in New York
  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    News in-depthArchegos Capital Management
    Bill Hwang case puts prosecutors’ market manipulation claim to the test

    Experts say US government may struggle to show Archegos Capital chief intended to artificially boost share prices

    Bill Hwang leaves federal court in New York on Wednesday
  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    News in-depthArchegos Capital Management
    Why did Wall Street loan billions to alleged fraudster Bill Hwang?

    Federal indictment against Archegos founder shines light on risk controls at sophisticated trading desks

    Bill Hwang
  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Bill Hwang is read his rights Premium content

    Plus, Mukesh Ambani plans a deal with Apollo and Credit Suisse purges its top ranks

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Archegos Capital Management
    Archegos founder Bill Hwang arrested on US fraud charges

    Prosecutors accuse hedge fund manager and former lieutenant of scheme that was ‘historic in scope’

    Bill Hwang in 2012
  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Hedge funds
    A bad day for Bill

    The SEC complaint against Archegos in full.

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    LexFinancials
    Archegos: alleged deceptions and oversight failings soured this dough Premium content

    The debacle resulting in Bill Hwang’s arrest has inspired calls for better disclosure of swaps holdings

    Montage of Bill Hwang in front of Archegos signage
  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    LexDeutsche Bank AG
    Deutsche Bank/Bill Hwang: courting disgraced investor dents lender’s reputation Premium content

    Shareholders should wonder how bank could allow such an embarrassing situation to arise

    Archegos and Deutsche Bank montage
  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    News in-depthMarkets
    The biggest market moments of 2021

    From the GameStop saga to the Archegos debacle — these are the events that shaped the year

  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    Archegos Capital Management
    Hong Kong plans new risk controls to prevent Archegos-style collapse

    Project to track dangerously concentrated exposures to stocks has garnered attention of US regulators

    Bill Hwang of Archegos Capital
  • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
    Archegos Capital Management
    Archegos employees face $500m losses from crashed bonus fund

    Value of deferred pay plan had swelled before Bill Hwang’s family office collapsed

    Bill Hwang
  • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
    LexCredit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse/Archegos: Hwang prang reveals bankers as hostages to fortune Premium content

    Executives wilfully ignored every bell, buzzer and klaxon of the risk alarm systems

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse starts overhaul of risk monitoring after Archegos losses

    New unit to track trading positions of major clients and their potential impact on bank

    Credit Suisse headquarters in Zurich
  • Friday, 11 June, 2021
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse loses ground in prime broking after Archegos blow-up

    Swiss bank suffered $5bn hit from collapse of Bill Hwang’s fund and pledged to rein in risk

    Bill Hwang of Archegos
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