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    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      H2O Asset Management
      Bruno Crastes battles on at H2O following investment ban

      Firm’s founder makes clear to clients he will still play an active role despite sanction by French regulator

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      H2O Asset Management
      Regulator slaps record fine on H2O over Windhorst-linked investments

      Penalty comes as asset manager announces first repayment to investors with frozen funds

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Windhorst covered bill for Hertha Berlin smear campaign, probe finds

      Investigation by law firm puts financier at centre of exit of German FC’s former president

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      H2O Asset Management
      Lars Windhorst offered La Perla role to H2O chief’s wife

      Asset manager was pouring investors’ money into financier’s ventures when post was proposed

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      H2O Asset Management
      H2O tells clients French regulator did not accuse it of fraud

      Asset manager moves to reassure customers after French authorities accused it of ‘grave’ rule breaches

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      H2O Asset Management
      H2O faces record €75mn fine and investment ban for chief

      French regulator recommends tough action over the asset manager’s investments in illiquid bonds tied to Lars Windhorst

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      Lars Windhorst set to sell Hertha Berlin stake to 777 Partners

      Sale to US private equity group at undisclosed price hinges on approval from football club and Bundesliga

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Lars Windhorst’s bank reported to regulator by Hertha Berlin

      Vienna-based Euram Bank confirmed payments to football club that took weeks to arrive

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Deutsche Bank AG
      Deutsche Bank ditched Hertha Berlin over links to Lars Windhorst

      Christian Sewing met financier and football investor and exchanged WhatsApp messages

    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      Berlin prosecutors pursue Windhorst over alleged illegal banking activities

      Investigation ongoing a year after German financier said matter had been resolved

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
      Windhorst to cut ties with Berlin football club after spy scandal

      German financier faced storm of criticism after FT revelations over campaign against president

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Another corporate spying scandal in Germany Premium content

      Plus, Mars steps out of the shadows and investors fret over UK private equity

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      Lars Windhorst hired corporate spies that targeted football club boss, lawsuit says

      Israeli company mounted operation to oust Hertha Berlin president, according to court documents

    • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
      Behind Lars Windhorst’s scramble to repay H2O

      Controversial financier has pledged to find half a billion euros in ‘weeks’

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Lars Windhorst pledges to repay €550mn to H2O in ‘weeks’

      Controversial financier tells FT he will make large payment to troubled asset manager

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      H2O Asset Management
      Natixis completes deal to cut ties with H2O Asset Management

      French bank finalises plan to dispose of troubled subsidiary

    • Friday, 14 January, 2022
      H2O Asset Management
      H2O writes down Windhorst bonds further after bankruptcy near-miss

      Asset manager warns investors that estimated value of frozen funds has fallen as much as 44%

    • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
      H2O Asset Management
      H2O clients seek court expert to probe investments tied to Lars Windhorst

      Group representing wealthy individuals and insurers will ask a French court to appoint an independent expert

    • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
      Due Diligence
      Treading water: KPMG deems auditing H2O an impossible task Premium content

      Plus, a railway mega-deal veers off track, and China’s video game crackdown sends the country’s most valuable company on a quest for foreign deals

    • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
      H2O Asset Management
      Accounts at six H2O funds ‘impossible to certify’ says KPMG

      Auditor could not collect enough data on funds, all of which had exposure to Windhorst-linked securities

    • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
      News in-depth
      Lars Windhorst tries to plot future beyond H2O crisis

      German financier under pressure to buy back more than €1bn of securities from asset manager

    • Monday, 5 July, 2021
      Lars Windhorst under investigation by criminal prosecutors

      BaFin filed complaint over potential illegal banking activity by German financier

    • Friday, 26 February, 2021
      H2O Asset Management
      H2O hires advisers as it races to dispose of illiquid debt

      London-based asset manager says it hired adviser at the request of the UK regulator

    • Monday, 30 November, 2020
      News in-depthH2O Asset Management
      Bruno Crastes: ‘French Soros’ fights for H2O’s future

      Asset manager’s fate hangs in balance amid controversy over its links to German financier Lars Windhorst  

    • Friday, 23 October, 2020
      Natixis SA
      Mystery deepens on H2O bond trading

      Documents increase puzzle over asset manager’s illiquid bond deals

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