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    • Saturday, 22 July, 2023
      Lars Windhorst discloses multimillion loss on sale of Berlin football club

      Private equity group 777 bought the struggling team for a fraction of the financier’s original €374mn investment

      Hertha Berlin players during a football match in May
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Lars Windhorst hit with €150mn freezing order

      German financier is trying to fend off litigation from a number of aggrieved creditors

      Lars Windhorst
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Indebted financier Lars Windhorst denies living ‘billionaire lifestyle’

      German struggles to answer questions about net worth and solvency at London court

    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      German financier Lars Windhorst found in contempt of court

      London high court judge finds financier deliberately missed hearing in case brought by creditor

      Lars Windhorst
    • 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

    • 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

      Bruno Crastes
    • 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

      Lars Windhorst
    • 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

      Hertha Berlin fans at a game with a banner showing Lars Windhorst’s face crossed out
    • 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

      Bruno Crastes
    • 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

      Bruno Crastes, H20’s co-founder and chief executive
    • 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

      Lars Windhorst pictured in 2020
    • 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

      Hertha Berlin playing Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund
    • 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

      Hertha Berlin supporters hold a poster against investor Lars Windhorst during a Bundesliga match at Olympiastadion on October 9 in Berlin
    • 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

      Lars Windhorst
    • 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

      Due Diligence logo
    • 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

      Lars Windhorst, pictured in Los Angeles in July 2021
    • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
      Behind Lars Windhorst’s scramble to repay H2O

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

      Montage of Lars Windhorst and H2O logos
    • 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

      Lars Windhorst
    • 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

      A Natixis office in Paris
    • 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%

      Lars Windhorst
    • 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

      Lars Windhorst
    • 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

      Montage of Lars Windhorst and the H2O logo
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