[7][8][9] Antigua.news investigations into the Credit Suisse AT1 bonds case has been considered by the Financial Times’s Corporate Finance Editor Robert Smith as "one of the most consequential European banking scoops of the year".
It was published on October 3, 2023, and was subsequently covered by various media outlets, including Corriere del Ticino,[12] Inside Paradeplatz,[13] and El País.
These revelations became sources and further covered by Die Weltwoche,[17] Corriere del Ticino,[18] Inside Paradeplatz[19] and El País.
[27] On September 5, 2024, Antigua.news published an article titled "AT1 case: Credit Suisse relationship managers lied to clients, too",[28] suggesting that, shortly before the financial institution's collapse, a coordinated communication strategy was implemented to reassure clients and investors, aiming to limit capital outflows and stabilize the value of Credit Suisse Group's bonds and shares.
Yet, in the heated legal battle concerning Credit Suisse's (CS) mandatory convertible bonds (AT1-Bonds), where nearly 16 billion Swiss francs are at stake for the parties involved, the British paper was repeatedly outpaced by the obscure «Antigua News»: Time and again, the news portal on the Caribbean island, unknown outside of it, reported faster and, above all, was exceptionally well-informed about the negotiations.