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  • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
    ‘Just a question of when’: Citadel’s Griffin predicts US recession

    Billionaire investor joins chorus of voices anticipating pain for American economy

  • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
    Citadel LLC
    Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities borrows $600mn as trading revenues surge

    Lenders line up to provide financing after volatility spurs profit gains for US equities trading house

  • Monday, 1 August, 2022
    News in-depthUS economy
    Wave of corporate exits sends chill through Chicago

    Departures of Boeing, Caterpillar and Citadel headquarters come as leaders fret over crime

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Ken Griffin’s Citadel ditches Chicago for Miami following crime complaints

    Hedge fund is latest US company to depart Illinois in less than two months

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    News in-depthUS midterm elections
    Illinois governor’s race shapes up to be a battle of the billionaires

    Citadel’s Ken Griffin faces off against a Republican megadonor and an heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    The Big Read
    Citadel Securities: how the Wall Street outsider became ‘the Amazon of financial markets’

    Involved in more than 25 per cent of all US stock trades, and tipped to float, the company is the focus of SEC scrutiny

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Person in the NewsRobin Wigglesworth
    Ken Griffin, financial prodigy turned industry giant

    Citadel Securities deal is latest in string of successes for controversial hedge funder

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Meme stocks -> crypto -> IPO: Citadel Securities’ new playbook Premium content

    Plus, Google steps up its Brussels lobbying and companies embark on a borrowing binge

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Hedge funds
    Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities sells $1.2bn stake to Sequoia and Paradigm

    Deal values trading firm at $22bn and paves way for initial public offering

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    Citadel LLC
    Griffin buys copy of US constitution after bidding war with crypto traders

    Citadel founder pays $43.2m for document and will display it in Walmart heir’s museum

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    Retail trading
    Citadel Securities founder ‘quite fine’ with ending payment for order flow

    Kenneth Griffin says a ban on the controversial practice would cut costs for the market maker

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    Retail trading
    Citadel Securities uses social media to battle online trolls

    US group seeks to swat away ‘conspiracy theories’ regarding restricted trading in meme stocks

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    News in-depthCitadel LLC
    How Ken Griffin rebuilt Citadel’s ramparts

    The Chicago-based hedge fund manager has rebounded from the brink of collapse during the last financial crisis

  • Sunday, 28 March, 2021
    Citadel’s Griffin warns of inflation risk to markets enjoying retail trading boom

    Stimulus could jolt inflationary pressures back to life, top hedge fund manager warns

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Retail trading
    Robinhood chief apologises over GameStop affair

    Vlad Tenev admits a liquidity crisis led to trading curbs that outraged users

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Robinhood, GameStop and a last-minute dealmaking dash Premium content

    The trading platform’s regulatory woes spurred a flurry of venture capital deals

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    The hedge fund that got wrecked by day traders Premium content

    Melvin Capital, which tends to run a fairly aggressive short book, had bet that GameStop shares would fall

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Steve Cohen provides funds for hedge fund protégé Gabe Plotkin

    Point72 and Ken Griffin’s Citadel invest $2.75bn with Melvin Capital

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The hedge fund winners and losers of 2019 Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Wall Street influencers: who to look out for in 2020 Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    News in-depthUS equities
    Ten people set to shape Wall Street in 2020

    From Goldman to Citadel, leaders are wrestling with change in US finance

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Hedge funds
    Former Goldman Sachs vice-chair joins Ken Griffin’s Citadel fund
  • Friday, 3 May, 2019
    Due Diligence
    Scrutiny of capitalism deflates mood at Milken bash Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Tuesday, 26 February, 2019
    Citadel LLC
    Citadel’s Ken Griffin forecasts more market volatility in 2019

    Hedge fund billionaire sees potentially lucrative opportunities amid global risks

  • Friday, 25 January, 2019
    News in-depthWeek in Review
    Ken Griffin: from near wipeout to record $238m homeowner

    Hedge fund boss traded his way from Harvard dorm to most expensive property in US

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