Lawsuit Overview
September 25, 2019 - The court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss. The case was dismissed without leave to amend.
November 2, 2018 - A motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint was filed.
August 20, 2018 - A consolidated complaint was filed.
March 14, 2018 - An investor in shares of Credit Suisse Group AG’s VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETNs (NASDAQGM: XIV) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws by Credit Suisse Group in connection with certain allegedly false and misleading statements made between January 29, 2018 and February 5, 2018.
According to the complaint the plaintiff alleges on behalf of purchasers of Credit Suisse Group AG’s VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETNs (NASDAQGM: XIV) common shares between January 29, 2018 and February 5, 2018, that the defendants violated Federal Securities Laws.
More specifically, the plaintiff claims that that Credit Suisse was actively manipulating the Inverse VIX Short ETNs by liquidating its holdings in various financial products to avoid a loss, that Credit Suisse was manipulating the Inverse VIX Short ETNs to the detriment of investors, and that as a result of the foregoing, Defendants’ statements about Credit Suisse’s Inverse VIX Short ETNs were false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Shares of Credit Suisse AG - VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN (NASDAQ:XIV) rose from $16.68 per share on February 12, 2016 to as high as $146.44 per share on January 11, 2018.
On February 6, 2018, Credit Suisse announced an event acceleration of XIV due to an acceleration event.
Shares of Credit Suisse AG - VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN (NASDAQ:XIV) declined to as low as $5.10 per share on February 8, 2018.