Arnaud Vagner, the mystery man who triggered Noble's collapse

(Aug 16): Arnaud Vagner has been a mystery for more than three years.

Noble Group, once one of the world’s biggest commodity trading houses, characterised him as a disgruntled former junior employee behind a series of reports by Iceberg Research, an anonymous group that began attacking its accounting practices in 2015.

Even as the combined value of Noble’s equity and debt plunged by about US$10 billion ($13.8 billion) since then, Vagner declined to comment publicly or even confirm he was behind Iceberg. With the company now on the brink of a restructuring, he’s ready to talk.

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