Archegos Capital Management's spectacular failure over a couple of days in March has cost Wall Street's biggest banks billions of dollars. So far, the losses are being chalked up to one bad apple: the fund’s founder, Bill Hwang.
Mr Hwang’s record-breaking loss of an estimated $20 billion fortune in two days is a cautionary tale. But this is not only about how far any one investor may fall during a historic bull market. The cascade of consequences was limited to a few large firms. But what about next time?
Host Mustafa Alrawi and co-host Kelsey Warner unpack the terms and market dynamics that brought down a whale and ponder the implications of shrugging off a scandal.
In this episode: Why are people talking about Archegos? (0m 46s)
Bill Hwang's sophisticated financial instruments (4m 05s)
Warnings for Wall Street (8m 18s)
Read more on our website:
• US stock market bulls will crush the bears – again
• UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak told David Cameron he ‘pushed the team’ over Greensil
• Credit Suisse to write down $4.7bn after Archegos implosion
• Global banks brace for Archegos fallout as they may lose more than $6bn
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