Credit Suisse Ignored Lesson From Hedge-Fund Hit Before Archegos
- Malachite hedge fund collapse in 2020 cost $214 million
- Board demanded investigation and prompt remedy at the time
Credit Suisse headquarters in Zurich.
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Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Officer Thomas Gottstein sought to assure investors that the bank will “learn all the right lessons” from the debacle at Archegos Capital Management that cost the bank billions of dollars.
But a year before the blowup, the bank’s leadership missed an opportunity to plug the holes in its risk-management operation, leaving the Zurich-based bank vulnerable to a repeat.