Tag Archegos

Banks Blain’s Morning Porridge risk management

What next, if anything, for Credit Suisse?

Markets were shaken but unstirred by the collapse of Greensill and the Archegos unwind trades. Credit Suisse is the ultimate loser of the two scandals – reputationally damaged and holed below the water line. The bank is paying the price of years of flawed management, poor risk awareness. and its self-belief it was still a Tier 1 global player. Its’ challenge is to avoid becoming the Deutsche Bank of Switzerland – which it will struggle to do without a radical and unlikely shakeout.

Archegos, banks, Credit Suisse, Greensill, Risk Management
Bill Blain
April 7, 2021
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The Tail That Wags The Dog

As Greensill and Archegos roil markets and cause losses, they beg the question – who is next? Why is 2021 turning into the year the scams are unravelling? Will leverage on leverage trigger wider implosion or will it be something else, like liquidity?

Archegos, Credit Suisse, Greensill, Leverage
Bill Blain
March 31, 2021
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Brace, Brace, Brace: Global Supply Chains, Instability and Archegos

You could not make this up; an unimaginably complex WW3 Techno-thriller unfolding as markets stumble and global supply chains hover on the edge of anarchy. On the other hand, maybe that’s just the way it was planned.

Archegos, China, Coronavirus, Global Economy, Supply Chains, US
Bill Blain
March 29, 2021
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