leverage

Archegos Capital (AC), a New York based family office, was in news recently for its inability to meet margin calls by lenders. Wall Street was jittery reminiscing the nightmares of  LTCM. Media stocks like Viacom tumbled 25-30% while marquee Investment Banks like Nomura and Credit Suisse indicated significant losses. We cut through the clutter of media reports, deep dived, simplified the story and picked a lesson or two for us bankers.