Credit Suisse foresees $4.7B charge over hedge fund default
Associated PressGENEVA — Swiss bank Credit Suisse on Tuesday announced the departure of two top executives and said it expects a one-time charge of 4.4 billion Swiss francs in connection with a previously announced default of a U.S. hedge fund on margin calls. “The significant loss in our prime services business relating to the failure of a U.S.-based hedge fund is unacceptable,” CEO Thomas Gottstein said. “Serious lessons will be learned.” The bank said it has launched two investigations “to be carried out by external parties,” and said Brian Chin, the head of Credit Suisse’s investment bank, and chief compliance and risk officer Lara Warner will leave the bank. News reports identified the hedge fund as New York-based Archegos Capital Management, whose default also ensnared Japan’s Nomura.