On March 26, 2021, a company called Archegos Capital Management defaulted on margin calls from several investment banks.
The collapse of the firm, which was founded and run by the investor and trader Bill Hwang, rattled some of the biggest names on Wall Street, including Credit Suisse, which collapsed last year after a series of scandals.
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