2020年2月,一场间谍丑闻让瑞士信贷(Credit Suisse)的首席执行官被迫下台。仅一年之隔,Bill Hwang旗下的Archegos资本管理公司爆仓事件发生,瑞士信贷或将因此陷入另一场治理丑闻当中。
据瑞士信贷预计,其第一季度主要经纪业务的支出将达到44亿瑞郎(约合47亿美元),因其解除了ViacomCBS等对冲基金相关股票的杠杆交易仓位。此事带来的损失,几乎相当于瑞士信贷旗下整个投行业务过去4年的年度税前利润总和。
受此影响,瑞士信贷股价收盘下跌0.4%,至10.12瑞士法郎;ViacomCBS股价上涨1.36美元,至44.26美元。
目前,瑞士信贷已经着手应对格林希尔资本(Greensill Capital)破产或将带来的损失。上月,瑞士信贷清算了一支存在危险资产的投资基金,这支基金的发起者就是目前已资不抵债的格林希尔资本。该基金名义上的100亿美元目前只收回了约三分之一,瑞士信贷表示,预计未来几天内将向受影响的客户通报损失情况。
“我意识到,这些事件引起了我们所有利益相关者的严重关切。”瑞士信贷首席执行官托马斯·戈特斯坦在一份声明中表示,“我们将借此吸取重大教训。”
4月6日,瑞士信贷宣布,首席风险与合规官劳拉·华纳和投资银行部门主管布莱恩·陈将离职。
2020年7月,首席执行官戈特斯坦曾宣布一揽子战略方案,计划从2021年起每年节省4亿至4.5亿法郎(约合4.3亿至4.8亿美元)。方案中的一项举措涉及投资银行业务的变革,另一项举措则是将合规部门与风险部门整合,以降低成本。
目前尚不清楚,瑞士信贷遭遇的危机与这些举措有无关联。
同时,Archegos的爆仓,对瑞士信贷维持其投行业务以及高利润率、高稳定性的财产管理业务的全球战略构成了挑战。
2020年,当戈特斯坦接替蒂德简·蒂亚姆任首席执行官时,瑞士信贷董事长乌尔斯·罗纳称,后者离开该行是为了“消除”其业务的风险,并且表示投行业务今年的总收入有望实现50%的年度增长。
罗纳自2011年以来一直担任董事会主席,而在今年4月底即将举行的年度股东大会上,他将最后一次以这一身份面对股东。
罗纳的继任者是现任劳埃德银行集团首席执行官安东尼奥·奥尔塔·奥索里奥(António Horta-Osório)——后者将从5月起接手这块烫手的山芋,肩负起这一沉甸甸的重任。
即将上任的新董事长还将监督对Archegos和Greensill展开的两次独立调查,重点关注事态是怎么一步一步走到今天这个地步的,以及可以从中可以吸取哪些经验教训。
奥尔塔·奥索里奥还将面临诸多有待深思熟虑的问题:由他们主营的证券经纪业务,是怎么向一个对冲基金提供这么多信贷的,以及是否要因此进一步缩小投行部门的规模。
包括野村证券(Nomura)在内的其他贷方也与比尔·黄进行过交易,但他们的损失要小得多。
据预计,瑞信第一季度的税前亏损将为9亿瑞士法郎(9.6亿美元)。而该集团去年同期记录下的利润是12亿瑞士法郎(12.8亿美元)。
有人担心,由Archegos引起的损失可能将持续到第一季度之后。
瑞士信贷集团将于4月22日发布其第一季度的财报数据。
为了确保能达到监管机构规定的最低偿付能力要求,这家瑞士银行已暂停了其规模达10亿法郎(10.7亿美元)的股票回购计划,直到其财务状况有所好转。
冯托贝尔证券研究公司(Vontobel Equity Research)的分析师安德烈亚斯·文迪蒂(Andreas Venditti)表示,瑞信本可以迎来势如破竹的一季,而Archegos引起的亏损毁掉了这一切。今年1月和2月,瑞信报告了十年来最高的税前收入水平。
文迪蒂在周二的一份研究报告中告诉投资者:“尽管短期影响似乎没有人们担忧的那么严重,然而一家公司的名誉一旦受损,一切后果都只会随时间的推移越来越严重。”上周,他将瑞信的目标股价从之前的12瑞郎下调至10.50瑞郎,重新评估了自己的持仓状况。
一年多以前,瑞信内部不断爆出丑闻:前有消息称,该公司在其前明星银行家伊克巴尔·汗(Iqbal Khan)投敌对家瑞银后,对其进行了密切的跟踪;后有原CEO谭天忠被迫辞职——该银行迫切希望能重建其严重受损的声誉。(财富中文网)
编译:杨二一、陈聪聪
2020年2月,一场间谍丑闻让瑞士信贷(Credit Suisse)的首席执行官被迫下台。仅一年之隔,Bill Hwang旗下的Archegos资本管理公司爆仓事件发生,瑞士信贷或将因此陷入另一场治理丑闻当中。
据瑞士信贷预计,其第一季度主要经纪业务的支出将达到44亿瑞郎(约合47亿美元),因其解除了ViacomCBS等对冲基金相关股票的杠杆交易仓位。此事带来的损失,几乎相当于瑞士信贷旗下整个投行业务过去4年的年度税前利润总和。
受此影响,瑞士信贷股价收盘下跌0.4%,至10.12瑞士法郎;ViacomCBS股价上涨1.36美元,至44.26美元。
目前,瑞士信贷已经着手应对格林希尔资本(Greensill Capital)破产或将带来的损失。上月,瑞士信贷清算了一支存在危险资产的投资基金,这支基金的发起者就是目前已资不抵债的格林希尔资本。该基金名义上的100亿美元目前只收回了约三分之一,瑞士信贷表示,预计未来几天内将向受影响的客户通报损失情况。
“我意识到,这些事件引起了我们所有利益相关者的严重关切。”瑞士信贷首席执行官托马斯·戈特斯坦在一份声明中表示,“我们将借此吸取重大教训。”
4月6日,瑞士信贷宣布,首席风险与合规官劳拉·华纳和投资银行部门主管布莱恩·陈将离职。
2020年7月,首席执行官戈特斯坦曾宣布一揽子战略方案,计划从2021年起每年节省4亿至4.5亿法郎(约合4.3亿至4.8亿美元)。方案中的一项举措涉及投资银行业务的变革,另一项举措则是将合规部门与风险部门整合,以降低成本。
目前尚不清楚,瑞士信贷遭遇的危机与这些举措有无关联。
同时,Archegos的爆仓,对瑞士信贷维持其投行业务以及高利润率、高稳定性的财产管理业务的全球战略构成了挑战。
2020年,当戈特斯坦接替蒂德简·蒂亚姆任首席执行官时,瑞士信贷董事长乌尔斯·罗纳称,后者离开该行是为了“消除”其业务的风险,并且表示投行业务今年的总收入有望实现50%的年度增长。
罗纳自2011年以来一直担任董事会主席,而在今年4月底即将举行的年度股东大会上,他将最后一次以这一身份面对股东。
罗纳的继任者是现任劳埃德银行集团首席执行官安东尼奥·奥尔塔·奥索里奥(António Horta-Osório)——后者将从5月起接手这块烫手的山芋,肩负起这一沉甸甸的重任。
即将上任的新董事长还将监督对Archegos和Greensill展开的两次独立调查,重点关注事态是怎么一步一步走到今天这个地步的,以及可以从中可以吸取哪些经验教训。
奥尔塔·奥索里奥还将面临诸多有待深思熟虑的问题:由他们主营的证券经纪业务,是怎么向一个对冲基金提供这么多信贷的,以及是否要因此进一步缩小投行部门的规模。
包括野村证券(Nomura)在内的其他贷方也与比尔·黄进行过交易,但他们的损失要小得多。
据预计,瑞信第一季度的税前亏损将为9亿瑞士法郎(9.6亿美元)。而该集团去年同期记录下的利润是12亿瑞士法郎(12.8亿美元)。
有人担心,由Archegos引起的损失可能将持续到第一季度之后。
瑞士信贷集团将于4月22日发布其第一季度的财报数据。
为了确保能达到监管机构规定的最低偿付能力要求,这家瑞士银行已暂停了其规模达10亿法郎(10.7亿美元)的股票回购计划,直到其财务状况有所好转。
冯托贝尔证券研究公司(Vontobel Equity Research)的分析师安德烈亚斯·文迪蒂(Andreas Venditti)表示,瑞信本可以迎来势如破竹的一季,而Archegos引起的亏损毁掉了这一切。今年1月和2月,瑞信报告了十年来最高的税前收入水平。
文迪蒂在周二的一份研究报告中告诉投资者:“尽管短期影响似乎没有人们担忧的那么严重,然而一家公司的名誉一旦受损,一切后果都只会随时间的推移越来越严重。”上周,他将瑞信的目标股价从之前的12瑞郎下调至10.50瑞郎,重新评估了自己的持仓状况。
一年多以前,瑞信内部不断爆出丑闻:前有消息称,该公司在其前明星银行家伊克巴尔·汗(Iqbal Khan)投敌对家瑞银后,对其进行了密切的跟踪;后有原CEO谭天忠被迫辞职——该银行迫切希望能重建其严重受损的声誉。(财富中文网)
编译:杨二一、陈聪聪
The collapse of Bill Hwang’s Archegos Capital Management threatens to plunge Credit Suisse into yet another governance scandal not long after a spying affair cost the bank its CEO last February.
The Swiss lender forecast a 4.4 billion franc ($4.7 billion) charge for its prime brokerage operations in the first quarter as a result of unwinding leveraged trading positions on stocks linked to the hedge fund, including ViacomCBS. The hit is nearly as big as the annual pretax profit of its entire investment banking division over the previous four years combined.
Shares in Credit Suisse closed down 0.4% at 10.12 francs while Viacom CBS were up $1.36 at $44.26.
Credit Suisse is already contending with potential losses arising from the failure of Greensill Capital. Last month, Credit Suisse liquidated an investment fund stuffed with dodgy assets originated by the now insolvent Greensill. Only about a third of the notional $10 billion has been recovered so far, and the bank expects to update affected clients on the likely hit in coming days.
“I recognize that these cases have caused significant concern amongst all our stakeholders,” CEO Thomas Gottstein said in a statement. “Serious lessons will be learned.”
On Tuesday, the bank announced the departure of chief risk and compliance officer Lara Warner and the head of the investment banking division, Brian Chin.
In July, Gottstein had announced a package of strategic initiatives that were projected to yield gross savings of 400 million to 450 million francs ($430 million to $480 million) annually from next year. One of the four initiatives involved changes in investment banking, and another saw compliance integrated with risk into a combined department to reduce costs.
It’s unclear if Credit Suisse’s problems are related to these initiatives.
The Archegos debacle also raises questions about Credit Suisse’s strategy of maintaining its global investment banking operations alongside its lucrative and stable wealth management business.
When Gottstein took over from Tidjane Thiam, chairman Urs Rohner claimed the Ivorian left the bank having “de-risked” the business, and the investment banking division had been on track for a 50% annual increase in overall revenue this year.
Rohner, who has headed the board of directors since 2011, will face shareholders one last time at the end of April when he leads the annual shareholder meeting.
António Horta-Osório, currently CEO of Lloyds Banking Group, will have to pick up the pieces when he replaces Rohner in May.
The incoming chairman of the board will also oversee two separate independent investigations into Archegos and Greensill, focusing on how the events unfolded and on lessons learned.
Horta-Osório will have to consider how its prime brokerage business could have extended so much credit to one hedge fund and whether to shrink the investment banking division even further as a result.
Other lenders, including Nomura, also conducted business with Hwang, but suffered much smaller losses.
Credit Suisse expects a pretax loss of 900 million francs ($960 million) in the first quarter. In the corresponding period last year it recorded a profit of 1.2 billion francs ($1.28 billion).
Some fear losses arising from Archegos may extend beyond the first quarter.
Credit Suisse is due to release first-quarter figures on April 22.
In order to ensure it meets regulatory minimum solvency requirements, the Swiss bank has put a halt on its 1 billion franc ($1.07 billion) share buyback program until its balance sheet improves.
The Archegos-driven losses ruin what would have otherwise been a strong quarter for Credit Suisse, according to Andreas Venditti of Vontobel Equity Research. For January and February, Credit Suisse had reported its highest levels of income before tax in a decade.
“While the short-term impact seems less severe than feared, the full consequences from the reputational loss will only be visible over time,” Venditti told investors in a research note on Tuesday. Last week he cut his price target to 10.50 Swiss francs per share from 12 previously, reaffirming his hold rating.
The bank had hoped to rebuild its reputation after Thiam was forced out just over a year ago, following revelations the lender had put a tail on its former star banker, Iqbal Khan, when he defected to UBS.