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