‘Enigma Network’ Rocks Hong Kong Markets With Sudden 90% Losses

  • Activist investor Webb flagged concerns before Tuesday’s rout
  • Network of cross-shareholdings helped spur cascading losses

Hong Kong Small Cap Plunge Wipes Out $6.1B

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It sounds straight out of Le Carre: “The Enigma Network.”

But suddenly that phrase is sending shock waves across Hong Kong equities, in an unexpected culmination of one man’s campaign to train a spotlight on the market’s darkest corners.