Deutsche Bank Dodged Archegos Hit With Quick $4 Billion Sale
- Firm was among those to help Bill Hwang make leveraged bets
- Hedge fund Marshall Wace was among the buyers in Deutsche sale
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Deutsche Bank AG sold about $4 billion of holdings seized in the implosion of Archegos Capital Management in a private deal Friday, helping it emerge unscathed from a scramble that may cost some rivals billions of dollars.
The German bank executed the direct sale after Archegos defaulted on margin loans used to build up highly leveraged bets on stocks, people with knowledge of the matter said. At the time, other lenders had already started selling and the pressure was on Deutsche Bank to rid itself of the exposure or potentially get stuck with losses.