Japan’s Nomura to analyze Archegos-related loss: sources By Reuters 

By Takashi Umekawa

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nomura has arrange an inner group to analyze a potential $2 billion loss referring to Archegos Capital Administration, two folks aware of the matter mentioned.

Archegos, a New York funding fund run by ex-Tiger Asia supervisor Invoice Hwang, collapsed final month when its debt-laden bets on media corporations together with ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:) unravelled.

Nomura, Credit score Suisse (SIX:) and different world banks, which acted as brokers for Archegos, scrambled to promote the shares they held as collateral and unwind the trades.

The loss incurred by Nomura has thrown Japan’s greatest brokerage and funding financial institution’s danger administration into query and attracted scrutiny from the nation’s regulators.

Nomura plans to reveal particulars associated to the loss, which it disclosed in March, later this month, probably on April 27, one of many sources informed Reuters.

The financial institution has arrange the group to look into the financial institution’s danger administration practices, mentioned the sources, who declined to be named as they weren’t authorised to talk to the media.

A spokesman for Nomura declined to remark.

Japanese regulators are heightening scrutiny of high-risk trades by monetary companies within the wake of Archegos.

The securities unit of Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Monetary Group (NYSE:) additionally mentioned final month its loss associated to an unnamed U.S. consumer was estimated at round $270 million.

A supply mentioned the consumer was Archegos.