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*Archegos Charges Higher, 1Q21 Results Reduce Capital Raise Risk: The immediate financial impact from Archegos is larger than expected (USD 4.7 bn). The combination of stellar 1Q21 results plus the decision to manage 1H21 capital charges has allowed Credit Suisse Group (CSGN.VX) [Credit Suisse] to preserve its a 2020 dividend. Fortunately, the big profit beat has cushioned the blow from poor risk management allowing CET1 to remain above 12%. The fear of an equity capital raise seems to have abated for the moment; and *Outclassed By US Counterparts: Goldman Sachs &amp; Co. (GS.US) [Goldman], in typically fashion, always to seems to have the best information at the earliest possible instance, and as a result were able to act early and decisively – coming through the Archegos liquidations thus far relatively unscathed.  Other prime brokers, including Credit Suisse which didn’t have close to the full Archegos picture, were caught with their pants down in what was supposed to be an orderly unwind descended into chaos.

*Archegos Charges Higher, 1Q21 Results Reduce Capital Raise Risk: The immediate financial impact from Archegos is larger than expected (USD 4.7 bn). The combination of stellar 1Q21 results plus the decision to manage 1H21 capital charges has allowed Credit Suisse Group (CSGN.VX) [Credit Suisse] to preserve its a 2020 dividend. Fortunately, the big profit beat has cushioned the blow from poor risk management allowing CET1 to remain above 12%. The fear of an equity capital raise seems to have abated for the moment; and *Outclassed By US Counterparts: Goldman Sachs &amp; Co. (GS.US) [Goldman], in typically fashion, always to seems to have the best information at the earliest possible instance, and as a result were able to act early and decisively – coming through the Archegos liquidations thus far relatively unscathed.  Other prime brokers, including Credit Suisse which didn’t have close to the full Archegos picture, were caught with their pants down in what was supposed to be an orderly unwind descended into chaos.

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