Credit Suisse has been fined $388mn by US and British regulators for “significant failures in risk management and governance” related to the collapse of Archegos Capital, which caused a $5.5bn trading loss and helped bring about the demise of the Swiss lender.
The US Federal Reserve imposed a $269mn penalty on the bank for “unsafe and unsound counterparty credit risk management practices”, while the UK Prudential Regulation Authority levied a record £87mn fine, according to a series of co-ordinated statements on Monday.
Swiss supervisor Finma said that Credit Suisse had “seriously and systematically violated financial market law” and that it was ordering corrective measures on its new parent UBS, which rescued its rival in a government-brokered takeover in March.