Credit Suisse: Risk chief, executive board ‘extremely surprised’ by Greensill collapse
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Kyle Brasseur2022-04-05T12:38:00
Credit Suisse shared further information regarding its exposure to the collapse of U.K. supply chain finance startup Greensill Capital in March 2021 and how the bank was caught off guard.
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