![]() ![]() In December 2012, Hwang admitted to illegally using inside information to trade Chinese bank stocks and agreed to criminal and civil settlements of more than $60 million. Robertson hired him in 1995 after Hwang won an annual prize awarded to the person outside of Tiger who had contributed most to the fund’s success.Īfter Robertson closed Tiger, Hwang set up Tiger Asia Management, in part with money seeded by his mentor Robertson. in the early 1990s, where he dealt with Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management. Hwang was an institutional stock salesman at Hyundai Securities Co. The liquidation had triggered price swings for every stock involved in the high-volume transactions, rattling traders.īlock trades - the sale of a large chunk of stock at a price sometimes negotiated outside of the market - are common, but the size of these trades and the multiple blocks hitting the market during the normal trading hours aren’t. Wall Street figures have been feverishly speculating about the identity of Friday’s seller. Discovery also slumped 27% to $41.90, down from $77.27 on March 19. ViacomCBS closed 27% lower to $48.23, down from a high of $100.34 on March 22. The Wall Street Journal Video Losses at Archegos Capital Management have triggered the liquidation of positions approaching 30 billion in value, The Wall Street Journal has reported, and sent. ViacomCBS and Discovery posted their biggest declines ever Friday, after the selling and analyst downgrades. A Goldman spokesperson declined to comment and a Morgan Stanley official didn’t immediately respond. Hwang didn’t reply to an email seeking comment Sunday. That move was followed by the sale of $3.9 billion of shares including ViacomCBS Inc. Archegos is the family office of former Tiger Management portfolio manager. before the market opened in the U.S, according to an email to clients seen by Bloomberg News. A wave of selling in a handful of stocks on Friday was sparked by a 20 billion margin call for Archegos Capital. sold $6.6 billion worth of shares of Baidu, Tencent Music Entertainment Group and Vipshop Holdings Ltd. and GSX Techedu Inc., said the people, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Traders and investors said this is one of the fastest losses they have ever seen. ![]() Morgan Stanley traded about $13 billion, including Farfetch Ltd., Discovery Inc., Baidu Inc. Bill Hwang lost 8 billion dollars in 10 days during the Archegos meltdown, The Wall Street Journal reported. The companies involved ranged from Chinese technology giants to U.S. stocks Friday, according to two people directly familiar with the trades.Īrchegos Capital Management was forced by its banks to sell more than $20 billion worth of shares after some positions moved against him, said the people, who asked not to be named because the details aren’t public. (Bloomberg) The family office of former Tiger Management trader Bill Hwang was behind the unprecedented selling of some U.S. ![]()
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