Citigroup Inc. faces losses of as much as $180 million on loans made to an Asian hedge fund whose foreign-exchange wagers went awry, prompting board-level discussions and a business shakeup, according to a person briefed on the matter.
The hedge fund and Citigroup are in discussions on the positions and how they should be valued, said people with knowledge of the talks, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. The situation is fluid and the eventual losses may end up being smaller depending on how the trades are unwound, one of the people said.
The matter was escalated to Citigroup’s board, one person said. The bank is also reorganizing its prime brokerage business as a result of the expected financial hit, the person said. It’s taking the FX prime brokerage unit out of the currency trading division and placing it under the oversight of its prime finance and securities services unit, according to a memo from the bank.
Chris Perkins, who leads the bank’s over-the-counter clearing business, will become head of the FX prime brokerage, the company said in the memo Tuesday. Sanjay Madgavkar, who ran the FX prime brokerage unit and has worked at Citigroup for more than 20 years, is leaving the firm, the person said. Madgavkar declined to comment, as did Scott Helfman, a spokesman for the New York-based lender.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...to-face-180-million-loss-on-loan-to-asia-fund
Anyone an idea which Asian hedge fund is referred to?
The hedge fund and Citigroup are in discussions on the positions and how they should be valued, said people with knowledge of the talks, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. The situation is fluid and the eventual losses may end up being smaller depending on how the trades are unwound, one of the people said.
The matter was escalated to Citigroup’s board, one person said. The bank is also reorganizing its prime brokerage business as a result of the expected financial hit, the person said. It’s taking the FX prime brokerage unit out of the currency trading division and placing it under the oversight of its prime finance and securities services unit, according to a memo from the bank.
Chris Perkins, who leads the bank’s over-the-counter clearing business, will become head of the FX prime brokerage, the company said in the memo Tuesday. Sanjay Madgavkar, who ran the FX prime brokerage unit and has worked at Citigroup for more than 20 years, is leaving the firm, the person said. Madgavkar declined to comment, as did Scott Helfman, a spokesman for the New York-based lender.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...to-face-180-million-loss-on-loan-to-asia-fund
Anyone an idea which Asian hedge fund is referred to?