Credit Suisse’s Sale of Securitized Products Will Not Correct Deeper, ‘Cultural’ Problems Reminiscent of 2008 Meltdown: Experts

Credit Suisse’s Sale of Securitized Products Will Not Correct Deeper, ‘Cultural’ Problems Reminiscent of 2008 Meltdown: Experts
A building of the Credit Suisse Bank in Zurich, Switzerland, on Feb. 21, 2022. Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP
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The announcement on Tuesday that troubled bank Credit Suisse plans to sell off a bulk of its securitized assets to Apollo Global Management next year is expected to usher in a new phase of the bank’s reorganization and help shift its focus from high-risk to more traditional areas. But in the absence of changes to its internal culture, Credit Suisse may yet go down the path of failed financial institutions and trigger massive regulatory intervention not unlike what happened in 2008 with the fall of Lehman Brothers, banking experts and analysts have told The Epoch Times.

Michael Washburn
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Michael Washburn is a New York-based reporter who covers U.S. and China-related topics for The Epoch Times. He has a background in legal and financial journalism, and also writes about arts and culture. Additionally, he is the host of the weekly podcast Reading the Globe. His books include “The Uprooted and Other Stories,” “When We're Grownups,” and “Stranger, Stranger.”
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