Morgan Stanley Was ‘Angry’ as Archegos Fell, Witness Says (1)

When Archegos Capital Management reached out about looming margin calls in March 2021, Credit Suisse took a “very soft tone,” while Morgan Stanley was “much harsher, angry.”

But both were responding to the same set of talking points for counterparties that Archegos Chief Financial Officer Patrick Halligan came up with on a Zoom call with founder Bill Hwang and several others, the firm’s former risk management head testified. It was Scott Becker’s second day on the stand as one of the star prosecution witnesses in the fraud case against Hwang and Halligan.

Bill Hwang, left, arrives at court in New York on May 20.

Photographer: Alex Kent/Bloomberg

Becker, 40, on Tuesday gave jurors ...