New podcast: Meltdown – Scandal, Sleaze & The Collapse of Credit Suisse... Russell Napier & Duncan Mavin (@dmavin.bsky.social) explore how a rotten corporate culture dating back to WWII led to the reputational disasters that eventually brought the Swiss bank down. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

Meltdown, available in the US March 4, reviewed in the New York Times: "In “Meltdown,” Duncan Mavin describes the grand rise and ignominious fall of a financial behemoth." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/b...

"The collapse of the Bremen-based Greensill Bank caused horror. Now the authorities are also investigating former supervisory board members of the institution." www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/...

I really recommend this book from @dmavin.bsky.social. More than mapping the collapse of the major Swiss bank Credit Suisse, it shows that the bank has a horrible history of criminality abetting criminality, incompetence and deeply unethical practices. Could be defined as an Organised Crime Group.

Interesting story by Margot Patrick at WSJ about Credit Suisse's Nazi ties. This was one of the most startling episodes I came across in the research for Meltdown and deserves more attention.

Regulator hands out maximum fine for Greensill breaches www.luxtimes.lu/businessandf...

@dmavin.bsky.social Meltdown - Scandal, Sleaze and the Collapse of Credit Suisse

What a lovely Christmas present - ⁦‬⁩the excellent ⁦Semafor recommends Meltdown!

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Another great review of Meltdown, this time from former FT editor Lionel Barber in the Spectator: "Meltdown is a demolition job, a pacy account of Credit Suisse’s rise and fall." www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

Spoiler alert: Everyone did it! @ghose.bsky.social's nice little review of @dmavin.bsky.social's Credit Suisse Whodunnit >> open.substack.com/pub/rupakgho...

Meltdown "has a treasure trove of nuggets including items that even the avid Credit Suisse watcher like me didn’t know." Lovely review of Meltdown by ex Credit Suisse staffer and substacker Rupak Ghose open.substack.com/pub/rupakgho...

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Another terrific review of Meltdown in the FT's Banking Risk and Regulation "It is an exhilarating read, with truths more compelling than most fiction. Read it, weep, and look out for the Hollywood blockbuster." www.bankingriskandregulation.com/book-review-...

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“Duncan Mavin's ‘Meltdown’ is a powerful and well-researched exposé of a bank that deserved to die.” My review of Duncan Mavin's ‘Meltdown: Scandal, Sleaze and the Collapse of Credit Suisse’ has just been published by Literary Review. literaryreview.co.uk/breaking-the...

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Credit Suisse Survived a Bank Run Only to Succumb to Scandal www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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"A gripping account of how the Swiss bank collapsed under the weight of scandal after scandal" Meltdown by Duncan Mavin review in — the fall of Credit Suisse www.thetimes.com/article/6c70...