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Argentex Group – the scale of poor risk management laid bare

Tom Winnifrith
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Today’s announcement from stricken money broker Argentex (AGFX) showed the scale of its liquidity crisis caused by its poor risk management which meant that it was selling products which exposed it to significant liquidity risk in order to attract customers away from rivals presumably on the grounds of cheaper pricing or desire by customers to avoid liquidity cash calls. Someone should go to jail for this.

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