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Fortune
Chloe Taylor

One of Wall Street's top investors says banks forgot 'Finance 101', landing them in same crisis the sector has been seeing for decades

Chairman of the Milken Institute, Michael Milken attends the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference at The Beverly Hilton on May 02, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Credit: Jerod Harris/Getty Images)

Famed financier Michael Milken has slammed lenders for repeating the financial mistakes of past crises and triggering the banking turmoil that has seen three banks fail within the space of two months.

In an interview with CNBC’s “Last Call” program on Tuesday, Milken, a famed investor and the founder of economic think tank the Milken Institute, argued that America’s recent banking failures had been brought about by basic strategy errors.

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