Second billionaire forced to sell after margin call

A second east European billionaire businessman has been forced to hand over a large equity holding after being hit with a margin call from an international bank following a collapse in stock market valuations in the region.

Ukrainian billionaire Konstantin Zhevago has been forced to sell a 20.8% stake in his metals and mining group Ferrexpo after JP Morgan, which led the stock market flotation of the company last year, issued him with a margin call.

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