Josef Pschorn and Philipp Graxenberger from XAIA Investment deal very intensively with the international credit markets and comment for us below on the current events surrounding Silicon Valley Bank.
The bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank
Just three months ago, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was the sixteenth largest bank in the United States. Last Friday, the U.S. bank, which specializes in startups, was closed and placed under government control. On 8. On March 3, the U.S. credit institution announced that it had sold a portfolio of U.S. government bonds and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) at a loss of USD 1.8 billion and intended to strengthen its balance sheet with an emergency capital increase of USD 2.25 billion. The following day, customers withdrew $42 billion in deposits – more than a quarter of total deposits. As a result, the institution could no longer maintain its business operations and had to be closed due to the threat of insolvency and imminent liquidity problems.
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