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hubreb
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Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened

using round easy to understand number / assume % are round values = $100
Average Bank Balance Sheet
25% bonds 75% loans and capital ratio (asset - liabilities) of 9%
right now banks have unrealized losses of around 12% / so value of securities is .88*25 = 22 or 3$ loss that reduces capital to 6% if realized

SVB was 60% bonds 40% loans and had a unrealized loss of around 15% - so .85*60 = 51 / or 9$ loss - assuming 9% initial capital and the equity is 0

this info has been public for a long time, but when they sold some bonds idiots the info was highlighted to some of their uninsured depositors which caused a bank run


Hussss
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
And now the big banks are licking their chops


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Big Scrub TX
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
The slow moving train wreck started last year when young VC-funded companies couldn't raise any more rounds, so they actually had to start drawing on deposits from SVB for funding. This was all tracked in the open by people who follow the sector.
Coming into March, they had about $18B in TCE. They ended up needing to sell some of their ill-purchased securities portfolio in order to keep things right. This was "only" a $2B loss, but it caused them to attempt to raise some more equity. Nobody took that deal which appears to have sparked the real panic.


hubreb
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
their TCE has been near negative for a few qtrs


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MikeyFL
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
Strangely enough, Fidelity decided to explain it in a nice, concise way here:

LINK


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SlidellCajun
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
Another aspect of this is the speed of which info travels

Silicon bank has a lot of well connected customers and once the concerns started airing, the word traveled fast through the social media and other communication channels out there.

This created a run which could hurt any bank in the country.


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hubreb
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Member since Nov 2008
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
quote:

Another aspect of this is the speed of which info travels

Silicon bank has a lot of well connected customers and once the concerns started airing, the word traveled fast through the social media and other communication channels out there.

This created a run which could hurt any bank in the country.


the thing about it is that the info has been out there for a long time

SVB HTM bond holdings
cost basis
Dec '22 Sept '22 Dec '21
91,321 93,286 98,195
Market Value
Dec '22 Sept '22 Dec '21
76,169 77,370 97,227
Loss
Dec '22 Sept '22 Dec '21
15,152 15,916 968

Equity not taking into account those marks
Dec '22 Sept '22 Dec '21
16,295 15,810 16,609


LSUFanHouston
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
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this info has been public for a long time, but when they sold some bonds idiots the info was highlighted to some of their uninsured depositors which caused a bank run


They had a not great balance sheet but simply having those unrealized losses on their bond portfolio did not mean a bank failure was imminient.

But people freaked out when SVB issued financials and said essentially "we need capital ASAP to clean up the balance sheet" and that spurred a bank run. To deal with that, the bank had to realize some of those losses, and that was game over.

Banking is a precarious balance of managing cash inflows and cash outflows. When that gets out of whack, things go bad in a hurry.


LSUFanHouston
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
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the thing about it is that the info has been out there for a long time


I think the capital call is what spooked people, leading to the run on deposits. Becuase you are right, the crappy balance sheet was known for a while.


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hubreb
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
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They had a not great balance sheet but simply having those unrealized losses on their bond portfolio did not mean a bank failure was imminient.


they had way worse than a "not great" balance sheet - it was an epic disaster...there is not another large bank that has the amound of bonds they do as a percentage of assets - that is normally only seen in tiny community banks w/ zero loan demand


LSUFanHouston
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Member since Jul 2009
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
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they had way worse than a "not great" balance sheet - it was an epic disaster...there is not another large bank that has the amound of bonds they do as a percentage of assets - that is normally only seen in tiny community banks w/ zero loan demand


Sorry you missed my sarcasm.

Point being... that's been known for a while now. The bank collapsed in 24 hours.


LChama
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
[img]SVB had NO head of 'risk assessment' for nine months before it collapsed... as woke boss for Europe, Middle East and Africa was busy organizing a month-long Pride campaign and a 'Lesbian Visibility Day' By Helena Kelly For Dailymail.Com 16:28 EDT 11 Mar 2023 , updated 14:55 EDT 13 Mar 2023[/img]


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SloaneRanger
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re: Silicon Bank Failure - this is what happened
This was a state chartered bank. Where were the Cali regulators in all this?


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