SVB

There are still banks prone to the runs that brought down SVB and Credit Suisse, regulators warn

Financial Stability Board says life insurers and Reits also at risk from the combination of funding vulnerabilities and unrealised losses

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Silicon Valley Bank's collapse was one of the biggest bank failures in US history

Sovereign wealth giant pursues Goldman Sachs, KPMG and others over SVB collapse

Norway’s fund, Norges, says more than $24bn in market value was destroyed, in filing for class-action lawsuit

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Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company filed for bankruptcy in March after federal regulators took over the bank

Sale of Silicon Valley Bank’s old venture capital arm hits a snag

Creditors including Pimco and Davidson Kempner may wind up taking over SVB’s roughly $10bn venture capital business, sources say

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SVB was caught out by rising rates, but its new owner's stock is holding up well

Silicon Valley Bank takeover is still boosting First Citizens six months on

Analysts at the likes of JPMorgan are expecting First Citizens to thrive after its takeover deal

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Ex-Silicon Valley Bank boss plans to apologise to US Senate

Greg Becker hasn’t spoken publicly since regulators seized SVB two months ago

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How social media fuelled the Silicon Valley Bank run

The biggest dangers of any business are the ones that companies fail to imagine and don’t know they should fear

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The current bank crisis 'is in the second or third inning, not the seventh inning'

Why the banking crisis still has room to run

Deposit flight and higher funding costs risk squeezing small businesses beyond big cities

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Loophole that hid Silicon Valley Bank’s losses could be closed by Fed

Potential change would reverse 2019 decision to loosen rules for midsize banks

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As the face of the regulator, Nikhil Rathi has come under pressure to stop more City rogues. FN asks him what the plan is

FCA boss Nikhil Rathi on staff burnout and scandals: ‘I didn’t want to be a CEO that just talked about doing things’

Policing everything from crypto to bank crashes, how does the man in charge of the FCA try and stay ahead of the next scandal?

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Venture funding tanks after Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Venture funding in the first quarter is on track for the worst performance in more than five years, new data finds

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BoE governor Andrew Bailey admitted that he was surprised by the speed of SVB's collapse

BoE governor Andrew Bailey: ‘We have to be very vigilant’ after Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse crises

Central bank says UK is in 'a period of very heightened, frankly, tension and alertness' after SVB, Credit Suisse

Failed Silicon Valley Bank bought by First Citizens

Deal with federal regulators will make Raleigh-based firm one of the top 25 US banks

Bank of England defends allocating less than one full-time staffer to monitor SVB in the UK

Bank defends oversight of UK lender while hitting out at potential 'moral hazard' in US

The government is currently consulting on a host of measures to cut red tape across the Square Mile through its so-called Edinburgh Reforms

Credit Suisse, Silicon Valley Bank crises may upend deregulation plans amid fears of 2008 replay

Experts fear a 2008 repeat if regulations are watered down too far

Banking failures show risk committees aren’t up to the job

Bank boards have risk committees tasked with forestalling problems. But the members of those committees don’t always have the skills or stature to make themselves heard

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First Republic Bank brings in Lazard to review sale, capital options

California bank seeks to regain its footing after the failure of two other lenders caused its depositors to flee

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JPMorgan, Citi and more back First Republic Bank with $30bn in cash

Regulators say move by JPMorgan and others demonstrates system’s resilience

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'A cost of £1 ought to leave a fair margin of error in HSBC’s favour'

HSBC shareholders back Silicon Valley Bank clients to deliver growth

M&G, one of HSBC's largest shareholders, says venture capital firms and startups are 'a good set of clients to increase exposure to'

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