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According to Bloomberg, the CEO sold 3.6 million dollars worth of shares days before insolvency. The sale was scheduled back on January 26th. Around the same t

According to Bloomberg, the CEO sold 3.6 million dollars worth of shares days before insolvency. The sale was scheduled back on January 26th. Around the same time, analysts were commenting negatively about SVB’s earnings and liquidity position. Please correct me if I’ve misinterpreted. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-10/svb-chief-sold-3-6-million-in-stock-days-before-bank-s-failure https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-10/svb-chief... https://seekingalpha.com/article/4573087-svb-financial-30-percent-down-after-rally-that-makes-no-sense https://seekingalpha.com/article/4573087-svb-financial-30-pe...

madamelic 4y ago
The very first line should tell you how little the article author knows how it works: > Greg Becker used prearranged stock-trade plan to sell shares He didn't "use a prearranged plan", a plan went into action and sold the shares. Becker had already filed paperwork to sell those shares at that specific time. To my recollection, that was 10% of his shares. Becker wasn't planning months in advance on the bank smashing into a wall precisely a few days after he sold a measly 10%.
- shjake 4y ago
  It’s not unimaginable that he managed to delay the bad news from coming for a couple of days before the sale went through though.
  - madamelic 4y ago
    I would strongly assume that require not only the cooperation of more than just him but also many people including those who had no real gain for doing that. Even if both the CEO and CFO conspired to hide this, more than just them would know about the trouble and them conspiring to do this. Those individuals would now have no reason not to whisteblow immediately. I find conspiracies, especially non-governmental, about large organizations incredibly hard to believe because of how difficult they would be to pull off.
- bentlegen 4y ago
  You’re making this sound like some Ocean’s 11-level heist, and then discounting the premise you’ve created as being absurd. It doesn’t have to be that complicated. Perhaps he saw that the bank was in trouble and made a decision to sell shares when the company was at a 52 week low. His calculus could just be: “with the information I possess, this price could go a lot lower.” He may not have foreseen an insolvency event, or perhaps he knew it was a risk and he sought to hedge it. Or maybe he just sold it randomly at a low price … because.

madamelic 4y ago

The very first line should tell you how little the article author knows how it works: > Greg Becker used prearranged stock-trade plan to sell shares He didn't "use a prearranged plan", a plan went into action and sold the shares. Becker had already filed paperwork to sell those shares at that specific time. To my recollection, that was 10% of his shares. Becker wasn't planning months in advance on the bank smashing into a wall precisely a few days after he sold a measly 10%.

shjake 4y ago
It’s not unimaginable that he managed to delay the bad news from coming for a couple of days before the sale went through though.
- madamelic 4y ago
  I would strongly assume that require not only the cooperation of more than just him but also many people including those who had no real gain for doing that. Even if both the CEO and CFO conspired to hide this, more than just them would know about the trouble and them conspiring to do this. Those individuals would now have no reason not to whisteblow immediately. I find conspiracies, especially non-governmental, about large organizations incredibly hard to believe because of how difficult they would be to pull off.
bentlegen 4y ago
You’re making this sound like some Ocean’s 11-level heist, and then discounting the premise you’ve created as being absurd. It doesn’t have to be that complicated. Perhaps he saw that the bank was in trouble and made a decision to sell shares when the company was at a 52 week low. His calculus could just be: “with the information I possess, this price could go a lot lower.” He may not have foreseen an insolvency event, or perhaps he knew it was a risk and he sought to hedge it. Or maybe he just sold it randomly at a low price … because.