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You can't blame the depositors or the VCs in this case for SVB's failure. Only SVB was responsible for taking on naked long-term risk and being unable to meet c
by vivegi 4y ago
You can't blame the depositors or the VCs in this case for SVB's failure. Only SVB was responsible for taking on naked long-term risk and being unable to meet current obligations.
At the time the VCs advised their portfolio cos to pull funds out of SVB, it was a perfectly rational reason because only 2.7% of SVB's deposits were FDIC insured. That means, there was no guarantee of the Fed, treasury and FDIC would take the action to make good all depositors.
The entire site appears like something from an affected party (shareholder/investor/exec/boardmember of SVB) who lost their shirt in this fiasco and has an axe to grind. Just saying. Not sure why the are not naming and shaming the former SVB execs and boardmembers who missed to identify these risks early on and mitigate them.
The failure of SVB is just capitalism, isn't it? They risked their capital on a business that took bad decisions, so it is only fair that the specific company (SVB) ceases to exist and something else comes up to take its place.