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why do you think it was a regulatory failure? it's not the Fed's job to make sure every bank has a sane business plan and rock solid conservative riskless strat
by pas 3y ago
why do you think it was a regulatory failure? it's not the Fed's job to make sure every bank has a sane business plan and rock solid conservative riskless strategy.
its job is to make sure the entire system can take the stress of failing banks.
the FDIC did its job too.
- landemva 3y agoIt's their job. https://www.federalreserve.gov/supervisionreg/topics/capital.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/supervisionreg/topics/capital... The private club Federal Reserve branch in SFO was supposed to regulate SVB which had C-level executive on BoD of the regulator. The regulator failed to take prompt corrective action when SVB had capital inadequacy. SVB subsequently, months later, had inadequate capital to continue operating.
- pas 3y ago> SVB had capital inadequacy based on which criteria?