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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

On the liability side of SVB’s $173B in deposits at the end of 2022, approximately 97% were uninsured and above the $250k in FDIC protection threshold. Based on the bank’s own filing, and like many banks, SVB did not deploy hedging instruments to manage its securities duration risk.

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In Rough Times, a Confident Board is the Best Asset

Gonzobanker

The strong Gonzo Bankers have managed through the short-term challenges of slowing deposit outflows, shoring up liquidity and capital positions, and communicating with customers. It’s important to demonstrate that management is deeply engaged in responding to outside conditions and all the bank’s stakeholders.

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Trust: Once Again the Most Precious Currency in Banking

Gonzobanker

Irvine Sprague, Former FDIC Director So Gonzo Bankers … how many of us have been hesitant lately to check our iPhone each morning to see what trouble may have hit the fan in the financial world during a few restless hours of slumber? It’s a good time to surround the executive team with a diversity of smart advisors and capital market players.

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

Thankfully for bank and credit union executives, lenders, risk managers, and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officers, banking podcasts and podcasts for credit unions are plentiful, and options are growing. Listen to the podcast episode, " How To Sleep Easier at Night About Capital and Risk Levels.". keep me informed. Whitepaper. CECL Models.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Finally, resolution of failing financial institutions requires that the deposit insurance fund be strongly capitalized with real reserves, not just federal guarantee.” To you, manage your interest rate risk. M&T assumed their $411 million of loans and securities with a $289 million FDIC loss-share agreement.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets.

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Squared Away- How It Happened

Jeff For Banks

I will be attending the Financial Managers Society FMS Forum this upcoming June. Others surprised me, such as the amount of views expended on board composition, or on deploying bank capital. While seventy-five percent done with writing, I read Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey of Whole Foods Market and Raj Sisodia.