Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

The FDIC's statement shared that: As of December 31, 2022, Silicon Valley Bank had approximately $209.0 billion in total assets and about $175.4 billion in total deposits

The question is what haircut the FDIC will take on the $209b when they forcefully liquidate all securities. If the above data is still accurate, the FDIC can make depositors whole as long as they don't take more than a 16% haircut when liquidating.

SVB recently liquidated their AFS bond portfolio at ~90c on the dollar. And, this traunch of securities is very sensitive to interest rate changes.

Their HTM bond portfolio consists mostly of securities that could be sold today for ~80c on the dollar.

Given the above, it seems likely depositors will be made close to whole. Then again, who knows what's hidden from public eye.

https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23016.html




At the very least the 20b from yesterday will be there right? So atleast 10%




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: