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Stock markets fail to be reassured by Joe Biden's intervention, as SVB failure is followed by Signature.

First Republic and PacWest have exposure to venture capital clients in the tech sector, the same area of investment that was exposed by Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. The yield on the US Treasury 10-year note was down 14 basis points to 3.5562%. Depositors in Signature and SVB are protected by the overnight federal intervention, along with any other that runs into difficulties, but investors in both have been wiped out. Charles Schwab was down by a quarter. Joe Biden sought to bring calm at the start of the week, saying: “Americans can rest assured that the banking system is safe, their deposits are safe … [Nasdaq](https://www.theguardian.com/business/nasdaq) down 0.8%.

Stock markets in Europe fell on Monday as investors remained spooked by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), despite efforts to limit the fallout.

Even if you don't invest money directly yourself, there are millions of people with a pension - either private or through work - who will see their savings invested by pension schemes. The US has now agreed a rescue deal for customers of SVB, with all depositors fully protected. Silicon Valley Bank - which specialised in lending to technology companies - was shut down by US regulators who seized its assets on Friday. On Monday, HSBC announced it was buying SVB's UK arm for £1. The deal followed a frantic weekend of talks as the government and Bank of England sought a solution, and the news bought relief to UK tech firms who feared going bust without support. It was the biggest failure of a US bank since the financial crisis in 2008.

Western Alliance and First Republic fell more than 75% Monday following the failures of its regional banking peers Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

President Joe Biden [said](https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2023/03/13/biden-says-saving-silicon-valley-bank-helped-economy-breathe-easier-but-not-all-experts-agree/?sh=420304a018a9) Monday he will ask lawmakers to increase federal banking regulations in the wake of the two high-profile failures. The federal government swooped in Sunday to guarantee all individual and corporate depositors at the California bank would get their money back, a move The 10 largest bank stocks in the U.S. The bank losses briefly caused the S&P 500 to turn negative year-to-date, wiping out what was once a nearly 10% rally. The second and third-largest bank failures in U.S. lost $59 billion in market capitalization Monday, driven by Charles Schwab and Truist Financial’s 12% and 17% respective nosedives as of 1 p.m.

(Bloomberg) -- Investors hoping for a reprieve from abrupt swings in technology stocks now are facing renewed crosscurrents from the collapse of Silicon ...

Stock market volatility has been low for the better part of the past six months as a rally in equities caused the VIX Index to fall as low as 17.87 points last month. Shares of SoftBank Group closed down 1.7% on Monday, but the Japanese conglomerate assuaged some concern by saying it didn’t expect any impact on its finances from the collapse. surged to record highs in mainland trading after two of the country’s biggest wireless carriers said they plan to share more profits with shareholders in the form of dividends. on Sunday jointly announcing efforts aimed at strengthening confidence in the banking system — infusing some confidence in investors. Higher borrowing costs are only beginning to make themselves felt in the economy, and a slowdown could further deflate the 2020-2021 bubble in highly valued tech stocks. Investors also took the view that a banking crisis, even one that’s relatively contained, may cause the Federal Reserve to back off from its campaign of aggressive interest rate increases, which would be a boon for highly valued assets like growth stocks. and Juniper Networks Inc., entrusted the bank with its savings. and China Telecom Corp. Silicon Valley Bank cultivated deep ties with tech companies in its four-decade history. Tech investors had been hoping for a calmer 2023. A broad swath of the industry, including Roku Inc., Roblox Corp. Futures contracts had jumped as much as 2.1%, only to erase most of their gains.

The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index fell 10 per cent in afternoon trading in the US, with regional banks plummeting the most as investors worried that smaller lenders ...

The European Stoxx banking index dropped 5.8 per cent as investors worried about the value of banks’ bond portfolios. In Europe, Credit Suisse shed 9.6 per cent and Commerzbank lost 12.7 per cent. Investors abandoned bets that the US central bank will raise interest rates by 50 basis points at its meeting next week, following the recent failure of three banks — SVB, Silvergate and Signature. Investors were assured by US regulators saying the bank’s depositors would be fully repaid in their attempt to shore up the banking system. About two-thirds of traders expect a quarter-point increase, with the rest expecting the federal funds rate to hold, according to Refinitiv. The yield on the two-year US Treasury note, which is sensitive to interest rate changes, fell 0.51 percentage points to 4.07 per cent — its biggest single-day drop since 1987. The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index fell 10 per cent in afternoon trading in the US, with regional banks plummeting the most as investors worried that smaller lenders could have fragile balance sheets. “All the shareholders and depositors are nervous, so what are you going to do? However, broader US markets were more assured by late-afternoon trading, with the blue-chip S&P 500 up 0.2 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gaining 0.9 per cent. German 10-year Bunds fell 0.2 percentage points to 2.26 per cent. “This is how asset cycles end, and now it converts to a credit crunch and the economy will move towards recession,” said Steven Blitz, chief US economist at TS Lombard. The collapse also prompted traders to temper expectations of a big rate rise by the Federal Reserve at its meeting this month, sending yields sharply lower.

Canada's main stock index fell 0.7% on Monday as investors sold banking shares amid a global sell off on fears of contagion risk from the collapse of ...

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