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Fed: Mismanagement, insufficient supervision led to SVB collapse
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr released findings from the Fed’s review of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure. In response to the insights, Barr said the Fed needs to strengthen its supervision and regulation as he attributed regulatory relief and supervisory changes enacted under the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) as a factor in the collapse.
The report noted at the time of its failure, SVB had 31 unaddressed safe and soundness supervisory warnings – triple the average number of peer banks.
The report identified four main factors:
- SVB’s board of directors and management failed to manage their risks;
- Federal Reserve supervisors did not fully appreciate the extent of the vulnerabilities as SVB grew in size and complexity;
- supervisors did not take sufficient steps when vulnerabilities were identified to ensure that SVB fixed those problems quickly enough; and
- the Fed’s tailoring approach in response to S. 2155 and a shift in the stance of supervisory policy impeded effective supervision by reducing standards, increasing complexity, and promoting a less assertive supervisory approach.
The report noted the Fed has begun to take some steps to address the findings, including conducting a holistic review of the financial system’s capital framework, implementation of the Basel III endgame rules, the use of multiple scenarios in stress testing, and a long-term debt rule to improve the resiliency and resolvability of large banks. The Fed will seek comments on any proposals and will consider taking other steps as needed.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) also released a report looking at the SVB and Signature Bank failures, noting risky business strategies, weak risk management practices, and weak liquidity as factors. GAO highlighted it has called on regulators to consider noncapital triggers to their framework for prompt corrective action since 2011 and recommended examiners escalate concerns about deteriorating conditions more quickly.
Of note, the Senate Banking Committee holds a hearing Thursday to discuss holding executives accountable after the bank failures.
In the wake of the bank failures, NAFCU worked to distinguish credit unions as safe, secure, and reliable financial institutions. NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger joined Bloomberg TV, as well as other outlets, to discuss the “flight to safety” at credit unions and has a recent op-ed further detailing the credit union difference.
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