HSBC snaps up UK arm of failed Âߤ¹¿Í Silicon Valley Bank for just ¡ò1 in ´ë¤Æ¡¤ÅØÎÏ¡¤Äó°Æ to ˸¤²¤ë tech ÉôÌç Êø²õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë - after more than ¡ò50BILLION was wiped off FTSE ¤Þ¤Ã¤¿¤ÀÃæ¤Ë Á´À¤³¦¤Î ºâÀ¯¾å¤Î panic
- Êø²õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë of tech-¾ÇÅÀ¡Ê¤ò¹ç¤ï¤»¤ë¡Ëd Silicon Valley Bank Ͷȯ¤¹¤ëd ¶²¤ì¤ës across ʽ¤Ç°Ï¤à Street
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HSBC has taken over the UK arm of Êø²õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd Âߤ¹¿Í Silicon Valley Bank for ¡ò1 in a ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê that Êݸ¤ës more than 3,000 ¸ÜµÒs' deposits and spares taxpayers from Êݼá¡Ê¶â¡Ëing them out.
The ¶ÛµÞ °ú¤·Ñ¤®¡¿Çã¼ý comes after frantic ²ñÃÌ over the ½µËö ȼ¤¦¡¿´Ø¤ï¤ëing the ¡Ê¥É¥¤¥Ä¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë¼óÁê¡¿¡ÊÂç³Ø¤Î¡Ë³ØĹ, the ÁíÍýÂç¿Ã and the Bank of England to ˸¤²¤ë Îós of the tech ÉôÌç from ¸ºß wiped out.
¸ÜµÒs of Silicon Valley Bank UK, some of whom had millions of ³¤±¤¶¤Þ¤ËÌԷ⤹¤ës in deposits, ²óÉü¤¹¤ëd Àܶá to their money yesterday after ¸ºß frozen out.
The ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê ¹ð¼¨ ¡Êµ¡¤Î¡Ë¥«¥à hours after American Åö¶É moved to ÊÝ¾Ú¡Ê¿Í¡Ë the deposits of the bank's US parent company, which Êø²õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd on Friday.
¡Ê¥É¥¤¥Ä¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë¼óÁê¡¿¡ÊÂç³Ø¤Î¡Ë³ØĹ Jeremy ÄÉÀסʤ¹¤ë¡Ë had ·Ù¹ð¤¹¤ëd over the ½µËö that the UK tech ÉôÌç was at 'serious ´í¸±' from the Êø²õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë of SVB UK. He ÀÀÌó¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd on Sunday that the À¯ÉÜ would bring º£¸å ¨ºÂ¤Î ·×²è¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës to help companies banking with the ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤ with their ¨ºÂ¤Î cashflow needs ? such as »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶âing staff.
¤ÎÃæ¤Ç those believed to have been frozen out of Àܶáing ´ð¶âs was an IT provider to the NHS.
The ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê did not ˸¤²¤ë ¤½¤Î¾å¤Î Íî¤Á¤ës in banking ³ô with Barclays É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 6 per cent, HSBC off by 4 per cent, and Natwest and Lloyds É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 5 per cent ? wiping ¡ò50billion off the Ï¢¹ç¤µ¤»¤ëd value of the FTSE 100 ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤s
The Êø²õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë of tech-¾ÇÅÀ¡Ê¤ò¹ç¤ï¤»¤ë¡Ëd Silicon Valley Bank Ͷȯ¤¹¤ëd ¶²¤ì¤ës across ʽ¤Ç°Ï¤à Street that the banking system was ¸ºß ¼ê¤òÉÔ¼«Í³¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿¡Êʪ»ö¤ò¡Ë»¤Ê¤¦d by a relentless cycle of Íø±×¡¿¶½Ì£ Ψ rises
ȯɽ¤¹¤ëing the HSBC ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê, Mr ÄÉÀסʤ¹¤ë¡Ë said: 'The UK's tech ÉôÌç is genuinely world-¼çÍ×¤Ê and of ÊúÍʤ¹¤ë importance to the British economy, supporting hundreds of thousands of ¿¦¶Ès. I said [on Sunday] that we would look after our tech ÉôÌç, and we have worked ´«¤á¤ë ntly to ÇÛ㤹¤ë on that Ìó« and find a ²òÅú that will ¶¡µë¤¹¤ë SVB UK's ¸ÜµÒs with ¿®ÍÑ¡¿¿®Ç¤.' One Tory MP ½Ò¤Ù¤ëd it as the 'perfect ²òÅú'.
The Bank of England said it 'can ³Îǧ¤¹¤ë that all depositors' money with SVB UK is °ÂÁ´¤Ê and °ÂÁ´¤Ê¡¦Êݾڤ¹¤ë as a result of this ½èÍý¡¿¼è°ú'.
SVB UK had ÂßÉÕ¶âs of around ¡ò5.5billion and deposits of ¡ò6.7billion at the time of its Êø²õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë on Friday, HSBC said.
Mr ÄÉÀסʤ¹¤ë¡Ë said the Êø²õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë had never Ä󵯤¹¤ë¡¿¥Ý¡¼¥º¤ò¤È¤ëd 'a systemic ´í¸± to our ºâÀ¯¾å¤Î °ÂÄê' but said important Àïά¤Î ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤s could have been wiped out, which would have been '¶Ëü¤Ë dangerous'.
The ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê did not ˸¤²¤ë ¤½¤Î¾å¤Î Íî¤Á¤ës in banking ³ô with Barclays É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 6 per cent, HSBC off by 4 per cent, and Natwest and Lloyds É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 5 per cent ? wiping ¡ò50billion off the Ï¢¹ç¤µ¤»¤ëd value of the FTSE 100 ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤s.
HSBC has taken over the UK arm of Êø²õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd Âߤ¹¿Í Silicon Valley Bank for ¡ ò1 in a ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê that Êݸ¤ës more than 3,000 ¸ÜµÒs¡Ç deposits and spares taxpayers from Êݼá¡Ê¶â¡Ëing them out
The ³¤±¤¶¤Þ¤ËÌԷ⤹¤ë was »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ëing ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤ ¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º the ³ô¼°»Ô¾ì woes and was up by about 1% against the US dollar at 1.215 and up by 0.1% against the euro at 1.1318.
In company news, HSBC saw its ³ô price µñÀ䤹¤ë¡¿Äã²¼¤¹¤ë by more than 4% ¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º ȯɽ¤¹¤ëing it had acquired Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) UK ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö in the all-important µß½õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê.?
Europe's biggest bank said it paid just ¡ò1 for the troubled bank, ¼¨¤¹ing that regulators were ³Î¿®¤·¤Æ it could easily take on any ´í¸± from SVB UK's ¸ÜµÒs.?
However, its ³ô price ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ëd 4.1% lower as the ºß¸Ë¡¿³ô was caught up in Åê»ñ²È jitters over the wider banking ÉôÌç.?
°ìÊý¡¿¹ç´Ö, Êݸ±²ñ¼Ò Direct Line ǧ¤á¤ë its 2022 results were 'disappointing' and that the group did not navigate the challenges of ¥¤¥ó¥Õ¥ì¡¼¥·¥ç¥ó and regulatory ²þ³×¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë as ¸ú²ÌŪ¤Ë as it would have liked.?
The group Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬d a ½½Ê¬¤Ê year pre-ÀǶâ loss of ¡ò45 million against sharp ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës ¥¤¥ó¥Õ¥ì¡¼¥·¥ç¥ó, ÆÃ¤Ë across its ¥â¡¼¥¿¡¼ arm.?
Its ³ô price ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ëd 4.8% lower. The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were ÅØÎϤ¹¤ë ºÎ·¡, up 70p to 1,720p, Fresnillo, up 25.2p to 747.4p, Severn Trent, up 58p to 2,824p, Convatec Group, up 3.8p to 220.6p, and ³¤·³Âç¾ Group, up 30.5p to 1,912p.?
The biggest fallers on the FTSE were ´ð½à ¼Ú¤êÀڤ롿·û¾Ïd, É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 51p to 688.8p, Barclays, É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 9.94p to 147.48p, Beazley, É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 36.5p to 545p, Ashtead Group, É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 340p to 5,192p, and Ocado Group, É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 27.3p to 423.8p.
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