3min chapter

Odd Lots cover image

Dan Davies On What Brought Down Silicon Valley Bank

Odd Lots

CHAPTER

Is There a Conscious Decision Not to Reduce Duration Exposure?

SVB had discussed internally whether they should be reducing that risk position. All of the incentives were to push them in the direction of taking that interest rate risk. And then obviously interest rates themselves moved quite a bit faster than anyone was expecting. So they were just caught on the wrong side of the trade.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode