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Banking turmoil : Stay invested, this too shall pass

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    • SVB seems to have failed investing in US Treasuries – is this the first time a bank failed because it had too many Treasuries?
    • SVB seems to have failed investing in US Treasuries – is this the first time a bank failed because it had too many Treasuries? REUTERS

    Chuin Ting Weber

    Published Fri, Mar 24, 2023 · 10:30 AM

    HISTORY doesn’t repeat, but rhymes.

    In September 2008, I was a global bank credit analyst watching a succession of big-name dominoes fall. After Lehman Brothers’ default, Merrill Lynch ran overnight into the arms of the Bank of America. Over the next week, Morgan Stanley came very close to danger.

    I distinctly remember attending a sombre institutional client meeting with a fund manager colleague the following Monday morning, at which the principal asked me for my view on their Morgan Stanley bonds. I replied that there was one and only one thing that gave me some comfort, namely, the Federal Reserve’s decision, just a few hours prior, to designate Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs as bank holding companies.

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