THE outgoing World Bank chief called on China to be more active in restructuring discussions for developing countries in debt crisis.
JAPAN’S Rakuten Group is planning an initial public offering (IPO) of its banking arm next month, in a probable US$807 million listing that would test demand for the e-commerce giant’s online lender amid market uncertainty.
UBS Group is offering to buy back 2.75 billion euros (S$3.95 billion) worth of bonds it issued last Friday, just days before the bank said it would acquire troubled rival Credit Suisse Group following hastily arranged crisis talks.
THE conversion of Credit Suisse’s Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds into equity was likely “idiosyncratic” in nature, and does not reflect the outcome of other AT1 securities in the system – which include those issued by Singapore banks, CGS-CIMB said on Tuesday (Mar 21).
1. What happened?
SILVERGATE Capital in the US was the first to collapse, done in by its exposure to the crypto industry’s meltdown. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was next, killed by the amount and speed of withdrawals by its startup-centred customers.
CITADEL Securities is planning to bolster business in China while it hires across Asia, expanding in the region at a time when most financial firms are cutting costs.
CREDIT Suisse Group’s bankers had deferred bonuses frozen by the Swiss government, adding pain to awards that were already decimated by the firm’s share plunge.
CUSTOMERS are continuing to redeem Circle’s USD Coin stablecoin at a greater pace than buying it even after the firm recouped deposits that were caught up in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
SVB Financial Group and the federal regulator that closed its Silicon Valley Bank unit indicated at a bankruptcy court hearing on Tuesday (Mar 21) that a fight is looming over US$2 billion of the former parent company’s cash that was seized along with the lender.
WALL Street leaders and US officials discussing an intervention at First Republic Bank are exploring the possibility of government backing to encourage a deal that would shore up the lender, people with knowledge of the situation said.












