Two of Silicon Valley Bank’s top chiefs dumped millions of dollars worth of stock just two weeks before the firm collapsed Friday, records show.
CFO Daniel Beck offloaded his stocks the same day as Becker.Silicon Valley Bank, the once leading tech lender, was shut down by federal authorities just 11 days later.
Becker and Beck sold off their massive stakes in a legal corporate trading plan established by the SEC to thwart insider trading, so it is not clear whether the CEO and CFO knew the company would collapse in just two weeks.SVB did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. The firm was abruptly shut down Friday by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation due to liquidity fears.It faced a cash crunch due to surging interest rates and a recent meltdown in the tech sector led many customers to pare their deposits.
Shares of SVB Financial, the bank’s parent, had plunged by a whopping 60% on Thursday. The stock was down by another 60% in premarket trading Friday until being halted.The sudden collapse has investors worried about a recession event similar to the 2008 financial crisis, though it’s not yet clear what the full impact will be.
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