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| ROE and ROA adjusted for notable items were 16.77% and 1.55%, respectively, both exceeding our expectations |
| And so that too is encouraging to see some of our former colleagues look at what we have going on here so far in our first two quarters of togetherness and vote where their feet to come join us, again, Jennifer being the most high profile of those, which we are so excited to see her return |
| Despite a volatile external market, we've delivered another solid quarter of financial results marked by strong revenue growth and disciplined expense management |
| And overall, the feedback including the ad campaign has been really very positive on the whole |
| This exceeded our expectations and represented a 6% increase over the sequential quarter |
| Return metrics were also strong improving over the sequential quarter despite an increase in credit reserves and capital levels |
| So we we believe our reserves are strong |
| We have an established track record of successful integration efforts, which we look forward to continuing with SVB |
| In addition to deposit growth, our commercial and general bank segments posted solid loan growth |
| Our liquidity and capital positions remain strong and stable, driven by our focus on core deposit gathering and a conservatively managed investment portfolio |
| Our business flows are good and our risk management practices are strong |
| We are confident in the long term outlook for our business |
| Our solid capital and liquidity levels not only position us well for changes resulting from the proposed changes and regulatory requirements but also provide us flexibility to be proactive instead of reactive during this uncertain backdrop |
| We believe we are well positioned to successfully navigate macroeconomic headwinds as well as the changing regulatory landscape just as we have done so many times before |
| Despite clients feeling pressure from the elevated rate environment, we still have great momentum in our branch network where we continue to emphasize full banking relationships |
| While we have not traditionally leveraged the debt capital markets to raise funding, we believe our strong and stable capital and liquidity positions will allow us to be flexible as we enter the market in 2024 |
| We remain excited by the green shoots we're seeing as new and returning business comes to SVB six months post-acquisition |
| Strong earnings generation added 50 basis points of capital during the quarter, offset by a decline in the loss share benefit of 63 basis point |
| However, we have been pleased to see both new and returning business come back to this group, resulting from the initiatives we have undertaken since the acquisition |
| Further, our product breadth has benefited from the CIT and SVB transactions providing us with better ability to fulfill products based on the preferences of our clients and customers |
| While US VC firms investment levels may continue to fall in the near term, we believe the long term outlook remains positive, primarily related to tailwinds that remain intact despite the most recent dislocation |
| The innovation economy is stronger than in past cycles as it grew two at 2.4 times the rate of the overall US economy between 2000 and 2021, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated digital adoption |
| Our third quarter adjusted PPNR grew by 8.6% over the linked quarter, driven by the diversification and growth of our net revenue streams as well as disciplined expense management |
| We have exciting news in our wealth division |
| Putting all of this together, we achieved an adjusted efficiency ratio of 46%, which was an improvement of approximately 4% over the prior quarter |
| Strong expense management and discipline will remain a significant focus for us moving forward |
| We are excited about the opportunity to accelerate SVB’s capability and billing payment functions and are happy to be in a position to invest in opportunities such as these |
| We have a well diversified fleet with high capacity and efficiency, positioning our portfolio well for any future downturn in the economy |
| Moving forward, we believe these complementary capabilities will accelerate the growth of our wealth franchise |
| Of note during the quarter was our real business, which turned in another strong quarter with utilization rates above 98% and positive repricing trends |
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| Second, lower new loan fundings as the private market investment landscape continues to face headwinds, resulting in a difficult exit environment, lower fundraising numbers and fewer deals |
| We also anticipate a modest decline in our tech and life sciences business as marketing activity continues to be depressed |
| As we have been signaling for a number of quarters, we continue to see stress in our general office portfolio in the commercial bank, which totaled $1.1 billion at the end of the third quarter |
| The muted fundraising and investment pace coupled with limited exit opportunities continues to put pressure on innovation companies across all sectors and stages of development |
| Brady Gailey And then on the NII guidance, it's down around 7% linked quarters, so that would suggest there's some NIM decline as well in the fourth quarter |
| This business saw client attrition early on as a result of the March crisis |
| We anticipate further declines in the Global Fund Banking business from lower levels of venture capital investments, lower capital deployment and the final stages of intentional rundown of select portfolios that were located internationally at the time of the merger |
| While we expect the absolute level of margin and net interest income to remain elevated, we do expect them to begin to decline in the coming quarters |
| Our metrics remained within our risk appetite but we continued to see deterioration and a few portfolios that we are diligently monitoring to quickly identify and address problems that may arise |
| Consequently, we're projecting an approximate $5 billion decline in SVB deposits in the fourth quarter |
| It's worth noting that we expect broader market DC funding to remain subdued in the range of 30 billion to 35 billion for the fourth quarter of 2023, which is significantly down from prior years and in line with the muted activity we've seen throughout the first three quarters of 2023 |
| Looking forward, we acknowledge the headwinds facing the innovation economy |
| On deposits, we expect a low to mid single digit percentage point decline and the fourth quarter primarily related to a decline in SVB deposits |
| We expect this to occur as the accretion from some of the shorter portfolios we acquired, such as global fund banking, fully accrete and we experience continued pressure on deposit pricing |
| On adjusted non-interest income, after a strong third quarter, we see a slight retreat to the $430 million to $450 million range, primarily due to the lagged impact of lower SVB off balance sheet funds and less overall innovation economy market activity leading to lower client investment fees, international fees and other service charges, as well as slightly lower net rental total income on operating leases due to higher expected maintenance expense in the fourth quarter |
| The hope, right, that that turns the corner in '24, at the same time, we need to recognize that we are still going through evaluation reset that Frank alluded to, and we expect that, that could continue into 2024 and continue to be a headwind |
| And we did drop from 30% to 28% in the quarter, 32% to 30% we expect to drop to that 28% in the fourth quarter if our deposit projections hold |
| So I would think high 40s, low 50s for the next five quarters, and that's really a function of just declining accretion income outpacing the expenses |
| The decline in SVB segment lines was due to three major factors |
| Our ACL increased three basis point to 1.26%, driven by modest deterioration in the macroeconomic forecast and in the large balanced commercial real estate portfolio, which includes general office |
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