Wow, this is an amazing chart.
Credit Suisse 4Q22:
Asset = 531 billions
Equity = 45 billions
Revenue = 15 billions
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_Suisse
SVB Annual report 2022:
Asset = 211 billions
Equity = 16 billions
Revenue = 7.4 billions
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_Bank
Here there is also an interesting plot of bank failures since 2001 that I found on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/11ukpfj/bank_failures_20012023_inflation_adjusted/
Discussion
Misses all the big ones though?
No Lehman, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac…
But it was AIG bankruptcy that was the real headshot in 2008.
No underwriter = no transactions.
You are correct, the big famous ones you mentioned do not seem to appear in the original dataset from the FDIC (https://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/bank/) that was used for the plot.
Do you have any guess on why that might be?
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Because history is written by the victors.
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