BLOOMBERG  First Citizens BancShares Inc agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which was seized by regulators following a run on the lender. The bank agreed to take on all deposits and loans, a deal that includes the purchase of about $72 billion SVB assets at a discount of $16.5 billion, according to a statement from the Federal Deposit Insurance …

BLOOMBERG  Malaysian construction firm Gamuda Bhd has bought Deutsche Bank AG’s soon-to-be-vacated London office for $315 million in one of the City’s biggest property deals this year. Gamuda partnered with UK private equity firm Castleforge for the purchase of Winchester House, the company said in a statement. The buyers plan to refurbish the premises into a sustainable office for global …

BLOOMBERG  Bank of England (BOE) Governor Andrew Bailey said the global banking system is more robust and better capitalised than in was in 2008, making a repeat of the crisis more than a decade ago unlikely. “We’ve learned a lot of lessons in the financial crisis,” Bailey said in a pooled clip for broadcasters. “Of course we keep learning lessons. …