Silicon Valley Bank: parent company, CEO and CFO sued amid market turmoil

Proposed class-action lawsuit claims bank failed to reveal how rising interest rates made it particularly susceptible' to failure

SVB Financial Group and two top executives have been sued by shareholders over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, as global stocks continued to suffer on Tuesday despite assurances from US president Joe Biden.

The bank's shareholders accuse SVB Financial Group chief executive Greg Becker and chief financial officer Daniel Beck of concealing how rising interest rates would leave its Silicon Valley Bank unit particularly susceptible" to a bank run.