Apollo, Blackstone and KKR evaluating Silicon Valley Bank loan assets - report

Apollo Global (APO), Blackstone (BX) and KKR (KKR) are looking at purchasing loans held by Silicon Valley Bank in the wake of its collapse.
The defunct bank had $73.6 billion of loans as of end of last year. The size of loan book that Apollo (APO) and Blackstone (BX) are interested in wasn't immediately known, according to a Bloomberg report, which cited people familiar.
Silicon Valley Bank's loan portfolio is viewed as an attractive asset and was not a part of what caused the bank to be shut down by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday, Bloomberg said.
On Monday, the WSJ reported that FDIC is planning to conduct another auction of Silicon Valley Bank assets after they were unable to find a suitor over the weekend.