Creditors of Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company have formed a group in anticipation of a potential bankruptcy filing, through which they hope to profit from a sale of the collapsed firm’s private-wealth and other units, according to people familiar with the matter.

The investor group, which is being advised by PJT Partners Inc., includes Centerbridge Partners LP, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP and Pacific Investment Management Co., or Pimco, the people said. Most members bought parent SVB Financial Group’s bonds coming into the weekend as they traded down to around 30 cents on the dollar, the people said. The group now holds a sizable chunk of SVB Financial’s $3.4 billion face value of bonds.