'Nobody underwrote for that': Private credit faces a key test as higher rates squeeze borrowers

As the Middle East conflict pushes inflation higher, the risk of higher-for-longer interest rates is emerging as private credit’s next major flashpoint. Underlying borrowers are still paying near-peak ...

Credit Line Management: It’s About Balance

The following analysis is provided by Consumers Bankers Association. Key Findings Credit line management is an essential tool ...

Council tax scrapped? The winners and losers under Burnham’s property tax plan

ANDY Burnham is set to be the next PM, and rumours are swirling that he could scrap the council tax system. But while some could benefit, thousands of homeowners could be slapped with a massive ...

Private credit under stress — Emerging litigation risks

Rajat Rana of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP examines categories of emerging litigation risks surrounding private ...

The Credit Market Lens: A Growing Divide In Leveraged Finance

Average duration in HY markets has also declined, driven by post-2022 repricing and a shift toward shorter maturities.
Mint

Why investors should tread credit risk funds with caution

Credit risk funds recorded a net inflow of around ₹1,318 crore in April, breaking a run of monthly outflows that had stretched for nearly three years. This flow can be attributed to institutional ...
American Banker

Is private credit a new risk for the Federal Home Loan banks?

Insurance company borrowings from the Federal Home Loan banks — including, notably, from subsidiaries of private credit firms — have hit record levels, even as regulators and analysts are increasingly ...
American Banker

Credit risk transfers earn bipartisan praise

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who serves as ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee. WASHINGTON — Credit risk transfers, a financial instrument banks use to move risk off their ...
CNN

Private credit is worrying Wall Street. Here’s how it might affect everyone else

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. On top of everything else pummeling consumers right now — spiking gas prices, ...
U.S. News & World Report

Wall Street Monitors Private Credit Risk as AI Disruption, Outflows Cause Concern

April 14 (Reuters) - Wall Street executives said they were stress‑testing or monitoring ⁠private ⁠credit portfolios as the asset class comes under scrutiny, but said ⁠they were comfortable with their ...
The New York Times

This Is Starting to Look Like a Slow-Motion Bank Run

Ms. Sarin, a contributing Opinion writer, is a professor at Yale Law School and the president of the Budget Lab at Yale. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra ...
Wall Street Journal

Is Another Financial Crisis Lurking in Private Credit?

For those with long memories, news that some private credit funds have capped withdrawals brings to mind the summer of 2007, when a European bank limited withdrawals from funds stuffed with securities ...