Leveraged loans

The API race, CFPB vs. Citizens, Varo's bank charter: Top stories of the week

02/14/20

Wells Fargo appears to be outpacing its rivals in the API race; CFPB's unexpected showdown with Citizens; Varo gets vital FDIC OK for bank charter; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Leveraged loans take center stage in upcoming stress tests

02/11/20

Regulators are alarmed about banks' rising exposure to high-risk corporate credits and want more data on how they would perform in a recession.

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M&A, hiring, credit quality: What's on minds of midsize bank execs

02/03/20

Certain loan segments are showing signs of deterioration, but consumer lending and digital banking are bright spots. Meanwhile, bankers are eyeing opportunities to improve efficiency, add scale and take advantage of M&A disruption. Here's what to expect from smaller regionals in the year ahead.

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FDIC issues warnings on leveraged lending, CRE concentration

12/23/19

The board- and management-level handing of CRE concentration was the chief concern of FDIC examiners, making up more than 56% of all the supervisory recommendations regulators made in the two-year period.

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JPM wins a place in China; banks again warned about replacing Libor

12/19/19

The bank is the first U.S. one approved for a majority-owned securities unit in China; the FSB said banks must get serious about replacing the benchmark.

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A $40 billion pile of leveraged loans is battered by big losses

10/09/19

Barely noticed in a corner of the financial markets, leveraged loans originally worth about $40 billion are staging their own private meltdown.

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Red flags worrying lawmakers 11 years after financial crisis

09/25/19

Members of the House Financial Services Committee cited leveraged lending, cybersecurity and the switch to a new interest rate benchmark among potential systemic risks that keep them up at night.

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Easy credit's latest twist: Loans to companies with no income

09/20/19

By turning to investors outside traditional banking, private-equity firms are finding it easier than ever to get loans to finance their buyouts of corporations that are nowhere close to being profitable.

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What to make of banks’ growing exposure to leveraged loans

08/08/19

Fresh data from the Fed, FDIC and Bank of England shows that, directly or indirectly, banks are taking on more leveraged loans. But whether this puts their loan and securities portfolios at risk remains open for debate.

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Warren warns consumer, corporate debt could cause next crisis

07/22/19

The Democratic presidential candidate argued in a blog post that the U.S. could avoid a recession by canceling most student debt and authorizing regulators to more aggressively monitor leveraged lending.

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