Fitch Ratings warns that revisions to U.S. bank capital rules could create paper excess capital, raising reported ratios without improving financial strength.
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Basel III Easing Could Fuel Buybacks—But Now Is The Wrong Time
Fitch Ratings warns that revisions to U.S. bank capital rules could create paper excess capital, raising reported ratios without improving financial strength. Read more … [Read more...] about Basel III Easing Could Fuel Buybacks—But Now Is The Wrong Time
Fitch’s AI Stress Test Flags Sectors Facing The Most Credit Risk
Fitch flags sharp pockets of risk in outsourced services, media production, software and AI infrastructure, and in the private credit vehicles that lend to them. Read more … [Read more...] about Fitch’s AI Stress Test Flags Sectors Facing The Most Credit Risk
American Banks Are Healthy Now But Capital Proposals Endanger Them
U.S. banking sector appears sturdier than during the 2022 and 2023 turmoil, But new capital requirements makes them less safe. Read more … [Read more...] about American Banks Are Healthy Now But Capital Proposals Endanger Them
Regulators Say Private Equity Firm Loaded Atlantic Coast With Private Credit
Regulators allege that the private equity firm owning Atlantic Coast Life moved retirees’ annuity money into illiquid private credit, including loans tied to collapsed investor 777 Partners. Read more … [Read more...] about Regulators Say Private Equity Firm Loaded Atlantic Coast With Private Credit
Private Credit And Equity Face Warnings On AI Lending Concentration
Carlyle executives caution direct lenders against repeating structural software-as-a-service errors as they fund the artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout. Read more … [Read more...] about Private Credit And Equity Face Warnings On AI Lending Concentration