Systemic Risk (or Not!) in Loans and CLOs
In 2020, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published an extensive report on Financial Stability and leveraged loans, noting that “[a]lthough regulators monitoring the effects of…
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CLOs & (No) Systemic Risk: The Arguments Continue
As loan market participants, we have all seen our share of news stories that make our eyes roll over the misunderstanding of CLOs and the…
CLOs Are Simply Not a Source of Systemic Risk to the Banking System
A recent internet meme posits that the U.S. banking system is on the precipice of collapse. Today’s catalyst,the Collateralized Loan Obligation or CLO, the theory…
Insurance Analyst Rebuts Systemic Risk Argument in Recent Report
An analyst at American Family Insurance concluded in a recent report that leveraged loans do not pose a systemic risk at this time. The report,…
Systemic Risk FAQ
Do leveraged loans create systemic risk? Read this FAQ to find out the answer
Systemic Risk: Taking it to the House
Are leveraged loans systemically risky? A subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing this week to examine this very issue, one that…
Do Leveraged Loans Pose Systemic Risks? The LSTA Responds
Earlier this week, the FT hosted a “point-counterpoint” debate on whether “leveraged loans pose a threat to the US economy”. At the LSTA, we found…
Leveraged Lending: From the Regulators’ Mouth(s)
There have been a flurry of news stories recently on the regulators’ views on leveraged lending and systemic risk. Being curious (and determined) folk, instead…
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