Andrew Bailey: Private credit should have looser rules than banks Economics Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said regulation of the booming private credit sector should be more light-touch than traditional lenders despite the central bank’s fears that a blow-up of the industry remains one of the most significant threats to UK financial stability. Bailey told an online event that the fallout from a banking [...]
Goldman Sachs’ Solomon plays down private credit fears Markets Top Wall Street executives have downplayed the likelihood of a private credit downturn sparking a wider economic crisis, despite a string of major lenders setting aside billions of dollars to manage potential defaults on their balance sheets. Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon dismissed the growing chorus of voices warning that tremors in the private credit [...]
Another US lender tumbles as credit jitters accelerate Markets Another mid-sized lender filed for bankruptcy in the US, highlighting the growing strain in American credit markets which Andrew Bailey has likened to the subprime crisis that foreshadowed the Great Financial Crisis (GFC). Primalend, a Texan provider of subprime financing to car dealerships, said in a filing on Wednesday that it had collapsed after months [...]