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The End of LIBOR

On March 5, 2021, the ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA), UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) made important announcements regarding the timelines of the cessations...more

How Regulation of Leveraged Lending Will Change Under President Biden

The change in administration that will take place on Jan. 20, 2021, will likely have significant consequences for leveraged lending market participants. The relatively “soft touch” regulatory approach taken by federal...more

GAO Report Finds that Leveraged Lending Has Not Threatened Financial Stability

On Dec. 16, 2020, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (the GAO) issued a report to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Department of the Treasury, the...more

COVID-19 Update: Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working With Customers...

On March 22, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (the NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the...more

ARRC Releases Proposal for New York State Legislation for US Dollar LIBOR Contracts

On March 6, 2020, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) convened by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a proposal for New York State legislation that is intended to reduce...more

2020 Stress Tests to Emphasize Leveraged Lending Risks

On Feb. 6, the Federal Reserve Board released the hypothetical scenarios for the 2020 stress test exercises, which ensure that large banks have adequate capital and processes to continue lending to households and businesses...more

The 2019 SNC Review Results: Increased Criticized Loans Observed

On Jan. 31, 2020, the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC, and together with the...more

FDIC Views on Leveraged Lending

The FDIC Fall 2019 edition of Supervisory Insights contained an article entitled “Leveraged Lending: Evolution, Growth and Heightened Risk”. In the article, the FDIC noted that the credit agreement terms have continued to...more

FSB Issues Report on Vulnerability in the Leveraged Loan Market

On Dec. 19, 2019, the Financial Stability Board issued a report titled “Vulnerabilities Associated with Leveraged Loans and Collateralised Loan Obligations”. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) coordinates at the...more

Federal Reserve Board Releases Semiannual Financial Stability Report

On Nov. 15, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Board”) released its semiannual Financial Stability Report. The report presents the Board’s current assessment of the resilience of the U.S. financial...more

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Powell Finds That Leveraged Lending Presents No Notable Risks to Financial Stability

Federal Reserve Board of Governors Chairman Jerome H. Powell, in remarks made yesterday in Amelia Island, Florida, at the 24th Annual Financial Markets Conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, stated that...more

FSB Launching Inquiry Into Leveraged Loans

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international body composed of representatives from governments, financial institutions, and international standard-setting, regulatory and central bank bodies that monitors and makes...more

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell Testifies That Leveraged Lending Does Not Pose a Systemic Risk to Banks

On Feb. 27, 2019, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, during testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, was asked by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY, 5th District) whether the Federal Reserve “believes...more

FSB to Consider Enhanced Reporting Requirements for Non-Bank Providers of Leveraged Loans

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international body established in 2009 to implement and promote effective regulatory, supervisory and other financial sector policies, issued its most recent annual Global Monitoring...more

The Surprising 2018 SNC Review Results: Risk in the Portfolio of Syndicated Bank Loans Has Declined

On Jan. 25, 2019, the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC, and together with...more

Comptroller of the Currency Announces That Leveraged Lending Guidance Is Not Expected to Be Changed

On May 24, 2018, Joseph Otting, the comptroller of the currency, the principal regulator of all national banks, announced in a telephonic press conference that he does not expect that the Office of the Comptroller of the...more

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