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Private Equity Perspectives: Episode Three – Interest Rates and PE Deals
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DE Under 3: Latest Monthly Jobs Report, Unemployment & the US BLS JOLTS Report
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR
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Switch Hitter! Maximizing the Flexibility of Split Dollar Life Insurance to Create Maximum Financial and Tax Leverage
SWITCH HITTER! Maximizing the Flexibility of Split Dollar Life Insurance to Create Maximum Financial and Tax Leverage
The Family Loan Shark
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While landing in line with consensus, this week’s CPI reading in the U.S. reinforces long-term changes in inflation and rates regime. Narratives aside, these changes are significant and lasting enough to challenge the LP-GP...more
A Dutch company (X) sold goods to private individuals in Belgium over the course of several years (2015 to 2018). Under EU distance sales rules, the place of supply was deemed to be Belgium, meaning Belgian VAT was due....more
Despite headwinds related to AI-led disruption and the conflict in Iran, leveraged loan markets in Europe and the US proved resilient in Q1, with high-quality borrowers continuing to access financing throughout the quarter...more
On June 2, 2026, Professors Todd Zywicki and Thomas Miller, Jr., together with the Center for Individual Freedom, filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiff trade associations in National Association of Industrial...more
On June 4, 2026, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) filed an amicus brief in the en banc proceedings pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in National Association of Industrial Bankers...more
The en banc proceedings in National Association of Industrial Bankers v. Weiser continue to attract significant attention. On June 4, 2026, the attorneys general of Utah and 20 other states filed an amicus brief urging the...more
The en banc Tenth Circuit continues to receive substantial support for affirming the district court’s decision in National Association of Industrial Bankers v. Weiser, the closely watched case addressing the scope of the...more
On June 4, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) filed an amicus brief in the en banc proceedings before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in National Association of Industrial Bankers v....more
On June 4, 2026, the American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Consumer Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions, and 52 state bankers associations filed a supplemental amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in...more
The plaintiffs-appellees in National Association of Industrial Bankers v. Weiser have filed their supplemental en banc brief in the Tenth Circuit, urging the full court to reject the panel majority’s interpretation of Section...more
On May 19, 2026, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, granted summary judgment in favor of Opportunity Financial, LLC ("OppFi") in its dispute with Clothilde Hewlett, in her official capacity as...more
Following a wave of high‑profile settlements involving large defined benefit pension plans, including Raytheon (which settled for around $59 million) and CITGO (which settled for around $10 million), and as they await...more
Stemming from a case filed in 2022 against the fintech Opportunity Financial, LLC (“OppFi”), the Central District of California issued a decision on May 19 finding that OppFi’s bank partner, FinWise Bank, was the true lender...more
Movement in the currency market remained highly volatile last week amid conflicting signals surrounding a potential US-Iran peace agreement, the uncertainty surrounding which is likely to continue to influence trends this...more
In a significant victory for bank-fintech partnership models, the Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 19, 2026 has now issued its final Statement of Decision granting summary judgment in favor of Opportunity Financial,...more
AEI’s Paul Kupiec joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt to analyze the potential impact of a proposed 10% cap on credit card balances. Kupiec, a highly respected commentator on financial markets, delves...more
Summary: Due to tighter margins, variable profitability and reduced cash flow, many agricultural borrowers are seeking incremental credit expansions from Farm Credit lenders on their existing facilities, and we expect that...more
Higher long-term interest rates complicate the sponsor value creation model by limiting the value that can be extracted from investment capital structuring due to higher term financing costs, undermining a buy-and-hold...more
AI-driven demand and lower exposure to software shield US high yield markets from macro challenges, but activity dips in Europe and Asia - US high yield bond markets proved resilient to macroeconomic disruption in the...more
Total return swaps and loan-to-loan facilities offer a way for lenders to bolster performance as loan margins narrow - As interest rates have declined and loan margins tightened, some private credit lenders have...more
On May 8, the Fed published its semiannual Financial Stability Report, which assesses vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system using data through April 23. Among key findings, the report states that: (i) asset valuation...more
On May 8, the CFTC issued a proposed rule (which was published in the Federal Register on May 12) to modify its swap clearing requirement for interest rate swaps denominated in Canadian dollars and Mexican pesos to reflect...more
On May 21, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States, resolving a circuit court split, ruled in favor of a multiemployer pension fund, finding that plan actuaries calculating withdrawal liability can apply actuarial...more
Kevin Warsh will be sworn in as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on May 22. He replaces Jerome Powell. Warsh was confirmed on a 55-45 roll call vote on May 13. All Republicans and one Democrat, Sen. John...more
State credit regulators take center stage this month: the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Massachusetts Division of Banks, the New Hampshire Banking Department, and the South Carolina...more