Barclays Turns to Insurers to Hedge Billions of Data Center Debt October 29, 2026 By Esteban Duarte and William Shaw Barclays Plc is looking to buy default protection on more than $10 billion of debt to finance artificial intelligence infrastructure...
EU Officials Propose Guardrails for Insurers Participating in Unfunded SRTs October 21, 2026 By Esteban Duarte The European Union is considering strengthening the rules around a riskier form of insurance provided to the banking sector, as...
Insurers Want a Bigger Slice of the Bank Risk Transfer Boom August 27, 2026 By Esteban Duarte Insurers are aiming for a bigger slice of the market for significant risk transfers this year as banks step up...
AI Hyperscalers’ Shadow Borrowing Bolsters Private Credit Risks March 17, 2026 By Esteban Duarte Investment in AI infrastructure via off-balance sheet debt is increasing the exposure of insurers and private credit funds to hyperscalers,...
Surge of Insurance Capital Into Private Markets Boosts Hiring, Pay Deals February 25, 2026 By Esteban Duarte The surge of insurance capital into private markets is boosting hiring and pay deals in the sector despite recent jitters,...
ECB Steps Up Scrutiny of European Banks’ AI Industry Exposure February 23, 2026 By Esteban Duarte, Jorge Zuloaga, Claudia Cohen and Ronan Martin The European Central Bank is delving into the risks faced by banks in the region from the artificial intelligence industry,...
Insurers Buy Erste SRT Deal Linked to €10 Billion Loans for M&A January 9, 2026 By Esteban Duarte and Marton Eder Erste Group Bank AG sold a significant risk transfer linked to more than €10 billion ($11.7 billion) of loans as...
Insurers’ Investment in Synthetic Risk Transfers Face Fresh Scrutiny Under EU Proposals November 25, 2025 By Esteban Duarte and Laura Noonan Insurers putting money into one of private credit’s hottest trends will face fresh oversight from the EU’s financial stability watchdog,...
Apollo Seeks $10 Billion From Insurers With Complex Debt Vehicle September 18, 2025 By Silas Brown and Esteban Duarte Apollo Global Management Inc. is set to use a rare structure to raise $10 billion from insurers, people with knowledge...
Private Credit: Apollo’s Fox Hedge Is Taking Financial Wizardry to New Level August 18, 2025 By Silas Brown, Scott Carpenter and Esteban Duarte Advanced Credit Solutions is a tiny finance firm based in Luxembourg that was founded by a Belgian and works with...