Viewpoint: Insurers Seek to Navigate Cost of Capital Hurdles to Better Fund Their Futures June 11, 2026 By Larissa Knepper - CreditSights It was an eventful first quarter, with the Iran conflict co-mingling with market concerns over the private credit exposures held...
EU Insurers Need to Grasp Private Credit Risks, Watchdog Says June 4, 2026 By Nicholas Comfort and Francine Lacqua European insurers that want to ride the private credit boom need to grasp the risks they face, according to the...
Private Credit Losses May Hit Insurers More Than Banks, ECB Says May 26, 2026 By Nicholas Comfort European insurers and pension funds would likely be hit harder than banks by fallout from losses in the private credit...
Munich Re Flags Up to €2.5 Billion Private Credit Exposure May 12, 2026 By Stephan Kahl, Guy Johnson and Tom Mackenzie Munich Re said it has investments of as much as €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) in private credit, an asset class...
FSB Watchdog Flags Risks in Banks’ Growing Private Credit Ties May 6, 2026 By Phoebe Seers The fast-growing private credit industry’s deepening links with banks and asset managers are creating risks for the world’s financial system,...
Stock Markets Are Too High and Set to Fall, BOE Deputy Governor Tells BBC April 24, 2026 The Bank of England expects stock markets around the world to fall because current share prices do not fully reflect...
Founder of Collapsed MFS Faces £1.3 Billion Creditor Claim April 24, 2026 By Donal Griffin, Jonathan Browning and Constantine Courcoulas Paresh Raja, the founder of collapsed mortgage firm Market Financial Solutions Ltd., is facing a £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion) lawsuit...
China’s Ping An Seeks to Sell $1 Billion Software-Focused PE Assets April 13, 2026 By Echo Wong China’s biggest insurer Ping An Insurance Group is seeking to reduce software-focused private equity exposure by selling its stakes in...
Private Credit Sector Stresses Could Be Catastrophic, but Not Just Yet April 6, 2026 By Vidya Ranganathan Some investors think private credit is a tempest in a teapot. Others think it is about to spark a new...
Bank of England Says Iran War Has Boosted Threats to Financial Stability April 1, 2026 By David Milliken and Phoebe Seers The Bank of England said on Wednesday that the Iran war had dealt “a substantial negative supply shock” to the...