- Bank share of corporate loans fell from 48% in 2015 to 29% in 2025.
- U.S. private credit market now totals about $1.4 trillion, roughly 10% of corporate borrowing.
- Bank loan exposure to nondepository financial institutions has grown faster than other loan categories.
- Recent private‑credit fund redemptions have hit BDCs with limited redemption rights.
- Fed proposes Basel III tweaks to ease capital treatment and curb lending migration.
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Central Banks 4
- Upside risks to UK inflation and downside risks to growth have increased due to the Middle East conflict.
- Market participants expect near-term risks to skew towards Bank Rate moving higher, with varying views on the extent of rate rises.
- Risk asset pricing has recovered to pre-conflict levels, while global rates markets and central-bank policy path pricing remain sensitive to energy price developments.
- Waller suggests standardizing IT, HR, finance, risk and payments services across the 12 Reserve Banks to cut costs and improve risk management
- District‑specific duties such as monetary policy voting, community outreach, supervision and discount window operations will remain locally managed
- Presidents have created a framework for collective decision‑making and service contracts, with Board oversight limited to performance and cost checks
- The proposal aims to retain operational independence while leveraging technology and legislative changes for efficiency
- Fed approves Columbia Financial, Inc. as a new top-tier holding company
- Columbia Financial, Inc. to acquire Columbia Bank and Northfield Bancorp, Inc.
- Northfield Bancorp, Inc. to indirectly acquire Northfield Bank
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- Tokenized assets in the U.S. market doubled to about $25 billion over the past year.
- Tokenization could speed cross‑border payments and improve capital access in West Africa.
- Central banks, including the Fed, are evaluating financial‑stability implications of tokenized assets.
- Adoption may target large markets such as bonds, MMFs and repos, leveraging existing liquidity and infrastructure.
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