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U.S. Treasury calls in regulators for talks on private credit risks

The U.S. Treasury plans to meet domestic and international insurance regulators over the risks in private credit after recent upheaval in the multitrillion-dollar market. "This first series of meetings will facilitate greater ​regular communication with the state insurance regulators, who serve as the insurance ⁠industry's primary regulators, and lay the groundwork for sustained close collaboration," the department said. Initial meetings “will allow participants to survey recent market events, emerging risks, risk management practices and outlooks for the sector,” it added. The meetings are scheduled to begin this month and continue through early May.

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UK lenders call for overhaul of banking regulation

Some of the UK's leading lenders have expressed their frustrations with UK banking regulation in a new report from the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME). The report criticises current capital requirements, saying that they misalign with actual risk and hinder economic growth. The AFME, which represents over 150 global banks, said the UK's leverage ratio is a "clear instance of gold-plating" that "penalises good risk management and creates incentives to invest in higher risk assets." The association has urged the Bank of England to reconsider the leverage ratio, saying a review by the Bank's Financial Policy Committee is "an important opportunity to improve the capital framework and enable the banking sector to further support the UK economy by removing excessive conservatism, while maintaining resilience." 

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