US Regulators Ease Post-Crisis Bank Rules: Big Relief for Lending, Risks Ahead
Executive Summary US financial regulators have rescinded the 2013 leveraged-lending guidance, which limited loans with debt-to-EBITDA ratios above six unless certain repayment criteria were met, calling it “overly restrictive” and driving activity into lightly regulated private credit funds [2][5]. Concurrently, a final rule easing enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (eSLR) requirements will reduce capital held by …
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