Fed research confirms life insurers’ exposure to private credit exceeds 2007 subprime levels. Commercial real estate crisis ignored for years, now media blames AI

“The Fed published a research note in March 2025 that almost nobody read. It found that life insurers’ exposure to below-investment-grade debt now exceeds the industry’s exposure to subprime mortgage-backed securities in late 2007. Let that land. The same financial …

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First blood: Tricolor Holdings files for bankruptcy in Texas, sends AAA bonds crashing, JPM, BCS, and FITB face billions in exposure from subprime auto fraud.

AAA bonds rated just two months ago are crashing, with lower tranches nearly worthless. Subprime auto debt tied to fraud is imploding while rating agencies keep pretending nothing is wrong. First blood….. https://t.co/LEFhuiY4JY — Bogachan Ozdemir (@Bogachan_1971) September 11, 2025 …

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Retirement funds de-risking with bond shift; Global managers raise commodities exposure; US “super-core” inflation is rising fast

Amid market uncertainty, retirement funds opt for safer bonds, while global managers increase commodities exposure to hedge against volatility. Amid market uncertainty, retirement funds opt for safer bonds, while global managers increase commodities exposure to hedge against volatility. Meanwhile, despite …

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SEC adopts amendments to enhance private fund reporting, including those also registered with the CFTC. The amendments enhance how large hedge fund advisers report investment exposures, borrowing, and counterparty exposure, among other aspects.

Source: https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/final/2024/ia-6546.pdf TLDRS SEC adopts amendments to enhance private fund reporting including those also registered with the CFTC. The amendments to Form PF will enhance reporting by large hedge fund advisers on various aspects such as investment exposures, borrowing, counterparty exposure, …

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A crisis is looming: Small US banks hold over 70% of $2T in CRE loans, exceeding ’06 guidance. With $1.5T CRE refinancing ahead, vacancies high, and prices falling, excessive exposure risks instability.

“JUST IN: Nearly 700 US banks now exceed the 2006 Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loan concentration guidance. What is the CRE loan concentration guidance? It’s guidance by the FDIC for the amount of exposure that small banks should have to …

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