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ECB Preempts Leveraged-Loan Market Threats

Agency will evaluate European banks' exposure to leveraged loans and other risky debt.

By Silla Brush and Luca Casiraghi | Updated on March 01, 2016

The European Central Bank (ECB) wants to put a damper on the market for leveraged loans even before it heats up.

Banking supervisors will look at individual lenders’ exposure to the loans, which are often used to finance corporate buyouts, and other risky debt to preempt the threat that risks could quickly mount in the market, Sabine Lautenschlaeger, vice chair of the ECB’s supervisory arm, said in New York on Tuesday. The ECB also may publish regulatory guidelines to set expectations for the industry, she said.

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