Esteban Duarte

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is selling a significant risk transfer tied to a portfolio of about $5 billion of corporate loans, according to people familiar with the matter.

UBS Group AG has shelved a significant risk transfer transaction tied to 2 billion francs ($2.5 billion) of loans, according to people familiar with the matter.

Swiss and Spanish stock exchange operator SIX Group AG is retiring its digital asset exchange brand SDX and absorbing the division’s operations in-house, as mainstream financial firms ramp up plans to use blockchain in traditional markets.

Regulators need to step up the oversight of banks’ use of synthetic risk transfers which may make the financial system more fragile, according to a paper released by a group of International Monetary Fund officials.

Star Mountain Capital is planning to sell bonds backed by stakes in its private credit funds, according to people familiar with the matter.

Lloyds Banking Group Plc is selling a significant risk transfer linked to around £500 million ($681 million) of commercial real estate loans, according to people familiar with the matter.

Apollo Global Management Inc. is set to use a rare structure to raise $10 billion from insurers, people with knowledge of the matter said, in the latest illustration of the increasing ties between private capital and annuity providers.

Macquarie Capital is considering a debut significant risk transfer, following rivals in looking at a booming market for distributing credit risk with investors.

A Brookfield Asset Management fund has agreed to buy a stake in a collection of European data centers from another Brookfield fund, the latest in a string of deals in which the money manager was on both ends of a transaction.

The European Central Bank is trying to get a better idea how banks are insuring their loan books against risks including credit default, and where those ultimately end up in the financial system.