SRT deals are a one-dimensional solution to a multi-dimensional problem. But they could be so much more, writes Prasad ...

The Fed's willingness to offer capital relief to banks using synthetic risk transfers is an excellent example of a regulator listening to its critics and responding accordingly, writes Cris Cicala.

The underlying pool size of synthetic risk transfer (SRT) transactions reached a record €260 billion ($305 billion) in 2024, ...

The Background: The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a comprehensive report analysing the rise of synthetic risk transfer ("SRT") markets, finding that synthetic risk transfer ...

Two recent reports—one by the IMF and another from the Philadelphia Fed—assess credit risk transfer (CRT) transactions and conclude that the product serves as a useful tool in reallocating credit risk ...

UBS Group AG is considering bringing a synthetic credit risk transfer to the market, according to people with knowledge of the matter, amid Swiss reform proposals that could see the bank face higher ...

KKR & Co. executives see a strong market for synthetic risk-transfer deals, as US banks seek to shift their loan exposure ahead of stricter capital requirements in the wake of last year’s regional ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation has completed its first synthetic risk transfer in Asia Pacific, highlighting an instrument that is becoming more relevant to banks in the region. The Japanese ...

BBVA has executed two synthetic securitisation transactions, referenced to a residential mortgage portfolio with a combined ...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to sell credit risk on a $531 million portfolio of adjustable-rate mortgages, a new kind of offering by the bank and the latest example of the industry’s efforts to de-risk ...