Commercial lending

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s asset management arm is extending a push into the $787 billion private credit market as cash pours into the asset class from yield-hungry investors.

Casting aside recession fears, the credit bureau predicts credit cards, mortgages, auto loans and unsecured personal loans should all perform well — including those extended by online lenders.

Many business customers are putting off expansion because they can’t find enough workers to fill available jobs.

TPG Sixth Street Partners' Alan Waxman warns investors are turning a blind eye to an epidemic of fake corporate earnings projections.

Alternative data "may improve the speed and accuracy of credit decisions and may help firms evaluate the creditworthiness of consumers," the agencies said.

Shizuoka Bank Ltd. plans to step up its search for yield by buying more U.S. collateralized loan obligations, according to its top executive.

Investors have been demanding significantly higher yields to lend to junk-rated companies in recent weeks - so much so that spreads in an index of the riskiest tier of junk, known as CCC, just breached 1,000 basis points for the first time in more than three years.

Laredo Petroleum Inc. and Oasis Petroleum Inc. are among at least six producers whose ability to secure short-term loans against their oil and natural gas reserves have dropped by 10% or more.

Tesla’s sponsorship of the $940.95 million Tesla Auto Lease Trust 2019-A comes as the battery-electric vehicle (BEV) manufacturer has regained its footing with a surprise third-quarter profit and overcome recent manufacturing woes on its mass-market Model 3 vehicle.

The 2015 decision posed new legal challenges for institutions trying to sell loans to third parties, but the federal regulatory agency proposed steps Monday for banks and debt parties to evade state interest rate caps.