Three straight years of losses from Chinese markets and anti-Beijing rhetoric from Washington have not deterred some U.S. asset managers from introducing products they hope will thrive if Chinese stocks rebound. China's markets have been hit by a long-lasting property crisis, slowing growth and geopolitical tension. The Institute of International Finance estimates $80 billion of outflows from Chinese portfolios last year, and the bellwether blue-chip CSI 300 Index has fallen 43% from its record high of three years ago.
On Feb. 1 as New York Community Bancorp stock fell amid worries about its real estate exposure, a regional bank hundreds of miles away got a call from Moody's. The ratings agency wanted to know if the bank was seeing any fallout. Moody's asked the bank, based in the U.S. south, a series of questions, ranging from whether its clients were worried and had withdrawn any deposits to what kind of funding facilities it had in place for contingencies, the bank's CEO said. The southern regional bank wasn't the only one to receive such a call.
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A financial product
that enables banks to shed risk from loan portfolios is gaining
more popularity among lenders in the United States, with
investors and lawyers devising new structures to broaden.
A financial product that enables banks to shed risk from loan portfolios is gaining more popularity among lenders in the United States, with investors and lawyers devising new structures to broaden its appeal. In deals known as credit risk transfers, banks effectively buy insurance from hedge funds and other investors against the risk of losses from loans. U.S. regulatory requirements set by the Federal Reserve restrict participation from insurance companies in these deals.