Bank of Montreal recently completed two significant risk transfers covering about $5 billion of corporate loans, becoming the latest Canadian lender to tap strong investor demand for the instruments.

ING Groep NV is hedging credit risk on about $10 billion of loans via significant risk transfers as banks worldwide bolster their use of the instruments to free up capacity for new lending.

BlackRock Inc.’s Global Infrastructure Partners LP has been in discussions with investors to sell bonds backed by stakes in some of its private capital funds, joining a growing list of asset managers exploring ways to bolster returns on their holdings.

National Bank of Canada is assessing investors’ appetite for a significant risk transfer deal, adding its name to a growing list of lenders exploring the instruments as a way to create room on their balance sheets.

Klarna is seeking to offload credit risk tied to a portfolio of ‘buy now, pay later loans’, in a deal aimed at freeing up capital as it looks to accelerate its international expansion plans.

For years, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has provided key financing to private markets funds that bridges the gap between when they receive investor commitments and when they actually deploy that money.

UK banks are considering unfunded significant risk transfers, according to a report from the Bank of England, which warned that this riskier type of credit hedge is potentially less reliable during times of stress.

A group of hedge fund veterans is helping drive a fundamental shift in how to generate financing for developing nations.

HSBC Holdings Plc is laying the groundwork for a significant risk transfer linked to a portfolio of Asia-Pacific loans as it ramps up use of the hedging instrument.

An artificial-intelligence bust, inflation and fiscal stress are among the most alarming threats to global prosperity at present, the Bank for International Settlements warned.

An artificial-intelligence bust, inflation and fiscal stress are among the most alarming threats to global prosperity at present, the Bank for International Settlements warned.

An artificial-intelligence bust, inflation and fiscal stress are among the most alarming threats to global prosperity at present, the Bank for International Settlements warned.

BBVA SA is close to completing a significant risk transfer to hedge some of its rapidly-expanding portfolio of artificial intelligence-related lending.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. is sounding out investors about at least two significant risk transfers, an increasingly popular transaction that helps lenders free up capital for more profitable growth.

Deutsche Kreditbank AG, one of Germany’s largest lenders to sustainability projects, is planning its debut transaction in the fast-growing market for significant risk transfers.

Lloyds Banking Group Plc is looking to sell its first significant risk transfer deal of the year, linked to loans to small and medium-sized companies, according to people familiar with the matter.

Blackstone Inc. is pushing forward in the fast-growing market for significant risk transfers as banks hedge possible losses in their swelling loan books.

Blackstone Inc. is looking to sell more than $2 billion of its stakes in private investment funds by bundling the exposure into bonds for investors, in what would be one of the largest such deals to come to market in recent years.

Banks had offloaded credit risk tied to more than €905 billion ($1 trillion) in loans as of the end of last year, up 26% from a year earlier, via the rapidly-growing market for significant risk transfers.

Arini Capital Management’s first chief risk officer, James Howard, is joining Enosis Capital LLC, an impact credit specialist led by former Credit Suisse executive, Ramzi Issa.