U.S. Treasury in coming weeks will begin series of meetings with domestic and international insurance regulators on recent developments in private credit markets - sources

U.S. Treasury will begin a series of meetings in coming weeks with domestic and international insurance regulators to review recent developments in private credit markets. The meetings indicate heightened regulatory scrutiny of insurers' exposures to private credit and could presage supervisory guidance or policy steps that affect private credit funding, insurers' capital positions and asset-allocation decisions.

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U.S. Treasury will begin a series of meetings in coming weeks with domestic and international insurance regulators to review recent developments in private credit markets. The meetings indicate heightened regulatory scrutiny of insurers' exposures to private credit and could presage supervisory guidance or policy steps that affect private credit funding, insurers' capital positions and asset-allocation decisions.