Esteban Duarte

(Bloomberg) -- When Barbados wrapped up a novel debt swap earlier this month, one party was notably absent: UBS Group AG. Most Read from Bloomberg

Ivory Coast is turning to banks including Standard Chartered Plc for a loan of about $800 million to refinance upcoming maturities, according to people familiar with the matter.

Die Helaba hat eine Transaktion abgeschlossen, mit der sie einen Teil der Risiken aus einem rund 2,3 Milliarden Euro schweren Portfolio an Unternehmenskrediten auf Investoren überträgt. Das setzt risikogewichtete Aktiva (RWA) frei, die die Bank für andere Geschäfte nutzen kann.

Bank of America Corp completó una operación de US$1.000 millones para refinanciar parte de la deuda de Ecuador y ayudar a financiar la protección de bosques, ríos, lagos y humedales en la Amazonia.

Bank of America Corp. has completed a $1 billion deal to refinance part of Ecuador’s debt and help fund the protection of forests, rivers, lakes and wetlands in the Amazon.

Swiss Re AG, Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd and AXA SA are among providers of $3 billion in credit-risk insurance for the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group, as it seeks to expand its lending in emerging economies.

Swiss Re AG, Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and AXA SA are among providers of $3 billion in credit-risk insurance for the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group, as it seeks to expand its lending in emerging economies.

In This Article SAN (Bloomberg) -- Banco Santander SA, one of Europe's most active sellers of bank risks and assets, is

Banco Santander SA, one of Europe’s most active sellers of bank risks and assets, is setting a lower bar for next year, as the competition to win investors such as private credit giants Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. is heating up.

The Spanish bank has been making heavy use of significant risk transfers, which allow banks to free up capital used to back up loans by paying investors to take on some of the credit risk.