The boom in leveraged loans, a favorite source of finance for private-equity-backed firms, has created vulnerabilities in the financial system, say regulators
A limited number of big banks are most exposed to these markets because they arrange the loans and hold some of them while also offering borrowers revolving credit facilities, according to the Financial Stability Board, a collection of global central-bank officials.
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