Christopher Marinac

Christopher Marinac

Director of Research

Christopher Marinac is director of research at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.

CLOs

No, CLOs will not cause the next banking crisis

An article in The Atlantic warning that collateralized loan obligations will be banks’ next downfall overestimates the risk of these securities.

By Christopher Marinac

June 22

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House Financial Services Leadership

House banking panel advances measures to nullify credit card, ESG rules

The House Financial Services Committee also sent to the full House two bipartisan bills, including one that would prevent large banks from opting out of having to recognize Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in regulatory capital.

By Claire Williams

32m ago
Commercial lending

After bruising quarter, Synovus sees credit stability ahead

Charge-offs and nonperforming loans rose at the Georgia bank in the first quarter. But it blamed the problem on one large client and said the matter has been resolved.

By Jim Dobbs

1h ago
Payments

Discover cuts its profit to resolve its old merchant missteps

Amid healthy first-quarter loan growth and improving credit quality, Discover Financial Services slashed its profits by $800 million to offset remediation costs from a 16-year period when it overcharged certain merchants.

By Kate Fitzgerald

2h ago