Blackstone, Centerbridge offer alternatives to FDIC bank rules

A group of private equity firms that have engaged in bank investing believe changes need to be made to the FDIC’s proposed rules for private equity ownership of failed banks.

A group of private equity firms, including The Blackstone Group, Centerbridge Partners and TPG, have proposed various changes to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s draft rules that would govern the ownership of failed financial institutions by private investment firms.

The group, which also includes Oak Hill Capital Partners, Lightyear Capital, Irving Place Capital and Corsair Capital, sent a letter to the FDIC this week just before the public comment period of the FDIC’s proposed rules came to an end.

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