Apart from war, other risks to global equity markets include high interest rates, rising defaults, worsening of the US private credit market, and a delay in monetizing AI-related capex by leading tech companies, said Gaurav Dua, executive director and chief investment officer at Standard Chartered Securities (India). Source
(Repeats Tuesday’s column to additional subscribers without any changes. The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) ORLANDO, Florida, March 10 (Reuters) – Every financial market crisis is different, but they do rhyme, and parallels are beginning to emerge between the tremors now rippling through private credit and those in…
(Bloomberg) — War in Iran. A weakening US jobs market. Artificial intelligence and the potential demise of entire industries. Growing pressure on private credit. The risks in US and European credit are piling up, and some investors and strategists think it’s time to buy protection against the market tanking while such hedges are still relatively…
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – The default rate among US corporate borrowers of private credit rose to a record 9.2% in 2025, according to a report Friday by credit rating agency Fitch Ratings. In its monitor of 302 companies with outstanding private credit debt, Fitch recorded 38 defaults among 28 different borrowers. The 9.2% default…
(Bloomberg) — Financial firms ended February where they spent much of the month: enduring another dizzying blow from the threat of artificial intelligence and grappling with signs those cockroaches Jamie Dimon warned about in the world of private credit are starting to scurry. The combination delivered another bruising selloff in shares of banks and asset…
Downgrades reach 3.3 times upgrades in February Outlook for 2026 remains negative due to margin compression AI disruption risk to software companies monitored by Morningstar DBRS NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Quality in private credit has continued to worsen this year, according to rating agency Morningstar DBRS, as the proportion of downgrades reached a…
