Morgan Stanley expects default rates in direct lending markets to climb to around 8%, driven in part by mounting pressure on software companies from artificial intelligence disruption, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The report cites bank analysts as writing in a recent note that while AI has not yet had a material impact on private credit fundamentals, a combination of high leverage and upcoming debt maturities in the software sector is likely to push defaults toward levels last seen during...
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