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Evan Gunter

Aug 17, 2026

5:39
Given this breadth of perspective, what is S&P Global Rating's view of these investment vehicles' credit and redemption risks at this time?
5:51
Molly, thanks for having us here.
5:52
Um, this is a good question, and it's one that is being asked frequently throughout the market.
5:58
With AI advancement, what kind of potential disruption does that have for the software sector and, uh- If related to that, what kind of impact does it have on the-- what kind of impact does it have on BDCs? We don't believe that the credit impact or the redemption risk impact is a near-term risk, uh, for the software companies or for the BDCs.
6:25
Uh, among software companies for which we have a, a credit opinion through our credit estimates, so these are, uh, companies whose loans are held by mid-market CLOs.
6:38
We see recent credit quality has shown resilience.
6:41
There's been more upgrades than downgrades of credit estimates, and the default rate has been coming down over the last year.

10 MINS LATER

16:53
So my bigger question is, what would it take for systemic risk to materialize in private credit?

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