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AI Trade: Credit Investors Are Just Starting to Grapple with the Risks of Artificial Intelligence

Australian Financial Review

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Date Published
21 Feb 2026
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21 Feb 2026, 06:45 pm

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In debt markets, our greatest fear is when the default risk of one borrower becomes highly correlated with another – this is the risk of the AI revolution.

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The article explores how credit investors are beginning to address the implications of AI developments on their strategies, emphasizing the correlation between borrower default risks. It highlights the potential amplification of financial risks due to AI, drawing parallels to the challenges equity investors face in navigating AI advancements. While the focus is primarily on financial markets, it implicitly touches upon systemic risks associated with widespread AI adoption. The piece is relevant to global financial systems and indirectly to regulatory frameworks dealing with AI-induced economic vulnerabilities, though it doesn't delve deeply into existential AI risks or specific governance measures.

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MarketsDebt MarketsMarket MindsPrint articleFeb 22, 2026 – 5.00amCredit investors are now confronting a new question: how does the artificial intelligence revolution reshape risk and opportunity?In the coming years, a major determinant of outcomes in credit markets will be which side of the AI trade you are on. Equity investors have been grappling with this reality for some time, but debt investors have largely been able to observe from a distance. Until now.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreMarket MindsOpinionAIInvestingPrivate creditFetching latest articles