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Oct 2024
10m 15s

Private credit’s growing ‘IOU’ habit

Financial Times
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Shares in ASML led a tech rout on Nasdaq on Tuesday after the chipmaker warned of a slower recovery in the semiconductor market, and Goldman Sachs’ quarterly profits jumped 45 per cent to $3bn, boosted by its equity trading business. Asian battery makers are racing to develop new generations of superfast charging for electric vehicles, and a growing list of cash-strapped companies are deferring loan repayments to private credit funds.


Mentioned in this podcast:

ASML shares drop sharply after warning on semiconductor recovery 

Corporate debts mount as credit funds let borrowers defer payments 

Battery makers aim to ease EV anxieties with 5-minute charge

Goldman Sachs profits jump 45% to $3bn after trading boost

Citigroup and BofA join other big US banks in beating gloomy forecasts


The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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