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Apr 2025
19m 30s

The case for private credit

GOLDMAN SACHS
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How will rising uncertainty about the global economy and markets affect the outlook for private credit? Goldman Sachs’ James Reynolds, global co-head of private credit in Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and Lotfi Karoui, chief credit strategist and head of credit, mortgages and structured products research in Goldman Sachs Research, discuss the risks and opp ... Show More
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