10 power players behind the data center debt boom

Wall Street is pouring billions into AI data centers. Meet the financiers from firms like Apollo, JPMorgan, and KKR funding ...

ECB to Speed up Approval of Banks' Capital Risk Model Changes

The ECB will simplify and speed up approvals for changes to banks’ internal credit risk models, making supervisory processes faster and easier.
Seeking Alpha

Private credit default risk in software could top 15%, warns Marathon’s Bruce Richards: BBG interview

Marathon Asset Management founder and CEO Bruce Richards has raised alarm bells about the private credit sector’s heavy exposure to the software industry, warning that default rates in ...
Medscape

New Risk Model Accurately Predicts Low-Risk Surgery After TAVR

A risk model allowing cardiologists and their patients to share decision-making about undergoing surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) had received high marks for its accuracy in ...
24/7 Wall St

How BDC ETFs are at risk under the looming private credit default crisis

BDCs fell 23% recently. The sector faces $12.7B in 2026 debt maturities, up 73% from 2025. BlackRock TCP Capital’s NAV plummeted 50% in one year with non-accrual loans reaching 4% of portfolio. Golub ...
Health Affairs

Aligning The MedPAC And CMS Estimates Of Coding Intensity: The Importance Of The Risk Model And Trend

The growth of the Medicare Advantage (MA) program to over half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries has made MA payment a salient part of Medicare policy discussions. Those discussions often focus on ...
Business Wire

New Global Survey Reveals Execs Leaning into AI and Decision Intelligence for Better Credit Risk and Fraud Decisions

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--60 percent of credit risk and fraud executives surveyed worldwide say AI and Decision Intelligence are their top planned investments for the year ahead. This is ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Software Poses ‘All-Time’ Risk to Speculative Credit, Deutsche Bank Warns

The software and technology sectors pose one of the all-time great concentration risks to the speculative-grade credit market, according to Deutsche Bank AG analysts. They comprise $597 billion and ...
The Motley Fool

Vanguard's VCIT Delivers More Income Than VGIT. Is the Credit Risk Worth It?

VCIT offers a higher yield and slightly better recent returns than VGIT. VGIT experienced a smaller five-year drawdown, signaling lower downside risk. Both funds charge the same ultra-low expense ...
Business Wire

AI-Powered Experian Assistant for Model Risk Management Wins 2026 BIG Innovation Award

COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Experian today announced that its recently launched, AI‑powered Experian Assistant for Model Risk Management has been awarded the 2026 BIG Innovation Award in the ...
Morningstar

Equifax Launches Credit Abuse Risk Model to Help Protect Lenders Against the Rising Financial Impact of First-Party Fraud

ATLANTA, Jan. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) today announced the launch of Credit Abuse Risk, a new predictive model that uses FCRA-regulated data and is designed to help protect ...
Forbes

The Credit Risk Paradox: When More Data Creates More Blind Spots

Artem Lalaiants is the Founder and CEO of RiskSeal with 10+ years in fintech and deep expertise in alternative credit risk scoring. Fraudsters used to exploit a lack of signals. Today, they exploit ...