From the Income Desk

The AI financing boom shakes up credit markets

Darpan Harar, Co-Head Developed Markets Specialist Credit, and Jared Cook, Portfolio Specialist, discuss the big theme moving credit markets this year: the surge in bond issuance by tech giants to fund spending on AI. Investors can find better value for similar underlying risk to this ‘hyperscaler issuance’ in other corners of the credit market. Darpan explains where to look and what to look for.

29 Oct 2026

8 minutes

Darpan Harar

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