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Private Credit’s Unthinkable Becomes Reality as Trading Revs Up

Bloomberg Markets · May 21, 2026, 2:47 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Private credit managers are increasingly turning to the once-unthinkable: Trading in and out of loans to dump troubled assets and hunt for bargains amid the industry’s first stress test after years of breakneck growth.

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Private Credit’s Unthinkable Becomes Reality as Trading Revs Up

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