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Why JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon isn't sweating private credit
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon downplayed the threat of a private credit meltdown, while Goldman Sachs signaled that its private credit business is in good shape.
Key facts
- Dimon noted Monday in his annual letter to shareholders that the leveraged private credit market totals $1.8 trillion, while investment-grade bonds total $13 trillion and residential mortgage
- His comments came on the same day that Goldman Sachs disclosed a Q1 letter to its credit shareholders stating that repurchase requests represented less than 5% of shares as of Dec. 31
- JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon downplayed the threat of a private credit meltdown, while Goldman Sachs signaled that its private credit business is in good shape
- The trend of investors exiting private credit funds has raised concerns that a blowup in nonbank lending could infect the broader financial markets
Summary
The trend of investors exiting private credit funds has raised concerns that a blowup in nonbank lending could infect the broader financial markets. Dimon noted Monday in his annual letter to shareholders that the leveraged private credit market totals $1.8 trillion, while investment-grade bonds total $13 trillion and residential mortgage securities and loans also total $13 trillion. "In the great scheme of things, private credit probably does not present a systemic risk," Dimon wrote. His comments came on the same day that Goldman Sachs disclosed a Q1 letter to its credit shareholders stating that repurchase requests represented less than 5% of shares as of Dec. 31.