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Goldman's AI Loan Short
Icarus AsiaJune 2026
Private Credit Research
June 2026|United States
|AIPrivate CreditTRSGoldman SachsHedging

Goldman's AI Loan Short

Goldman Sachs is structuring total return swaps to short investment-grade AI-related credit — the first institutional hedge against a $1.5 trillion private-credit AI buildout. Inside the two AI-credit clusters, the TRS-vs-CDS mechanics, and the mark-timing gap that makes this trade work.

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June 2026

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United States

|AIPrivate CreditTRSGoldman SachsHedging

Goldman's AI Loan Short

Goldman Sachs is structuring total return swaps to short investment-grade AI-related credit — the first institutional hedge against a $1.5 trillion private-credit AI buildout. Inside the two AI-credit clusters, the TRS-vs-CDS mechanics, and the mark-timing gap that makes this trade work.

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