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Two big loans that were made during the postpandemic boom in private-equity buyouts are defaulting, whacking some private-credit funds and ratcheting up losses in the already troubled corner of Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

No more: A recent study has found that today’s investors are defaulting to far shorter look-back horizons.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

The lender expects losses in office loans, which have seen some pressure as property values have declined and more borrowers are defaulting on their loans.

From Reuters • Jun. 13, 2023

For one thing, the owners who are defaulting on their commercial real estate loans in 2023 aren’t struggling mom ‘n’ pops—they’re big, institutional investors.

From Slate • May 26, 2023

Instances of such are defaulting trustees and similar misdemeanants, and, so far as the Act provides for their punishment, we have no quarrel with it.

From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott