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"Definitely Not" Like Financial Crisis: Brookfield's Flatt on AI, Private Credit | The Pulse 2/25
he risk of AI disruption upending private credit poses little threat to the wider financial system or the global economy, according to Brookfield Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer Bruce Flatt.
While markets have been roiled by concerns about private credit exposure to software businesses that could be vulnerable to new technology, fear that could spread to a wider financial crisis are overblown, Flatt said in a Bloomberg Television interview Wednesday.
“We just need to step back and put it in perspective, this is not that big of a deal,” he said. “It is definitely not an 08, it has got nothing to do with 08.”
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Bruce Flatt, Brookfield Corporation, CEO; George Saravelos, Deutsche Bank, FX Research Global Head; Teresa Carlson, General Catalyst Institute, President.
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Published Feb 25, 2026
