Finance News: AI debt, hedge-fund power and Africa’s new credit ratings agency

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How worried are investors about AI-related debt?

In our latest roundup of finance and economic news:

- The AI boom has a growing debt problem, despite making up nearly two-thirds of US venture-capital investment over the past year.

- Hedge funds are expanding their footprint in financial markets, with assets under management now triple what they were in 2013.

- Africa launches its own credit rating agency to offer an alternative perspective on the continent’s economies.

Digital editor Spencer Feingold breaks down the latest developments being tracked by the World Economic Forum's Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems.