Mohamed El-Erian warns of financial-crisis red flags after a major private-credit fund freezes withdrawals

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• Mohamed El-Erian said a recent development in private credit has hints of 2007.
• He pointed to Blue Owl freezing withdrawals on a private debt fund offered to retail investors.
• The private credit investing boom may have gone "too far overall," he said.

Mohamed El-Erian thinks a recent development in private credit contains echoes of the financial crisis.

In a LinkedIn post on Thursday, the former PIMCO CEO flagged a Financial...