In a new episode of The View from Apollo podcast, Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Sløk speaks with Jim Vanek, Co-Head of Global Performing Credit at Apollo, about the outlook for credit markets amid the Federal Reserve’s shift to easing monetary policy, along with the election of Donald Trump as the next US President.
Torsten and Jim explore the macro landscape in a lower but still higher-for-longer interest rate environment, the implications of the incoming administration, and credit market technicals. They also examine areas of potential opportunities—from corporate refinancings to distressed debt to providing capital to the European markets—and the risk factors to consider.
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The buoyant demand for corporate debt that propped up primary markets this year came alongside pockets of distress in the riskier parts of the market. We expect this divergence to persist through 2024. In this outlook, we’ll explore the bifurcation in the market, investment themes—from AI to elections—in opportunistic credit, the vanishing liquidity premium in investment grade debt, and the relative value of BDC’s unsecured debt.
While the Fed’s rate hikes have reigned in growth, especially among over-levered consumers, corporates, and banks, the easing of financial conditions since the “Fed pivot” in December continues to offset the effect of higher rates. For the rest of 2024, we expect economic growth to be higher than consensus and inflation to stay above the Fed’s target. We see no Fed cuts in 2024.
