[ASK2020] Evolution of corporate credit markets and how this recession is different than the GFC

PIMCO is one of the world’s premier investment managers. Since our launch in 1971 in Newport Beach, California, PIMCO has grown to 17 offices across the globe and 2,900 professionals managing $1.9 trillion in client assets. Over the last 15 years we have developed a strong alternatives platform managing $38 billion in client assets spanning global macro, commodities, risk premia, real estate and alternative and private credit markets. Our alternatives platform is focused on putting together unique strategies that offer attractive risk-adjusted returns across market cycles and partnering with clients to create innovative investment solutions that harness our broad expertise.

[Speaker Biography]

Mr. Weinstein is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office and head of corporate special situations, focusing on PIMCO’s opportunistic and alternative strategies within corporate credit. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2019, he worked for KKR as a portfolio manager for the firm’s special situations funds and portfolios, which he managed since their inception in 2009. Previously, Mr. Weinstein was a portfolio manager with responsibility across KKR’s credit strategies. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Tishman Speyer Properties as director of acquisitions for Northern California and at Boston Consulting Group as a consultant.