Experts

Christian Stracke

President, Global Head of Credit Research

Mr. Stracke is a managing director, PIMCO’s president, and the global head of the credit research group. He is based in the London office. As president, he oversees international operations outside of the Americas, including strategy, expanding distribution, and scaling the private strategies platform. As global head of credit research, he oversees the group covering all levels of the debt capital structure for targeted industries, including investment grade and high yield bonds, bank debt, and convertibles. Mr. Stracke is a senior portfolio manager and member of various committees across PIMCO’s alternative credit and private strategies platform. In addition to his portfolio management responsibilities, he sits on the firm’s Executive Committee. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2008, he was a senior credit strategist at CreditSights, head of Latin America fixed income strategy at Commerzbank Securities, and head of Latin America local markets strategy at Deutsche Bank. He also volunteered with the Peace Corps as an agroforestry extension agent in Mauritania, West Africa. He has 28 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago.

Economic and Market Commentary

Adapting to the Evolving Credit Landscape

12/7/2023

Learn how to navigate the shifting dynamics in banking and private credit from a panel discussion at our recent Alternatives Investor Conference.

Christian Stracke, Kristofer Kraus, Jason Steiner

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Economic and Market Commentary

Sustainable Development Goals at PIMCO

11/27/2023

As an important framework, the Sustainable Development Goals seeks to guide companies and investors to effectively finance sustainable economic activities. Learn more about our proprietary tools and frameworks that are aligned with the 17 SDGs.

Christian Stracke, Gavin Power

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Economic and Market Commentary

Specialty Finance: Seize Today’s Compelling Entry Point

10/23/2023

Learn about the factors that are creating unique entry points in specialty finance, and why PIMCO experts believe there are attractive risk-adjusted returns and greater scale than ever before.

Christian Stracke, Kristofer Kraus, Preeyam Gandhi

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Economic and Market Commentary

Corporate Credit: Capitalizing on Potential Disruption

6/29/2022

Record corporate leverage and challenging macroeconomic factors are combining to create compelling investment environment for managers with flexible capital.

Christian Stracke, Adam Gubner

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