Kristofer Kraus
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Kristofer Kraus, portfolio manager and co-lead of PIMCO’s asset-based finance business, charts the nuances behind the overall resilience of U.S. consumers – and explains how these insights shape lending and investment strategies.
From residential credit and consumer lending, to aviation finance, equipment leasing, and music royalties, Asset-Based Finance ("ABF") covers a wide range of lending specialties. Investments in these areas can offer attractive income backed by hard assets, and help to diversify portfolios away from more crowded areas of the private credit landscape. Join PIMCO experts Kris Kraus and Christian Clayton, alongside host Greg Hall, to trace the development of private credit since the Global Financial Crisis and to learn how new frontiers in the space open up new possibilities for advisors and their clients.
Asset-based finance offers a compelling opportunity to diversify portfolios and enhance risk-adjusted returns, but a robust framework for measuring associated risks and returns is essential.
In this series, discover exciting private market opportunities and how PIMCO pursues them in an effort to benefit our investors. Learn why we believe consumer lending is an attractive investment within our asset-based finance (ABF) portfolios.
Actionable Alternatives: Data Infrastructure
In this series, discover exciting private market opportunities and how PIMCO pursues them in an effort to benefit our investors. Learn why we believe data infrastructure is an attractive investment within our asset-based finance (ABF) portfolios.
The transition from bank-dominated lending to a diversified financing ecosystem offers unprecedented opportunities for private credit investors.
In this series, discover exciting private market opportunities and how PIMCO pursues them to benefit our investors. Learn why we believe student loans are an attractive investment within our asset-based finance (ABF) portfolios.
In this series, discover exciting private market opportunities and examples of how PIMCO pursues them to benefit our investors.
Join Portfolio Manager Kris Kraus as he walks through the rapidly growing specialty finance market and the compelling investment opportunities it offers within private credit.