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Mark Kiesel

CIO Global Credit

Mr. Kiesel is CIO Global Credit and a managing director in the Newport Beach office. He is a member of the Investment Committee, a generalist portfolio manager, and the global lead of corporate bond portfolio management, with oversight for the firm’s investment grade, high yield, and bank loan business as well as credit research and PIMCO's actively managed MLP/energy strategies. Morningstar named him Fixed-Income Fund Manager of the Year in 2012 and a finalist in both 2010 and 2017. He has written extensively on the topic of global credit markets, founded the firm’s Global Credit Perspectives publication, and regularly appears in the financial media. Mr. Kiesel also serves as a member of Google’s Investment Advisor Committee. He joined PIMCO in 1996 and previously served as PIMCO's global lead of investment grade corporate bonds and as a senior credit analyst. He has 32 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.

Economic and Market Commentary

High Quality Credit Opportunities

27/02/2024

CIO Global Credit Mark Kiesel and Jason Duko, Portfolio Manager, discuss why now is the time to invest in high quality global corporate bonds, loans and high yield credit given current market dynamics.

Mark Kiesel

Economic and Market Commentary

Credit Outlook: High Quality Bonds Offer Equity-Like Return Potential

18/10/2023

Hear from PIMCO experts about how investors may benefit from capturing today’s compelling yields among high-quality bonds, including investment grade credit. Explore the potential for equity-like returns with lower volatility.

Mark Kiesel

Economic and Market Commentary

Navigating Credit Markets Today – A Q&A With Mark Kiesel and Jamie Weinstein

22/09/2023

Public credit markets offer high quality investments with attractive yields and downside resilience, while we see growing longer-term opportunities in private markets.

Mark Kiesel, Jamie Weinstein

Credit Where Credit Is Due: Four Common Misconceptions in Public and Private Credit Markets

11/05/2022

Heightened market volatility has led to misconceptions about credit, in our view. We dispel four of them here.

Mark Kiesel, Mohit Mittal, Christian Stracke

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