• Apr 02, 2025

PIMCO steps up private lending to emerging market governments

Bond giant PIMCO has privately lent nearly $6 billion to emerging market borrowers, mostly governments, this year alone, securing higher returns and better lender protections, its head of emerging markets portfolio management said on Wednesday. That is already nearing the roughly $8.5 billion PIMCO lent last year in 27 deals, Pramol Dhawan told Reuters, out of a total of around $25 billion it has provided in recent years. For emerging markets wary of being caught out by unfavourable changes in broader sentiment, private credit - which is also booming in developed economies - is seen as a more flexible but also less visible way to borrow.