

Lotfi Karoui
Managing Director and Multi-Asset Credit Strategist at PIMCO and co-head of Client Solutions and Analytics, with prior experience as chief credit strategist at Goldman Sachs and an academic background in financial economics.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 50min
Private Credit’s Other Lanes Still Offer Value with Lotfi Karoui
Lotfi Karoui, PIMCO managing director and multi‑asset credit strategist with prior Goldman Sachs experience and a financial economics background. He traces direct lending’s rise since the GFC and its boom after COVID. He discusses why recent private credit headlines appeared, how private credit overlaps with syndicated and high‑yield markets, and why asset‑based finance and other niches may offer diversification.


