In this podcast, Paul David, Head of Americas Infrastructure Debt, talks about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on credit markets, the outlook for liquidity, downgrades, and defaults, and where dislocations may create opportunities.
In this podcast, Paul David, Head of Americas Infrastructure Debt, talks about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on credit markets, the outlook for liquidity, downgrades, and defaults, and where dislocations may create opportunities.
Even as the developed world slowly comes to grips with the coronavirus outbreak, the struggle in emerging markets is just beginning, and many foreign investors have grown wary. Social distancing and other containment measures are creating significant risks to EM economies. Still, some countries – including Russia, Brazil and China – could be set to rebound when capital begins flowing back in.
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