JPMorgan head of global credit financing expects more corporations to default

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Previously titled “Expect more corporations to default – JPMorgan head of global credit financing Jake Pollack” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026

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“The idea that default rates will go up over time is not particularly difficult to get to,” says Jake Pollack, head of global credit financing and North America credit trading at JPMorgan, on the latest Credit Exchange podcast with Lisa Lee. “The markets have been very sanguine, and it won’t be surprising if we see more defaults in the coming months and even years.”Corporate America is doing well, despite some headline-grabbing bankruptcies recently. But Pollack notes that spreads are very tight, which means there’s a lot of capital chasing opportunities. As recent bouts of volatility have demonstrated, it doesn’t take a lot for spreads to widen out.Pollack also tips trading in private credit to increase, especially if the definition of private credit is widened to incorporate private investment grade debt and structured notes. But trading in traditional direct lending loans is less likely to take off.This means that there will be certain areas where that illiquidity premium goes away as the market looks more like its public counterparts. There will be other areas that are not widely held, that can probably keep the spread premium because it’s simply much less tradable, Pollack says.

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