Napier Park CIO says Trump tariffs will materially impact credit, raise financing costs

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Previously titled “Trump tariffs will materially impact credit, raise financing costs – Napier Park’s Jon Dorfman” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026

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The Trump administration chose a shock-and-awe approach to begin tariff negotiations, and backpedalling from the more extreme stances is the right decision, said Jonathan Dorfman, co-founder and CIO of alternative credit manager Napier Park Global Capital, on the latest ‘Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee’ podcast. Regardless, it’s clear there will be some tariffs, and credit investors should take that very seriously, Dorfman told Lisa Lee, managing editor at Creditflux, in a podcast taped 9 April.Companies in the non-investment grade space that are exposed to tariff risks are looking at survival or no survival. Defaults will be higher. Companies will find it harder to get financing and face higher cost of capital due to the big movement in the long end of Treasuries, combined with widening credit spreads, said Dorfman.The violence of the market movements will create more uncertainty at the corporate C-suite, as well as among consumers, who have already been psychologically damaged. All that risks slowing down the economy pretty meaningfully, cautioned Dorfman.Credit markets so far have softened, but not materially. That’s because of the Federal Reserve. If these market moves had happened five or ten years ago, the credit market would have completely collapsed. What’s changed is the base rate. There’s very little leverage in credit markets, which means no margin calls. No margin calls means no forced selling. Because most credit buying has been based on gross yield, unlevered buying, the system has held up pretty well, Dorfman said.

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