Torsten Slok

Torsten Slok is Chief Economist at Apollo Global Management, one of the world's largest alternative asset managers. Before Apollo, he was the Chief International Economist at Deutsche Bank, where his research reached a wide institutional audience. He also worked at the IMF. At Apollo, he provides economic research and analysis that covers both traditional macro factors and the private credit markets that Apollo specializes in. His daily "chart of the day" research notes have built a large following among institutional investors and allocators. His position at a major alternative asset manager gives him a distinctive perspective combining traditional macro analysis with the specific dynamics of private credit markets. His commentary on the growth of private credit as an asset class — examining how rising direct lending volumes affect monetary transmission, financial stability, and credit market pricing — has become particularly influential as private credit has grown to represent a significant share of total corporate financing in the US and Europe.