Episode Details

Seth Brufsky, Chief Executive Officer for the Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, talks about how the start of rate cuts and a falling interest rate environment impacts high-yield bonds, leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligations, noting that fixed-rate high-yield investments should get a boost from lower rates, but that the floating-rate paper also can benefit thanks to better arbitrage opportunities and  improved credit quality. Brufsky notes that rate-cut environments should give active management an edge over passive funds, at least for a time as the market adjusts to the changes.