

PPM America, Inc.
225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60606

Bob Meikleham
Managing Director, Global Client Group, Insurance
bob.meikleham@ppmamerica.com
312-843-5929
About PPM America
Established in Chicago in 1990, PPM America, Inc. (PPM) is a US-based institutional asset manager with $80.22 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2025. (1).
Originally founded as a captive asset manager for a global insurance company, we now oversee more than $56 billion on behalf of insurers globally. PPM exists to consistently support our clients in achieving their long-term value goals and has the experience and the expertise to support insurer’s unique and evolving needs across a range of investment solutions including public and private fixed income, real estate and private equity.
(1) AUM includes committed but unfunded capital for PPM’s private equity and commercial real estate businesses. AUM includes both securities issued by PPM CLO vehicles held by PPM separately managed account clients and the underlying collateral assets of the CLO vehicles managed by PPM.
Episode 300: Overlooked Opportunities: IG Emerging Markets Debt
Mark Hughes and Kevin Ritter, CFA charterholders and Co-Heads of Emerging Market Debt at PPM America, unpack overlooked opportunities in investment-grade emerging market debt.
PPM Quarterly: Seeking (Bond) Shelter in a Tariff-ied World
Investment Grade Emerging Market Debt for General Account Clients
Episode 279: Overview Of the Private Equity Market: Today’s Changing Landscape
Join host Stewart Foley on the InsuranceAUM.com Podcast as we explore the evolving private equity landscape, including co-investments, GP-led secondary deals, and the shifting dynamics of fundraising and M&A activity in today’s market.
Beware of Bull Market Complacency
Investment Grade Private Credit Overview
PPM Quarterly: Weighing What Matters
Episode 239: The Evolution of IG Private Credit: Insights from PPM’s Luke Stifflear
Luke Stifflear is the Portfolio Manager and Head of Private and Structured Credit at PPM.