Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001858681-25-000117
Chunk: 339

Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 339
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 depicts a simplified version of the Apollo structure. It does not include all legal entities in the structure. 

(1)Includes direct and indirect ownership by AGM.

Business Environment 

Economic and Market Conditions

Our asset management and retirement services businesses are affected by the condition of global financial markets and the economy. Price fluctuations within equity, credit, commodity and foreign exchange markets, as well as interest rates and global inflation, which may be volatile and mixed across geographies, can significantly impact the performance of our business, including, but not limited to, the valuation of investments, including those of the funds we manage, and related income we may recognize.

Adverse economic conditions may result from domestic and global economic and political developments, including plateauing or decreasing economic growth and business activity, changes to U.S. and foreign tariff policies, civil unrest, geopolitical tensions or military action, such as the armed conflicts in the Middle East and between Ukraine and Russia, and corresponding sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and other countries, and new or evolving legal and regulatory requirements on business investment, hiring, migration, labor supply and global supply chains.

The ongoing uncertainty regarding trade policy poses a downside risk to the current economic outlook, with lower growth and higher inflationary pressures increasing the risk of a stagflationary environment. Tariffs, which are inflationary in nature, remain in place and may have a negative impact on GDP growth. The potential impact of tariffs on corporate earnings remains uncertain and will depend on the duration and outcome of related trade negotiations.

We carefully monitor economic and market conditions that could potentially give rise to global market volatility and affect our business operations, investment portfolios and derivatives, which include global inflation. U.S. inflation remains elevated with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting the annual U.S. inflation rate at 2.7% as of June 30, 2025, compared to 2.4% as of March 31, 2025. The U.S. Federal Reserve finished the quarter with a benchmark interest rate target range of 4.25% to 4.50%, unchanged from its December 2024 meeting.

Equity market performance was strong during the second quarter of 2025. In the U.S., the S&P 500 Index increased by 10.6% during the second quarter of 2025, following a decrease of 4.6% in the first quarter of 2025. Global equity markets increased 

102

during the quarter, with the MSCI All Country World ex USA