Oaktree reports distressed gains over year despite Q4 losses
Oaktree was not immune from challenging fourth quarter globally. Its distressed debt strategy, for instance, returned a gross loss of 1.5%

Oaktree makes push into CLO investing with new European fund
Oaktree Capital Management is putting together a new European fund to invest in CLOs

Oaktree partially refinances 2016 CLO, cutting triple A spread by 33bp
Oaktree Capital Management partially refinanced its 2016 deal named Oaktree EIF III Series I earlier this month

Oaktree plans $473 million refi of 2016 CLO
Issuance may have slowed across the CLO market as year-end approaches, but Oaktree Capital Management is in the market with a refinancing of 2016’s Oaktree EIF III Series I

Till debt us do part: CLOs have and hold David's Bridal loans as they plummet 10.87%
CLOs hold $26.63 million exposure to David’s Bridal, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday

Oaktree joins 115bp club as its US CLO issuance re-blooms
Oaktree Capital has priced its first market-standard new issue CLO since 2015 with its senior triple A notes at the benchmark spread of 115 basis points over Libor

Iowa pension plan seeks high yield manager
Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS), a $30 billion public pension fund, is searching for one or more firms to manage its high yield portfolio    

$509 million of new issue CLO paper set to come from Oaktree
Oaktree Capital Management is returning to the US new issue CLO market with its first market-standard transaction since 2015

Distressed debt outperforms as Texas pension fund's credit strategies gain 11.2%
Texas County and District Retirement System (TCDRS), the $30 billion pension fund, generated 11.2% annualised returns from its credit portfolio for the year ending 30 June. Distressed debt was a major positive, but IG credit lost value

Oaktree raises new special situations fund while CIO warns of direct lending risk
Oaktree Capital Management has released its second quarter 2018 results in which the Los Angeles-based firm reported $2.4 billion of new capital commitments in the quarter

Oaktree's direct lending expansion gathers pace with new US fund
Los-Angeles headquartered Oaktree Capital has raised at least $85 million for its mid-market direct lending fund

Oaktree nominees appointed to Ranger Direct Lending Fund board
Oaktree Capital Management has announced that its two nominees for the Ranger Direct Lending Fund (RDLF) board - Dominik Dolenec and Greg Share – have been voted to the board at Ranger's annual general meeting yesterday.

Oaktree prices new CLO with Europe's longest reinvestment period
European CLO reinvestment periods edged longer yesterday as Oaktree Capital Management priced its first new issue CLO of the year

Louisiana pension fund commits $75 million to new Oaktree fund
The Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) has made a $75 million commitment to distressed debt manager Oaktree, a spokesperson for the $9.5 billion pension fund confirmed

Oaktree nominates two directors to direct lending board following "poor decisions"
A further development in the Ranger Direct Lending Fund saga has taken place with Oaktree Capital Management - an 18.56% shareholder - having nominated two new directors to add to its board

Oaktree's multi-strategy credit platform reaches $2.9 billion
Los Angeles based Oaktree Capital Management's multi-strategy credit platform – which includes Oaktree Global Credit Fund – has hit $2.89 billion as at 31 March 2018  

Oaktree raises at least $2.1 billion for second real estate debt fund
Los-Angeles Oaktree Capital Management has beaten its original $1.75 billion target size for Oaktree Real Estate Debt Fund II, US SEC filings reveal

European CLO spreads to rise through 2018, IMN conference predicts
European CLO triple A spreads are going to rise steadily throughout 2018, according to attendees at the IMN 5^th Annual Investors’ Conference on European CLOs and Leveraged Loans

AUM drops but Oaktree dubs 2017 a "strong" year
Alternative investment specialist Oaktree Capital Management has reported a slight decrease in assets under management for the year of 2017 – but the Los Angeles-based firm’s chief executive described the year as a “strong” one for the company

Virginia pension fund cuts Oaktree high yield account
Virginia Retirement System (VRS) has terminated Oaktree as a high yield debt manager, Creditflux has learnt

Carlyle, ICG and Oaktree earn approvals as Chile's first alternatives managers
The news follows recent reforms to Chile’s Pension Fund Law allowing pension fund administrators to invest directly in alternative asset managers

US direct lender announces first close at $275 million after Oaktree backing
Direct lender Runway Growth Credit has announced the successful closing of its $275 million initial equity capital raise, including a $139 million commitment from Oaktree

West Coast CLO manager prices tight refinancing with Morgan Stanley
The manager priced the refi yesterday, according to market sources. It's the firm's 7th CLO transaction globally this year

Oaktree marks down former Fifth Street loan portfolio
Oaktree Capital has slashed the valuation of a portfolio of loans it took over from Fifth Street last month by $142 million

Oaktree changes tack on ETFs and signs up to manage Eaton Vance fund
Oaktree Capital Management has agreed to subadvise Eaton Vance’s newest diversified credit NextShares offering – suggesting Howard Marks of Oaktree may be getting over his previously expressed doubts about exchange-traded funds