Oaktree Capital’s Robert O’Leary on threats, opportunities in global credit
Credit secondaries set for continued growth as financial sponsors seek liquidity solutions; high-yield bonds seen as defensible, while opportunistic strategies may benefit from distress

Oaktree raises USD 2.35bn for insurer-friendly evergreen direct lending fund
The fund, designed for institutional investors, will follow a senior direct lending strategy and focus on the middle market

Apollo, Oaktree and Searchlight among funds sitting on USS debt as company doesn’t make payment
EXCLUSIVE from Debtwire: Forbearance agreement reached between USS and creditors, as USS struggles financially despite recent LME efforts

Oaktree hires former BlackRock MD for private debt sourcing
The former BlackRock managing director joins to source private debt deals in North America

Brookfield raises USD 16bn for credit, plans asset-based finance strategy
The firm is also planning to hold a first close for its infrastructure mezzanine debt fund

17Capital raises USD 5.5bn for NAV lending to private funds
The alternative credit firm claims its 17Capital Strategic Lending Fund 6 is the largest NAV lending fund seen in the market to date

Investors still pivoting to fixed income – Oaktree’s Wayne Dahl
Both large individual and institutional investors are continuing to rotate their portfolios into fixed income, says the co-portfolio manager of global credit and global credit investment grade strategies at Oaktree Capital Management, on the latest edition of the ‘Credit Exchange’ podcast with Lisa Lee

Private credit managers consider smaller fund targets
ANALYSIS: Some private credit managers are considering a smaller fundraise, bucking the convention of always aiming for bigger funds 

Oaktree lowered its distressed debt fundraise to USD 16bn
The market and investment environment for distressed debt shifted, and investors asked whether the original target was too big.

Oaktree Closes on USD 16bn for distressed debt strategy
Oaktree Opportunities Fund XII just edges out its predecessor fund, which closed in 2021 with USD 15.9bn in commitments  

Oaktree expands asset-based finance team with hires from Atalaya and Goldman
Oaktree Capital Management has increased staff for its asset-backed finance group

Connecticut pension allocates USD 300m to Oaktree’s distressed credit fundraising
Connecticut pension system commits to Oaktree latest flagship distressed credit fund

Lloyds Bank joins forces with Oaktree for European direct lending platform
Lloyds Bank and Oaktree Capital Management have formed a new multi-year European direct lending facility

Oaktree picks Morgan Stanley managing director for credit team
Oaktree Capital Management has hired Morgan Stanley's Loris Nazarian as managing director and assistant portfolio manager

Oaktree raises roughly USD 3bn for third special situations fund
Oaktree upsizes third fund that primarily invests in stressed or distressed US middle-market companies

US loan market rallies despite increasing stress and default rates
Casual observers of the US broadly syndicated loan market may be forgiven for feeling a little confused at the moment. Despite rising default rates and growing stress, loan prices continue to rally, and the primary pipeline is busy.

Oaktree partners with Spire Capital for new special situations fund

Spire Oaktree Special Opportunities Fund will target Australian wholesale investors

June loan rally signals asset class could see outsized returns as rates stay high
Leveraged loans enjoyed their second-best month of the year in June, with the asset class returning over 2% on the month as Creditflux goes to press. Loans have generated a return of 5.8% year-to-date, with only January’s 2.9% topping the numbers for June.

Oaktree promotes head of performing credit
Oaktree shuffles its C-suite, announcing major changes for 2024's first quarter. 

Oaktree closes life science fund with highest amount ever raised in the space
Oaktree Capital Management has raised more than $2.3 billion for its Life Sciences Lending Fund, the largest amount the firm has ever raised in the life sciences space.

LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit

Virginia pension discloses $800 million in credit allocations
Virginia Retirement System has disclosed $800 million in credit fund allocations made over the first quarter of this year

Oaktree targets $10 billion for LBO financing strategy
The launch of the firm's large-cap sponsor-backed private credit strategy follows banks retreating from the LBO space and a more compelling risk-adjusted return than other sectors in the market

Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs),  Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. 

Senior credit origination head joins Oaktree in London
Oaktree Capital Management has hired a managing director for sourcing and origination