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

Oaktree wraps up bumper week with same-day US new issue and reset
The two deals were together valued at USD 771m, taking the manager's issuance for last week to around USD 1.2bn in total

Oaktree resets short-dated deal from 2022
The repricing of Oaktree CLO 2022-1 renewed the US BSL deal on a 2Y/5Y timetable

Oaktree prices US BSL deal with three triple B tranches
The spread at the top of the stack was 18bps inside that of the manager’s last new issue in mid-April

Decline in loan supply from tariff uncertainty poses CLO underwriting risks—Oaktree
Oaktree warns a growing supply-demand imbalance for US leveraged loans could pressure CLO managers to pick up low quality paper

Oaktree prints US reset and new issue on successive days
Both deals priced their triple A paper at SOFR plus 150bps

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 prices its first US new issue of the year
The USD 405.58m BSL-backed CLO comes a month after the manager’s first European new issue of 2025 

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 reprices two US CLOs in two days
Oaktree priced a reset and refi at the end of last week as it kicked off its primary market issuance for 2025  

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

Oaktree resets US BSL CLO
A busy start to Thanksgiving week saw a number of deals price, including this reset from Oaktree of a 2021 cintage US BSL CLO

Oaktree reworks US CLO for second time in two years
The reset of Oaktree CLO 2022-2 is the second time it's been reworked since its pricing in June 2022, following a refinancing in December last year

Oaktree prints its third new US BSL CLO of 2024
Oaktree Capital Management, working with JP Morgan as the arranger, has priced a new US BSL CLO

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

2019 Oaktree US BSL CLO gets reset
After printing a European reset two weeks ago, Oaktree headed back to the market on Tuesday with a US reset this time

Oaktree makes it two new US CLOs this year
On Thursday Oaktree Capital Management printed its second new deal of the year – a US BSL CLO valued at USD 406m

Oaktree grows business with new US CLO
Sneaking in with one of January’s last pricing deals, Oaktree Capital Management priced its latest offering yesterday, in a USD 405m US BSL CLO arranged by Morgan Stanley

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.