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Powering exceptional financing solutions

With proven expertise in direct lending, our Credit platform sits at the forefront of the private credit market. We specialize in providing a range of customized financing solutions to both private equity-sponsored and non-sponsored companies across debt and equity-related instruments. Our investment capabilities also span the alternative credit and asset-based finance markets, allowing us to harness the power of our collective insights and provide innovative capital structure solutions for our borrowers and partners.

Our difference

Approach

We are investors for the long term. Our relationship-oriented approach to investing can provide borrowers with sizable commitments to facilitate transactions and support their growth needs with certainty, speed, and transparency throughout the entire investment process. Through our extensive senior-level relationships with sponsors, we can create sourcing across multiple touchpoints. 

Expertise

Led by a seasoned senior management team, our Credit platform is supported by a group of investment professionals with significant and diverse experience investing across varying market environments and business cycles.

Scale

Our dry powder allows our Credit platform to provide scaled financing solutions, commit to full capital structures, and support the future capital needs of borrowers. We have demonstrated our ability to source proprietary investment opportunities, across debt and equity investments, with $130 billion in gross originations across our direct lending business since inception. 

$128.4B
Assets under management
760+
Sponsor relationships
665+
Investments completed

Our strategies

Across the Credit platform, our scale and the breadth of our capabilities allows us to serve as a financing partner of choice for the private credit market. We provide private companies with a fulsome and flexible suite of investment solutions to help drive long-term growth.

Direct
Lending

Focuses on lending to primarily upper-middle-market companies, both private equity-sponsored and non-sponsored, providing a range of customized financing solutions across debt and equity-related instruments. This strategy offers differentiated access points across Diversified Lending, Technology Lending, First Lien Lending and Opportunistic Lending.

Alternative
Credit

Targets credit-oriented investments in markets underserved by traditional lenders or the broader capital markets, with deep expertise investing across specialty finance, private corporate credit and equipment leasing. This strategy offers differentiated exposure through our extensive sourcing network, asset-based expertise, and ability to underwrite complexity.

Investment Grade*
Private Credit

Focuses on generating capital-efficient investment income through asset-backed finance, private corporate credit, and structured products. Tailored for insurance companies, this strategy emphasizes reliable returns while prioritizing capital preservation and industry regulatory compliance.

Liquid
Credit

Focuses on the management of CLO portfolios of broadly syndicated, leveraged loans with an emphasis on liquid-market, senior secured, and floating-rate first lien loans. The strategy also invests in third-party CLO equity and junior mezzanine tranches on behalf of separately managed accounts.

Adjacent Credit strategies

healthcare

Healthcare
Opportunities

Focuses on equity investments in mid- to late-stage, innovative biopharmaceutical and healthcare companies, while seeking to generate venture capital like returns with less duration. The strategy is complemented by investments in public securities that extends exposure to the public markets and captures ongoing value creation.
software

Strategic
Equity

Focuses on GP-led, single-asset, continuation fund investments. The strategy can provide an innovative solution for private equity sponsors, giving them a new alternative to traditional exit routes, and offers access to a diversified portfolio of some of the best trophy assets** at attractive valuations.

Our investment process

  • Deal sourcing

    An independent origination process with an extensive network of industry contacts and portfolio company relationships.
  • Deal 
screening

    Internal industry expertise informs initial evaluation of the opportunity with senior management.
  • Structuring and diligence

    Thorough review of financial information and detailed document negotiations focused on identifying and mitigating risks.
  • Investment Committee review

    Evaluate opportunity and risk-adjusted return with a focus on downside mitigation and preservation of capital.
  • Deal
 closing

    Deal terms, documentation, and timeline are finalized. Investment is allocated across managed funds as appropriate.
  • Ongoing monitoring

    Proactive review process and regular contact with portfolio company management teams and private equity sponsors.

The power of partnership

Associa Capital

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Learn how Blue Owl’s direct lending helps Associa Capital to grow at an industry-leading pace featuring their President, Jose Maldonado.

GLG

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Three reasons why GLG chooses direct lending as a financing solution featuring their CFO, Martijn Tel.

West Monroe

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See how Blue Owl helps West Monroe build a more stable, sustainable business featuring their CFO, Zach Jones.

Certain statements about Blue Owl made by portfolio company executives herein are intended to illustrate Blue Owls' business relationship with such persons, including with respect to Blue Owls' facilities as a business partner, rather than Blue Owls' capabilities or expertise with respect to investment advisory services. Portfolio company executives were not compensated in connection with their participation, although they generally receive compensation and investment opportunities in connection with their portfolio company roles, and in certain cases are also owners of portfolio company securities and/or investors in Blue Owls - sponsored vehicles. Such compensation and investments subject participants to potential conflicts of interest in making the statements herein.

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*Investment grade companies must have “BBB-” rating or higher by S&P or an equivalent rating from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO). 

**Trophy assets defined as PE assets that have generated MOIC of 2.5x or greater