Final Close in Excess of $2.5 Billion Target
Diversified Asset-based Opportunistic Credit Fund with Flexible Deployment across Market Cycles
NEW YORK, March 31, 2026 -- Blue Owl Capital Inc. ("Blue Owl") (NYSE: OWL), a leading alternative asset manager, today announced the final close of Blue Owl Asset Special Opportunities Fund IX ("ASOF IX" or “the Fund”) with approximately $2.9 billion of total capital commitments, exceeding its original target of $2.5 billion.
ASOF IX is a diversified, asset-backed opportunistic strategy that employs a flexible mandate with the ability to allocate dynamically throughout changing market conditions. The strategy reflects Blue Owl’s continued conviction that asset-based finance is an important area of private credit, where carefully structured capital solutions are well positioned to support evolving market needs and long term growth.
Blue Owl’s Co-CEOs, Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz, highlighted: “We believe Blue Owl’s advantage in asset-based finance is built on the depth and tenure of the team, our highly differentiated sourcing network, and our proprietary, data-driven underwriting. These capabilities allow us to originate and scale complex transactions with consistency and discipline. As the market continues to expand, we believe our platform is uniquely positioned to lead in delivering high-quality, asset-backed solutions and differentiated outcomes for our investors.”
Craig Packer, Co-President and Head of Credit at Blue Owl, added: “The strong investor support behind ASOF IX reflects both the growing role of asset-based finance and the structural shift underway across private credit. We are seeing an increasingly attractive opportunity set, driven by market dislocation, complexity, and the demand for flexible capital. With scale, sourcing, and underwriting at the core of the strategy, we remain focused on disciplined deployment, generating durable income, and delivering consistent performance across cycles.”
Ivan Zinn, Head of Alternative Credit at Blue Owl said: “Asset-based finance represents an important area of private credit, offering a diversifier to corporate direct lending that provides downside protection and opportunity for upside convexity. We believe that ASOF IX will support our continued focus on capturing attractive risk adjusted returns across market environments, while maintaining a disciplined approach to underwriting and risk management.”
The Fund is managed by Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team and supported by a tenured group of investment professionals with deep expertise in alternative credit, a track record of working together across market cycles, and a disciplined focus on delivering durable, risk-adjusted returns.
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Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of strategic acquisitions; costs related to acquisitions; the inability to maintain the listing of Blue Owl's shares on the New York Stock Exchange; Blue Owl's ability to manage growth; Blue Owl's ability to execute its business plan and meet its projections; potential litigation involving Blue Owl; changes in applicable laws or regulations; and the possibility that Blue Owl may be adversely affected by other economic, business, geo-political and competitive factors.