The Insight by Oaktree Capital

The Roundup: Top Takeaways from Oaktree’s Quarterly Letters – June 2023 Edition

The Insight by Oaktree Capital

Show Notes

Oaktree believes the investment environment may be undergoing a dramatic change, not simply a cyclical fluctuation. In the current installment of The Roundup, Oaktree portfolio managers explore the changes we’re already seeing in credit markets and consider what may lie ahead. What catalysts might widen the distressed liquid credit universe? How is the life sciences direct lending landscape evolving? How can real estate debt investors take advantage of the trends reshaping the market? Explore these and many other questions, and hear an excerpt from Howard Marks’s recent memo to clients. You can read The Roundup here (https://www.oaktreecapital.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/the-roundup-june-2023-edition.pdf).

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