What is Blue Owl, and why are people suddenly worried about private credit? [CNN]
Blue Owl Capital Inc. Class A (OWL)
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Source: CNN
And when I say shady, I mean it literally: The drama du jour comes from the world of private credit, which is part of a vast, opaque industry known as “shadow” banking. At the center of it all is Blue Owl Capital, an asset manager specializing in private debt financing. It recently announced a change in the way it was paying out some investors, which doesn't sound too unusual, but the optics are making a lot of people nervous. To be sure, just because it's private doesn't make it illicit, but it does shield borrowers – most of whom are not public entities – from the scrutiny of shareholders and many regulators. The terms of these loans are known only to the parties involved. The sector also tends to take on high-risk loans that conventional banks won't touch, and private credit operates outside the strict regulations that force conventional banks to build redundancies into their businesses. Which, again, may be totally fine. But not everything that happens in the shadows stays
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