Oaktree Capital Management

The move by the asset management giant, which has around $603bn in insurance AUM, reflects a global trend among GPs.

"We harbour that view as a firm that a lot of the alternatives growth over the next five to 10 years will come globally," chief executive John Sweeney tells PEI.

Pierre-Emmanuel Brard's hire is part of Blackstone's global push to raise more capital from insurers, PEI learns.

Oaktree’s co-founder argues that private and public debt can be equally risky, and draws a distinction between risk and volatility.

Joy Wang built up Brookfield Oaktree's Hong Kong team, designing a strategy that helped raise over $1.4bn in two years from clients across Greater China, per her LinkedIn profile.

Speaking at Private Equity International’s inaugural NEXUS 2024 event, Howard Marks warned that investors should brace for lower returns.

Brookfield has close to $3bn in balance-sheet capital to deploy to near-term initiatives, including strategic acquisitions.

Private equity managers expect longer holds for some of their portfolio companies as investors run the rule across portfolio valuations.