Oaktree Planning New Distressed Fund to Catch Bad Debt Surge

  • Marks says in client note preparations for next fund underway
  • High-yield debt, loans, CLOs offer better buying opportunities
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Oaktree Capital Management LLC is planning a new distressed debt fund as recent credit market turmoil throws up investment opportunities.

“High-yield bonds, loans and CLO tranches, for example, offer markedly better opportunities than they did in the very recent past,” co-founder Howard Marks said in a March 16 client note titled ‘A Different World’.