Blue Owl Capital Inc. will limit redemptions from two of its private credit funds after facing a surge in withdrawal requests that is unprecedented among major firms in the $1.8 trillion market.
Investors in its $36 billion Blue Owl Credit Income Corp. fund, one of the industry’s largest, asked to pull 21.9% of shares in the three months ended March 31, according to an investor letter, up from 5.2% in the prior period. The smaller Blue Owl Technology Income Corp. saw shareholders ask for 40.7% back, compared with 15.4% three months earlier, according to a separate letter.
Both funds had ...