Blue Owl curbs investor liquidity following asset sale, shares slide almost 6%

• Blue Owl Capital will tighten investor liquidity in its retail-focused Blue Owl Capital Corporation II Fund after offloading $600 million of portfolio assets.
• The move comes as part of a larger $1.4 billion sale by the private asset manager of assets to a number of North American pension fund and insurance investors.
• The deal follows an unsuccessful merger of Blue Owl funds last November, and highlights the liquidity and transparency issues in private markets.

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/19/blue-owl-private-debt-investor-loan-liquidity-restriction-market-shares.html