
Blue Owl Capital Targets Expansion to Retail Investors in Japan
New York-based alternative asset management firm Blue Owl Capital Inc. said it aims to enter the Japanese mutual fund market as early as next year.
Johann Santer, who oversees the firm's private wealth division in the Asia-Pacific region, said in an interview on May 13 that Blue Owl would offer to individual investors publicly traded funds that include things such as direct lending involving companies or asset-based finance linked to things including consumer loans.
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