Blue Owl CFO says institutional fundraising in 2nd half of 2026 is expected to be better than 1st half

Blue Owl Capital

30/07/2026 15:46

NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) - Private credit firm Blue Owl expects fundraising from institutions to be better in the second half of the year than in the first six months, Chief Financial Officer Alan Kirshenbaum said on Thursday. 
Institutional investors, who typically include pension funds, endowments and other large groups, invested $5.9 billion in Blue Owl's strategies in the second quarter, a touch below $7.6 billion in the same period of the previous year. Wealthy individuals, meanwhile committed just $1.7 billion, a drop of more than half from the same period of the previous year.

 (Reporting by Isla Binnie in New York and Manya Saini in Bengaluru)
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