** Shares of alternative asset manager Blue Owl OWL.N rise 6% to $9.43 premarket
** OWL's Q1 profit beats on higher fee-related earnings and rising assets, although its private credit funds showed some strain
** Co posts Q1 adjusted distributable EPS of 19 cents, topping Street expectations of 18 cents - LSEG compiled data
** Its Q1 fee-related EPS rose to 25 cents, vs 22 cents a year-ago
** Assets under management jumped 15% to $314.9 billion in Q1
** Stock down 40.6% YTD, through last close
(Reporting by Manya Saini in Bengaluru)
((Manya.Saini@thomsonreuters.com))