ABF offers the best risk-adjusted yield in private markets today

Owen Libby  |  Blue Owl Capital  |  25 February 2026  |  0.25 CE

The first order impact of post-GFC bank retrenchment trimmed corporate credit risk from their balance sheets and bore the direct lending boom. We are now in the early innings of Asset Backed Finance filling a similar void of capital. ABF touts an +11tn TAM with less than $500bn of dedicated fund manager AUM currently addressing the opportunity set across a wide variety of hard assets and financial assets.

Presentation  |  Filmed 25 February 2026

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Owen Libby

 
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