Oaktree Capital Group LLC (NYSE:OAK)

Oaktree Capital Group LLC is a global investment management company. It provides investment management services through funds and separate accounts. The company's closed-end funds are typically structured as limited partnerships that have a specified period during which clients can subscribe for limited partnership interests in the fund. Its open-end funds are structured as limited partnerships that are designed to admit clients as new limited partners or accept additional capital from existing limited partners on an ongoing basis during the fund's life. The company's evergreen funds invest in marketable securities on a long and short basis. It investments in a number of strategies within six asset classes: distressed debt, corporate debt, control investing, convertible securities, real estate and listed equities. The company's predecessor was founded by Howard Stanley Marks, Bruce Allen Karsh, Stephen A. Kaplan, Larry W. Keele, D. Richard Masson and Sheldon Michael Stone in April 1995. Oaktree Capital Group was founded in April 13, 2007 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.