On April 2, 2026, Blue Owl Capital capped redemptions at 5% per quarter on two of its largest retail-facing credit funds after investors demanded approximately $5.4 billion back in the first quarter of 2026. Blue Owl Credit Income Corp (OCIC), a $36 billion business development company, received requests to redeem 21.9% of its shares — up from 5.2% the prior quarter. Blue Owl Technology Income Corp (OTIC) received requests to redeem 40.7% of its shares, up from 15.4%. The 5% cap meant OCIC redeemed approximately $988 million (with roughly $3.2 billion in requests remaining in the fund); OTIC redeemed approximately $179 million.
Blue Owl's stock dropped 8% on the announcement, continuing a slide that had pushed the company down more than 60% from its 2024 52-week high of $25.89. The firm cited "heightened market concerns around AI-related disruption to software companies" as the driver. In February 2026, Bloomberg had reported that co-CEOs Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz had each pledged more than 130 million Blue Owl shares — roughly $1.1 billion in combined collateral — for undisclosed personal loans. On April 17, 2026, the executives filed an 8-K removing all firm shares as loan collateral, reportedly due to concerns about imminent margin calls.
The redemption caps are the public confirmation of the liquidity crisis that Goldman v. Blue Owl Capital Inc. (25-cv-10047), the federal securities fraud class action filed December 2025, alleges Blue Owl was concealing from investors during its February-November 2025 class period — the same period during which Blue Owl's Real Estate Net Lease Property Fund was preparing the $119.5 million sale of its vacant Tremont PA warehouse to DHS under WEXMAC-TITUS. The deed took effect January 29, 2026 — two months before the redemption caps became public, and while thirty-three Trump administration officials held positions in Blue Owl stock, funds, or carry interests.