The first time I privately met the bankers of Oaktree Capital Management in London was soon after Blackstone surrendered control of Klöckner Pentaplast, a German plastic films maker that cost the private equity behemoth a fortune – activist investor Cevian won big in those days, getting out of it just before the 2008 meltdown.
For Blackstone, the outcome of that investment – in terms of hefty losses – was possibly even …
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