Howard Marks, CFA. Co-Chairman. Since the formation of Oaktree in 1995, Mr. Marks has been responsible for ensuring the firm’s adherence to its core investment philosophy; communicating closely with clients concerning products and strategies; and contributing his experience to big-picture decisions relating to investments and corporate direction.

Latest Memo from Howard Marks: 2020 in Review. The opening lines of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities offer a fitting coda to 2020: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

Dennis Howard Marks (13 August 1945 – 10 April 2016) was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases.

Howard Marks is the cofounder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based distressed debt investor. Marks began his career at Citibank, where he started a portfolio of...

Howard Marks, co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital, discusses his views on credit markets and Federal Reserve monetary policy with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker on "Bloomberg Markets."

Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk.

The otherwise subdued and very un hyperbolic Howard Marks caused quite a stir across trading desks (and perhaps the Marriner Eccles building) this afternoon, when speaking to Bloomberg’s Erik Shatzker, the Oaktree co-founder said what has been obvious to most – even if it carries high career risk in saying it in public – that “ we’re in an everything bubble ” adding that “I don’t say today, but let’s not miss the opportunity to let the rates float back up.”

Howard Marks is known as somewhat of a philosopher king in the world of investing. The co-chairman of the $153 billion Oaktree Capital Management has not only built the world's largest...