Redwood Trust, a specialty finance company focused on making credit-sensitive investments in residential mortgages and related assets, and Oaktree Capital Management, an asset management company, agreed to form a joint venture to invest in business purpose bridge loans. Financial terms were not disclosed. “We are pleased to be partnering with Oaktree, a premiere global investment manager, in a joint venture that will enhance our ability to provide solutions to a broad spectrum of real estate investors at an important point in the housing cycle,” Dash Robinson, Redwood Trust President.