02:31 PM EST, 02/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Update with Oaktree's response to a request for comment in the second paragraph.)

B. Riley Financial ( RILY ) is in talks with Oaktree Capital Management to make the investment firm its main lender, replacing a group led by Nomura Holdings ( NMR ) , Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the talks.

B. Riley didn't immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires. Oaktree declined to comment.

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