CLO Research

What is the total size of the CLO market as at 31 December 2025? The total CLO market stood at...

A Goldilocks loan market environment is generally most favourable for CLO equity—aside from the pull-to-par trades observed in 2020, 2022,...

Over the last twelve months, according to SCI BWIC data, around US$56.2 billion of US BSL CLO tranches were placed on BWIC. AAA tranches accounted for close to US$29.0 billion of notional, followed by equity tranches at US$8.3 billion and BB tranches at US$7.2 billion, as shown in the table below. Single-B tranches remain the least liquid segment of the capital structure.

On Tuesday, close to USD 200 million of US CLO equity tranches were offered on BWICs, with four majority stakes in circulation. Of these, only one majority stake traded. Market conditions remain challenging, with asset spread compression, elevated idiosyncratic risks, and several tranches attracting bids below clean equity NAV due to longer non-call periods.

This article sets out the average annualised prepayment rates for each seasoned manager across the first five years of the post-reinvestment period (post-RP). It also shows, for each CLO manager, how many of their deals were called or reset in each of those years, together with the annualised post-RP prepayment rates for each deal in the sample.

Over the last twelve months, according to SCI BWIC data, around US$56.2 billion of US BSL CLO tranches were placed on BWIC. AAA tranches accounted for close to US$29.0 billion of notional, followed by equity tranches at US$8.3 billion and BB tranches at US$7.2 billion, as shown in the table below. Single-B tranches remain the least liquid segment of the capital structure.