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Looking at managers with at least 11 deals in the sample, eight delivered top-tier performance in early 2025. As of the latest reading, five have remained in the top quartile. Two have moved down to the second quartile, and one has declined to the third quartile. Overall, managers that previously achieved top-tier performance have broadly continued to perform well.
EU CLOs’ overall exposure to Adonis TL is approximately EUR 413 million. As of 27 February 2026, 209 EU CLO deals, managed by 25 managers, reported an average deal-level exposure of around 52 bps.
RRE 28 Loan Management CLO achieved a record tight AAA–BB pricing differential on 10 February. However, that record was quickly surpassed by Avoca CLO XXXV, which set a new benchmark in the 2.0 EU CLO market. With its AAA priced at 120 DM and BB at 445 DM — implying a record-tight 325 DM differential — and Mizuho acting as arranger, the timing could hardly have been better.
US CLOs’ aggregate exposure to the Internet Brands term loan stands at approximately USD 2.92 billion, ranking it as the 27th largest underlying exposure across the US CLO universe.
In terms of industry exposure, the median deal has approximately 7.5% and 1.9% exposure to the software and IT services sectors, respectively, based on S&P’s industry classification, and 0% exposure to software and IT services names trading below 80.
A sample of 583 EU CLO deals (vintage 2013–1H 2025) is included in this study. Deals with a collateral pool factor below 60% are excluded.
Below are tables presenting the MVOC (AAA-B) and EQ NAV of EU CLO deals by vintage, based on asset prices as of 23 February 2026.
A sample of 1,705 US BSL CLO deals (vintage 2013–1H 2025) is included in this study. Deals with a collateral pool factor below 55% are excluded. Among managers with three to ten deals in the sample, Barrow Hanley, Aristotle, Diameter, Whitebox Capital and Hayfin Capital have performed well in terms of MVOC.
A sample of 1,705 US BSL CLO deals (vintage 2013–1H 2025) is included in this study. Deals with a collateral pool factor below 55% are excluded.
Below are tables presenting the MVOC (AAA-B) and EQ NAV of US BSL CLO deals by vintage, based on asset prices as of February 20, 2026. Around 15% of deals from the seasoned 2012–2021 vintages are showing MVOC below 100% at the BB level. This increases to approximately 33% at the single-B level. Over the same vintages, roughly 19% of deals are reporting negative equity NAVs.
US CLOs’ overall exposure to Tempo Acquisition (Alight Solutions) term loan is approximately USD 1.436 billion. As of 20 February 2026, 969 US CLO deals, managed by 65 managers, reported an average deal-level exposure of around 37 bps.
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.
The table below shows the average annualised prepayment rates for each seasoned manager in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth years of the post-reinvestment period (post-RP). The sample includes deals that had exited their reinvestment periods by 31 December 2024.
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.
The table below shows the full list of CLO managers, ranked by their global CLO collateral AUM in USD billions as at 31 December 2025. A number of large US CLO managers with no current EU CLO AUM are expected to issue EU CLO deals in 2026.
