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A sample of 133 deals from the 2024 and 1Q 2025 vintages is used. Each deal’s underlying collateral weighted average spread (WAS) is adjusted for its weighted average price (WAP) as of 2 March 2026. The adjusted WAS also takes par losses into account.
A sample of 106 deals from the 2021 and 1Q 2022 vintages is used. Each deal’s underlying collateral weighted average spread (WAS) is adjusted for its weighted average price (WAP) as of 2 March 2026. The adjusted WAS also takes par losses into account.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The table below presents the full ranking of US CLO managers by collateral AUM, together with a breakdown of their BSL and MM AUM, based on data as of December 31, 2025.
The table below lists all EU CLO managers, ranked by their EU CLO collateral AUM (rather than CLO liabilities), expressed in EUR billions, together with their share of the €289.3 billion market as of December 31, 2025. The 18 largest managers collectively account for 50% of the market.
