EU CLO Manager Report: Sculptor
This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
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This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
As of the latest update, it has slightly outperformed its peers. The manager maintains an average interest alpha profile, but its substantial improvement in Market Value (MV) alpha is particularly noteworthy.
This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
A sample of 218 deals (2015–2019* vintage deals) is included in this study. The benchmark loan index used is the...
This study examines a sample of 218 deals from 2015 to 2019, utilising the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index as...
Throughout 2020 and 2021, Blackrock demonstrated resilience in its total performance. It consistently outperformed the loan index from January 2020 to July 2022, with the exception of April/May 2020. However, the firm’s performance began to decline from mid-2022, as its MV alpha decreased more significantly than that of its peers.
The table below summarises the total, MV, and interest alpha trends for each seasoned manager since 2020.
If these deals are liquidated, UBS AM and Redding Ridge stand to earn incentive fees in the healthy current loan market.
On average, EU CLO managers have met the expectations of their equity investors. Overall, based on deals that have already been redeemed or are anticipated to be redeemed, EU CLOs have delivered good performance, with an average equity IRR of 12.4%. This success can be attributed to a combination of factors, including disciplined issuance spurred by risk retention requirements, resets of more seasoned deals such as those from 2014 and 2015, the resilience of the underlying loan performance, the expertise of the managers, favourable CLO liability costs, and attractively priced assets, among others.
