CLO Market Musings 4 – Mezz vs Equity Distributions
The European leveraged loan market has returned to levels last seen in early June 2022. Primary EU CLOs were priced at around 140/240/385/570/875/1150 bps (from the triple-A to single-B notes) at that time. The last EU CLO new issue was priced at 165/300/400/600/850/not offered. If the loan market rally can be sustained and other technical factors are favourable, it would not be surprising to see lags in CLO pricing resolved.