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CLO Market Musings 4 – Mezz vs Equity Distributions

February 13, 2023
posted on Feb. 13, 2023 at 5:00 amMarch 9, 2023

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.

With rising rates, CLO equity tranches face more competition from lower mezzanine tranches. One of the main reasons investors like CLO equity is its quarterly cash-on-cash distributions. That said, with rising interest rates, lower mezzanine tranches are becoming a real alternative to equity tranches.

Based on the latest quarterly distributions, the median cash-on-cash distributions for single-B and equity tranches of EU CLO deals closed in 2021 are quite similar! The latest median quarterly cash-on-cash distributions for double-B and equity tranches of US CLO deals closed in 2021 are also fairly similar! Besides, unlike CLO equity tranches, lower mezzanine tranches do not have to worry too much about the final NAV they will receive. Rated tranches will eventually get par if there is no principal impairment. The question is: do CLO equity tranches need to differentiate themselves from the lower mezzanine tranches better?

Related articles:

CLO Market Musings 2

CLO Market Musings 3

Understanding The Commonly Used CLO Deal Metrics and Their Limitations

2021 CLOs: Lower Mezz vs Equity Cash-on-Cash

Latest US and EU CLO MVOC (AAA–B) and EQ NAV by Vintage

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