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EU CLOs: Investment Performance and Sectors Most Affected by COVID-19

CLO Research
January 7, 2021
posted on Jan. 07, 2021 at 10:21 pmJuly 12, 2022
“The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney.

EU CLOs: Investment Performance and Sectors Most Affected by COVID-19

EU CLO 2018Alpha (Total annualised)Exposure to Sectors Most Affected by Covid (Nov/Dec 2020)Exposure to Sectors Most Affected by Covid (Jan/Feb 2020)
Tier 10.8%18.9%19.8%
Tier 20.4%16.2%17.2%
Tier 30.2%16.1%16.0%
Tier 40.0%17.4%17.7%
Tier 5-0.2%19.1%19.8%
Tier 6-0.4%18.7%20.0%
Tier 7-0.9%19.6%20.8%
Average0.0%18.0%18.7%
  • The average 2018 EU CLO deal was tracking the S&P Euro Leveraged Loan Index return.
  • There are 70 deals in the sample size. Deals are ranked by their investment alpha and grouped into 7 tiers with 10 deals in each tier.
  • Sectors (Moody’s classification) most affected by Covid in this study are:
    • Hotel, Gaming & Leisure
    • Transportation: Consumer
    • Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing
    • Transportation: Consumer
    • Automotive
    • Retail
  • It is interesting to note that, on average, deals in tier 1, 5, 6 and 7 had a higher than average exposure to sectors most affected by COVID-19 in Jan/Feb 2020 and Nov/Dec 2020.
  • Managers in tier 1 did well through times of volatility by delivering good investment alpha, building par and reducing their exposure, on average, to sectors most affected by COVID-19. Perhaps it also highlights the importance of manager selection and the fact that there are always bright spots even in troubled sectors?
  • On the other hand, managers in tier 5, 6 and 7 underperformed the loan index despite trimming their exposure to sectors most affected by COVID-19.
  • The range of investment alpha was huge at 2.8%! The top deal saw 1.1% alpha while the worse registered a -1.7% alpha – manager selection is important!
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