Last Thursday (24 April 2025) saw 27 tranches of EU CLO AA bonds, with a total notional of €61.5 million, traded via BWIC. The table below provides colour on some of the AA bonds with top-tier prints. Based on these covers and a simple extrapolation, the term structure of EU AA bonds would appear as shown in the second table.
Allstate’s AIMCO CLO 12 performed particularly well in terms of both annual distributions and equity NAV.
Based on a sample of 116 EU CLO deals that have either already been redeemed or are expected to be fully redeemed soon, equity tranches from the 2020, 2022, and 2023 vintages delivered particularly strong returns. These deals stood out with impressive final IRRs, supported by healthy equity NAVs at exit. The final table in this article presents each manager’s average IRR, annual distribution, and equity NAV across their redeemed deals, along with the percentage of those deals that ranked in the top quartile for equity IRR performance. Of the 41 managers in the sample, 23 achieved an average equity IRR of 10% or higher on their redeemed CLOs.
The equity tranche IRRs for 2.0 US CLO deals by vintage are summarised in the table below, based on a sample of 619 fully redeemed deals from the 2012–2020 vintages. An issue price of $95 has been assumed, with residual values and incentive fees factored into the IRR calculations. The final equity NAV includes both the last equity distribution and accrued interest.
Drawing from a sample of 87 EU CLO deals that have either been redeemed or are expected to reach full redemption shortly, equity tranches from the 2020, 2022, and 2023 vintages have delivered notable final IRRs, underpinned by robust equity NAV metrics. As illustrated in the table, their average equity NAVs surpassed 100%, underscoring strong performance.
The table below presents the average IRRs, annual distributions, final equity NAVs, and the time to the last payment date prior to a call, organised by vintage. This analysis is based on a sample of 152 US CLO deals redeemed year-to-date in 2024, categorised by vintage, with an assumed issue price of $95.
