Fund performance – June 2025
Emerging markets lead as CLOs and credit multi- strategy returns dip

Opportunity in CLO double B tranches
Given their low default rates, double B CLO tranches offer much higher coupons than might be expected — suggesting they offer some of the best risk/return trade-offs in all of fixed income

Fund performance
Entering the final three months of the year, CLO funds took a clean sweep of the top 10 spots in the Creditflux tables. October was strong overall, as over 85% of funds listed made positive returns

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund perfomance

Triple C assets and capital preservation
In the US and Europe, better performing CLOs tend to hold fewer triple C assets. But even so, a third of top performing CLOs in the US have more than 6% of their assets in the triple C bucket.

Fund performance - Emerging markets index takes top spot in solid month for credit overall
September was another positive month for credit funds. In almost every category our indices were positive, and four strategies showed solid average returns of 1% or more. 

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance data for September YTD 

Euro triple-Cs buckets are trending up but investors remain sanguine
The European CLO market has had a number of leveraged loan ratings downgrades, but investors say they’ve mostly been idiosyncratic events and the situation remains manageable

Static deals stand out in Europe
European CLO equity in redeemed deals has delivered excellent returns. But managers might be surprised to discover that static deals are the region’s stars

Fund performance
August returns were largely positive for credit hedge funds, as 88% of those listed in the Creditflux database reached into the black

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance tables as of the end of August 2024

CLO strategies outperform again
In 2023, our index of funds investing in CLO tranches and equity returned 22.9%. In the first six months of this year, the index reached 9.9%, as these funds again delivered outstanding results

Credit hedge funds
Our credit hedge fund performance tables for June

Credit funds at a glance
Top performers, recent hires and recent fundraising

Blackstone reports 18% return from private credit over last 12 months
Blackstone's private credit and liquid credit returns outperform private equity investments in the last 12 months

European managers struggle to add alpha
Before the COVID pandemic, European CLOs comfortably outperformed the Morningstar European Euro-Denominated Loan Index. Since then, alpha has declined for many managers

Fund performance
Spire, Prytania and Serone funds enter top 10 dominated by CLOs; Leading fund: Alegra ABS 2

Credit funds at a glance
Top indices; recent hires; recent fundraising

Fund performance
CLO funds dominate again as they take 18 spots in top 30 list

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds

European CLO equity distributions keep getting better, US keep getting worse
The latest distributions for post-reinvestment US CLOs show the impact of rapid prepayment rates, but post-reinvestment European CLOs are bucking that trend and seem to be improving with age.

Seasoned US CLO managers have added value, but not much, according to our research
Our latest research looks into one aspect of active CLO management - how much alpha managers are actually generating. According to our findings, US CLO managers have been successful in adding some value for their investors.

Fund performance
Positive August for credit sees CLO funds on top again

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds performance data

Credit funds at a glance (September 2023)
A round-up of people moves and fund raising