Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis – 4/12/2021

CLO AUM ends 1Q21 at US$765bn, up 4.7% QoQ

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Driven by robust activity in the US CLO market, CLO AUM ended 1Q21 at US$765bn, up 4.7% quarter over quarter. March 2021 represented the sixth consecutive month of increasing AUM. CLO new issue volume had its fastest start to the year on record, closing 77 new deals totaling US$37.8bn in 1Q21.