Since 2000, there have only been 14 negative quarterly returns for the CLO and Loans asset class. The impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis on the loan markets, has resulted in 1Q22 being one of those quarters.
However, the negative quarter was one of the smallest compared to what happened during the Global Financial Crisis of 2007/8, the European Sovereign Debt Crisis of 2011, or the China Trade War of 2018.
The question now on investors minds, is what can they expect from loans and CLOs for the remainder of 2022.