Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are gaining increased attention from investors seeking to diversify their portfolios and enhance yield opportunities. Explore what CLOs are, who should invest and how to access the CLO market.
Watch our featured videos below to learn more about CLOs with Himani Trivedi, Head of Structured Credit at Nuveen.
Unlike traditional bonds, CLOs are actively managed and offer a tiered risk-return structure, allowing investors to choose exposure that aligns with their objectives.
Institutional investors, such as pension funds & insurance companies, and wealth investors including family offices and high-net-worth individuals, often invest in CLOs for income and diversification.
CLOs can offer powerful benefits to a client portfolio, providing opportunities for enhanced yield, diversification, active risk management and opportunistic capital deployment.
Important information on risk
All investments carry a certain degree of risk, including loss of principal, and there is no assurance that an investment will provide positive performance over any period of time.
Any investment in collateralized loan obligations or other structured vehicles involves significant risks not associated with more conventional investment alternatives. Credit risk is when an issuer of securities will be unable to pay principal and interest when due, or that the value of the security will suffer because investors believe the issuer is less able to pay. CLO liquidity risk is when during periods of limited liquidity and higher price volatility, a CLO issuer’s ability to acquire or dispose of Collateral Obligations at a price and time that the issuer deems advantageous may be severely impaired. Loan risk is the lack of an active trading market for certain loans may impair the ability of the strategy to realize full value in the event of the need to sell a loan and may make it difficult to value such loans.
