U.S. CLO Awards | DealCatalyst

Announcing the DealCatalyst U.S. CLO 2025 Awards

Celebrating outstanding achievement in 22 hotly contested categories, the winners were revealed at an awards ceremony and gala dinner in New York, following the conclusion of the first day of the 2025 Annual U.S. CLO Industry Conference.

The Awards brought together leading CLO managers, banks, investors and other key service providers for an evening of celebration and networking, with Broadway performer Elena Ricardo acting as Emcee.

This year’s awards saw close to 600 market participants take part in the voting, up 5% year on year with a 23% jump in CLO Managers and Investors participating.

“Firstly, we would like to thank the members of the LSTA and the active CLO investors who voted.” said Jade Friedensohn, Co-Founder and CEO of DealCatalyst. “We witnessed a remarkable market response, with nearly 600 votes cast in the third year. This is a testament to the industry’s strength. This truly is an awards show for the market, by the market. Congratulations to all the winners!”

Best Performing BSL CLO of the Year

WINNER
CIFC Funding (CIFC) 2022-V
Manager - CIFC Asset Management
Arranger - Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets

Highly Commended
Silver Point CLO Ltd (SPCLO) 4
Manager - Silver Point Capital
Arranger - Morgan Stanley

Highly Commended
Apidos Loan Fund Ltd (APID) 2024-1
Manager - CVC Capital Partners
Arranger/s - Société Générale

Most Improved BSL CLO of the Year

WINNER
Barings CLO Ltd (BABSN) 2021-I
Manager - Barings
Arranger - J.P. Morgan

Highly Commended
Madison Park Funding Ltd (MDPK) LIV
Manager - UBS Asset Management
Arranger - UBS (Credit Suisse)

BSL CLO Of The Year from a New Issuer

WINNER
Silver Point CLO Ltd (SPCLO) 4
Manager - Silver Point Capital LP
Arranger - Morgan Stanley

New BSL CLO of the Year

WINNER
Elmwood CLO (ELMW) XXXIV
Manager - Elmwood Asset Management
Arranger - Citi

Highly Commended
AGL CLO (AGL) XXXIII
Manager - AGL Capital Management LP
Arranger - Société Générale

Private Credit CLO of the Year

WINNER
Antares CLO (ANTR) 2024-6l
Manager - Antares Capital
Arranger/s - Deutsche Bank

Highly Commended
Golub Capital BDC CLO (GCBDC) VIII(R)
Manager - Golub Capital
Arranger - Deutsche Bank

BSL CLO Manager of the Year - Greater than $5BN

WINNER
AGL Credit Management LP

Boutique BSL CLO Manager of the Year - Less than $5BN

WINNER
Diameter Capital

BSL CLO Arranger of the Year

WINNER
BofA Securities

Best Loan Secondary Trading Desk

WINNER
J.P. Morgan

Highly Commended
BofA Securities

Best CLO Tranche Trading Desk

WINNER
BofA Securities

Highly Commended
J.P. Morgan

Best Research House

WINNER

BofA Securities

CLO Manager Counsel of the Year

WINNER
Dechert

CLO Arranger Counsel of the Year

WINNER
Paul Hastings

CLO Rating Agency of the Year

WINNER
S&P Global

Best CLO Data & Technology Provider

WINNER
Intex

Best CLO Trustee

WINNER
U.S. Bank

Best CLO Accounting Firm

WINNER
Deloitte

Private Credit CLO Manager of the Year

WINNER
Golub Capital

Most Innovative Private Credit CLO Manager

WINNER
Monroe Capital

Private Credit CLO Arranger of the Year

WINNER
Greensledge

Highly Commended
Natixis

Private Credit CLO Manager Counsel of the Year

WINNER
Dechert

Private Credit CLO Arranger Counsel of the Year

WINNER
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

*Highly commended organizations and deals came within just 10% of the total points of the overall winner and were therefore worthy of recognition, due to the large number of responses and diversity of votes. 