April 28, 2025

Sony Hall | NYC, NY

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ABOUT THE DEALCATALYST CLO AWARDS

Recognizing excellence in the CLO Industry

The 2025 DealCatalyst U.S. CLO Awards celebrates excellence across the industry throughout 2025, as voted on by LSTA membership. Join us for this prestigious ceremony featuring a formal dinner celebration with limited table bookings available for organizations looking to participate in this recognition of the year's outstanding CLO achievements.

THE AWARD SCHEDULE

• Deal Nomination Phase -  November 27th to December 31st
• Voting Phase - February 12th to March 14th
• Results Released - April 28th, 2025

MEET OUR 2025 EMCEE

Elena Ricardo currently performing as the Lily standby in THE GREAT GATSBY, is no stranger to Broadway. She has been found in WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, and MAMMA MIA! Aside from broadway, Elena has been found on screens in co star roles on LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER SVU, and NEW AMSTERDAM. Regionally she has starred as "Peter Pan" in PETER PAN, "Carole King" in BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL three times, and was "Stella Purdy" in the premiere of THE NUTTY PROFESSOR at Ogunquit Playhouse. You can keep up with Elena at @bouncebyelena

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!”

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

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)

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

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

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

WINNER
AGL Credit Management LP

WINNER
BofA Securities
 

WINNER
J.P. Morgan

Highly Commended
BofA Securities

WINNER
BofA Securities

Highly Commended
J.P. Morgan

WINNER

BofA Securities

WINNER
Dechert

WINNER
Paul Hastings

WINNER
S&P Global

WINNER
Intex

WINNER
U.S. Bank

WINNER
Deloitte

WINNER
Golub Capital

WINNER
Monroe Capital

WINNER
Greensledge

Highly Commended
Natixis

WINNER
Dechert

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.