Carlyle’s Perspective: CLO Advantages, Strategy & Outlook 

As one of the world’s largest managers of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), Carlyle leverages its 25 years of experience and broad resources including 20-plus research analysts to help investors generate income and capital appreciation through the Carlyle Credit Income Fund (CCIF). Gain insight into CCIF’s strategy, positioning, current market dynamics, and more from Managing Director and Portfolio Manager Nishil Mehta below.
Since July 2023, Carlyle has served as the investment advisor to CCIF, an externally managed closed-end fund focused on investing in primarily equity and junior debt tranches of CLOs. The CLOs are collateralized by a portfolio consisting primarily of U.S. senior secured loans with a large number of distinct underlying borrowers across various industry sectors.