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Non-investment grade credit had a mixed month with lower quality outperforming the higher quality segments of the markets. Overall, the senior floating rate loan market was flat on the month with private debt and global high yield seeing better returns. CLO debt had a strong start to the year with a meaningful rally in January, but the balance of the quarter was roughly flat, as gains in February were offset by modest weakness in the CLO market in March, largely driven by the record primary market activity that accelerated mid-quarter. The yield curve continued to steepen in March as the 10Y U.S. Treasury yield rose further in the month to a new 12-month high of 1.74%, which put pressure on longer duration, lower yielding fixed income. Improving issuer fundamentals, positive retail inflows in loans, record CLO originations along with better-than-expected macroeconomic data and rising inflation expectations fuelled investor interest in non-investment g