Senior loans ETFs in the credit signal
Floating-rate loans to indebted companies. Driven by short-term rates, which set the interest paid, and defaults.
10ETFs in this category
$16.2bnmoney in them
2.2%of the credit signal’s money
BKLNlargest unleveraged ETF, 35.9%
How they did, to Nov 2, 2026
| 1 month | YTD | 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category median | −0.6% | +2.3% | +3.3% |
| Its story | +1.4% | +0.5% | +1.7% |
| Broad US ETFs | −2.5% | +11.5% | +11.8% |
Every ETF here, largest first
| # | ETF | Name | Assets | Share | 12 months | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BKLN | Invesco Senior Loan ETF | $5.8bn | 35.9% | +3.9% | 0.65% |
| 2 | SRLN | SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF | $5.2bn | 32.0% | +3.0% | 0.70% |
| 3 | FTSL | First Trust Senior Loan Fund | $2.5bn | 15.4% | +3.3% | 0.70% |
| 4 | FLBL | Franklin Senior Loan ETF | $762m | 4.7% | +1.8% | 0.45% |
| 5 | LONZ | PIMCO Senior Loan Active Exchange-Traded Fund | $694m | 4.3% | +3.3% | 0.63% |
| 6 | JHLN | John Hancock Global Senior Loan ETF | $627m | 3.9% | +3.6% | 0.62% |
| 7 | SEIX | Virtus Seix Senior Loan ETF | $303m | 1.9% | +5.0% | 0.57% |
| 8 | SLNZ | TCW Senior Loan ETF | $226m | 1.4% | +3.4% | 0.65% |
| 9 | BRLN | iShares Floating Rate Loan Active ETF | $51m | 0.3% | +2.8% | 0.55% |
| 10 | USLN | iShares Broad USD Floating Rate Loan ETF | $30m | 0.2% | – | 0.40% |
Other categories in the credit signal
Common questions
Which ETFs are senior loans ETFs?10 US ETFs sit in this category of the credit signal. Floating-rate loans to indebted companies. Driven by short-term rates, which set the interest paid, and defaults.
What is the largest senior loans ETF?BKLN, Invesco Senior Loan ETF, with $5.8bn, 35.9% of the category's money.
How have senior loans ETFs performed?The median unleveraged ETF here returned +3.3% over the last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026, against +11.8% for broad US ETFs. Past performance, not a forecast.