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Comparing The New Credit Funds

April 26, 2017

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With a whole slew of credit interval funds hitting the market this year, its time to compare the basic structures and fee arrangements.  The chart below consists of funds that have been declared effective within the past year, all from familiar sponsors.  Within the broader category of credit, there are a lot of substrategies, but its no coincidence, that all of the Sponsors for these funds have marketed BDCs to retail investors in the past.

Recently launched credit funds(as of April 2017*):

             
Fund FS Energy Total Return Fund- A FS Energy Total Return Fund -I Griffin Institutional Access Credit Fund- A Griffin Institutional Access Credit Fund- C Griffin Institutional Access Credit Fund- I Sierra Total Return Fund Cion Ares Diversified Credit Fund
Ticker XFEAX XFEYX CRDTX CGCCX CRDIX SRNTX CADEX
Advisor FS Energy Advisor LLC FS Energy Advisor LLC Griffin Capital Credit Advisor, LLC Griffin Capital Credit Advisor, LLC Griffin Capital Credit Advisor, LLC STRF Advisors, LLC (Medley Management) Cion Ares Management, LLC
Sub-Advisor Magnetar Asset Management LLC Magnetar Asset Management LLC BCSF Advisors, LP BCSF Advisors, LP BCSF Advisors, LP NA Ares Capital
Minimum Initial Investment $2,500 $1,000,000 $2,500 $2,500 $1,000,000 $2,500 $2,500
Strategy Equity and Debt securities of natural resource companies. Equity and Debt securities of natural resource companies. High yield debt securities High yield debt securities High yield debt securities Debt and Equity Diversified Credit
Targeted Capital Raise Up to $2 billion Up to $2 billion Up to $1 billion Up to $1 billion Up to $1 billion Up to $1 billion Up to $1 billion
Redemption Program 5% per quarter 5% per quarter 5% per quarter 5% per quarter 5% per quarter 5% per quarter 5% per quarter
Offering Costs              
Maximum Total Sales Load 5.75% None 5.75% None None 2.00% 5.75%
Maximum Commission 5.00% None 5.00% None None 0.75% 5.00%
Dealer Manager Fee 0.75% None 0.75% None None 1.25% 0.75%
Distribution Fee None None None 0.75% None 0.75% of average daily net assets until cap is reached None
Shareholder servicing expenses 0.25% average daily net assets None 0.25% average daily net assets 0.25% average daily net assets None 0.25% of average daily net assets 0.25% of average daily net assets
Operating Fees/Costs              
Management Fee 1.60 % of total assets 1.60% of total assets 1.85% of net assets 1.85% of net assets 1.85% of net assets 1.5% of total assets 1.5% of total assets
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge None None None 1.0% during first year None 1.0% during first year 1.0% during first 18 months
Incentive Fee None None None None None 15.0% of net investment income over 6.0% hurdle, with catch up provision 20% of net investment income over 6% hurdle, with catch up provision

*table updated to reflect reduced management fees at FS Energy Total Return Fund.   For continuously updated data on new funds launched since April 2017, see the Premium Membership section.  

A few highlights to note:

  • Most interval funds targeting retail investors have redemption programs set at 5% per quarter.  However, there are a few older interval, mainly institutional interval funds that have annual redemption programs.
  • Sierra Total Return fund is relatively unique in that it is directly run by a lower middle market lending shop. All the other funds in this chart outsource most of the credit underwriting.
  • Griffin is charging its management fee based on net assets, but the other new credit funds in the table below are charging management fees based on total assets.
  • Medley and Ares are both charging incentive fees, unlike Griffin and FS Investments.

We’ll be adding more fee comparison information in the Tools and Data section in the near future.

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