Interval Fund AUM growth continues apace.  Total interval fund net assets equalled $23.3  billion as of the most recent public filings available at the end of 2018Q2, up 48% compared to the prior year, and 9% compared to the prior quarter.

Filings released subsequent to the end of the quarter increased the total net assets to over $24.9 billion.

Interval fund assets remain highly concentrated. Although there are over 50 active interval funds,the five largest alone account for approximately two-thirds of total net assets   The following table shows the ten largest funds by net assets based on data available as of July 13, 2018:

 

Fund	Reporting Period	Net Assets MRQ*	% of total
Stone Ridge Trust II(Stone Ridge Reinsurance Risk Premium Interval Fund)	April 30	$6,057,814,943	24.9%
Stone Ridge Trust V	February 28	$3,166,896,731	13.0%
ACAP Strategic Fund	March 21	$2,685,832,936	11.0%
Versus Cap Multi-Manager RE…LLC	March 31	$2,184,487,819	8.8%
Griffin Institutional Access RE Fund	March 31	$2,143,713,412	9.0%
Stone Ridge Trust III	April 30	$1,548,580,667	6.4%
Total Income (plus) RE Fund	March 31	$930,960,667	3.8%
Pioneer ILS Interval Fund	April 30	810230127	3.0%
Versus Capital Real Assets Fund LLC	March 31	$802,733,509	3.3%
Invesco Senior Loan Fund	February 28	$740,187,763	1.7%

* July 8, Stone Ridge Trust II released a new filing indicating net assets have increased from $5.02 billion to $6.06 billion.

Fastest Growing Interval Funds

Twenty nine active interval funds reported net asset growth in the most recent quarter. Fourteen reported a decrease, and seven reported no change.  The five fastest growing interval funds alone accounted for over 70% of the quarterly increase in net assets for the entire niche. Astute readers will notice substantial overlap between the lists of largest and fastest growing interval funds. The following list shows the ten fastest growing interval funds, based on net asset growth in the most recent reported quarter

 

Fund	Date of Reporting Period	Net Assets Increase MRQ
Stone Ridge Trust II(Stone Ridge Reinsurance Risk Premium Interval Fund)	April 30	$1,040,278,920
ACAP Strategic Fund	March 31	$275,233,158
Stone Ridge Trust V	February  28	$266,877,918
Versus Capital Real Assets Fund LLC	March 31	$238,077,084
Versus Cap Multi-Manager RE…LLC	March 31	$188,599,970
Weiss Strategic Interval Fund	March 31	$175,567,199
PIMCO Flexible Credit Income Fund	March 31	$147,093,000
Pioneer ILS Interval Fund	April 30	$133,811,479
Griffin Institutional Access RE Fund	March 31	$120,362,565
Total Income (plus) RE Fund	March 31	$65,535,061

 

Fee structures are becoming more standardized, and several service providers have become critical to the interval fund ecosystem.  For additional detailed information on fund structure trends in the interval fund space click here.

Pipeline of new funds

Growth of the interval fund pipeline accelerated in 2018Q2.   Pace of fund registrations and launches is a strong leading indicator of future sector growth.

New Fund Registrations

Seven  interval funds filed initial registration statements with the SEC in 2018Q2.

Fund	Registration Date	Strategy
Oppenheimer ILS Interval Fund	2018-06-13	Insurance Linked Securities
American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund	2018-06-11	Other
Hatteras Reinsurance Fund	2018-05-15	Insurance Linked Securities
City National Rochdale Strategic Credit Fund	2018-05-14	Credit
FS Multi-Alternative Income Fund	2018-04-17	Other
Variant Alternative Income Fund	2018-04-13	Credit
Savyon Trust Group, Inc.	2018-04-10	Credit

Credit strategies, broadly defined, continue to be the most popular among fund managers getting ready to launch an interval fund.

New Funds Declared Effective

The SEC declared effective 5 interval fund registrations statements in 2018Q2. Additionally, one interval fund offering shares via a private offering started raising capital in 2018Q2. This is an acceleration in pace compared to prior quarters.

The public interval fund offerings declared effective in 2018Q2 are shown in the following table:

Fund Name	Effective Date	Strategy	Maximum Offering Proceeds
American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund	2018-06-29	Credit	$250,000,000
NexPoint Latin American Opportunities Fund	2018-06-25	Credit & Equity	$100,000,000
OFI Carlyle Global Private Credit Fund	2018-05-31	Credit	$1,000,000,000
NexPoint Healthcare Opportunities Fund	2018-05-10	Credit & Equity	$100,000,000
Destra International & Event Driven Credit Fund	2018-05-09	Credit	$126,000,000

(Note the Flat Rock Opportunity Fund also launched during the first week of the third quarter. It was declared effective on July 2)

Interval Fund Research White Papers

Several service providers and fund sponsors released several notable research pieces in 2018Q2:

DST Systems published Leveraging Interval Funds to Generate Alpha for Active Strategies .

UMB Fund Services published Unlisted Closed End Funds: Platform Perspectives and Market Update  (note that the data in this paper  includes both all subtypes of unlisted closed end funds, while this site covers interval funds exclusively).  

Union Square Capital Partners, which manages the USQ Core Real Estate Fund  publishes Interval Funds: What Investors Need to Know.

For a comprehensive collection of whitepapers from see the Research section of this site.  

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