IRVINE, CA—The Vertical Capital Income Fund hasbecome one of the first interval funds to exceed $100 million inassets. The fund has outperformed its benchmark, theBarclays Capital US MBS Index, since it wasintroduced in 2011 and has surpassed MBS Index results both at netasset value and at the fund's maximum sales charge from inceptionthrough the second quarter of this year. For the one-year periodending June 30, VCAPX produced a return of 6.79%,compared with a return of 4.66% for the benchmark MBS Index.

According to Bayard Closser, president ofVertical Capital Markets Group, “VCAPX has become one of thefastest-growing, continuously offered, closed-end interval fundsbecause the fund is based on a strategy that resonates withinvestors and enables them to tap into a large asset class thatpreviously was unavailable to the public.”

Christopher Chase, Co-portfolio manager for the fund, tellsGlobeSt.com, “Our goal for the Vertical Capital Income Fund is toprovide a higher-than-normal yield and above-average returns, withrelative capital protection and investments that are non-correlatedto equities and bonds. The fund also seeks total returnpotential and capital stability.” He adds the fund “would like tofinish the year above $150 million and eventually reach a $.5billion in assets.”