IRVINE, CA—The Vertical Capital Income Fundreports that it continued to outperform its benchmark during thesecond quarter, with a return of 2.46%, compared with a 2.41%return for the Barclays US Mortgage-Backed SecuritiesIndex. With the fund's maximum 4.5% sales charge, thereturn for the quarter was -2.18%.

Vertical Capital Markets Group created andmanages the fund, which has returned 5.68% year-to-date (.89% minusthe maximum sales charge) with an approximate $0.27 dividend,compared with a return of 4.03% for the MBS index. For the one-yearperiod ending June 30, the fund produced a return of 6.79% (1.95%after the maximum sales charge), compared with a return of 4.66%for the benchmark MBS Index. Since its inception, the fund hasproduced a return of 8.78%, or 6.8% with the sales load, comparedwith a return of 2.05% for the MBS Index. Its SEC annual yield was4.28% as of June 30.

According to Bayard Closser president of VCMG,the fund benefitted from lower interest-ratesensitivity than the benchmark. Performance also benefited frominterest income.

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Carrie Rossenfeld

Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.