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Bill Hansen
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Only hedge fund principally invested in the common stock of Business Development Companies (BDCs).
Fund utilizes up to 2x margin debt leverage to arbitrage dividend income and price appreciation.
Manage Fund volatility by strategic investments in BDC Notes, High Yield Bonds and Floating Rate debt.
To Invest
5 Reasons
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Highest Yield Leveraged Debt sector: 9.0% p.a. BDC Asset Coverage Requirement = Low Risk Managed by top financial groups Fast growing: total assets, number of players Sector increasing in popularity but still under-valued
Sector
In BDC
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As part of the Small Business Incentive Act of 1980, Congress created a public investment company vehicle called a business development company in order to encourage the flow of public capital to private businesses. BDCs are publicly registered, closed-end investment companies with shares that trade like stock on an exchange. As a result, BDCs are available to public investors who otherwise would not generally have access to private equity funds. Unlike traditional private equity funds, BDCs operate for an indefinite period and continually recycle their contributed capital. Historically, BDCs have made debt and equity investments in small middle-market companies and returned the bulk of the profits to stockholders in the form of quarterly dividends.
BDCs income consists of interest on senior and subordinated debt, and gains from sale of equity interests.
BDC expenses consist of interest expense on borrowings, operating expenses & management fees.
BDCs may utilize leverage, but are subject to 1940 Act Limits which generally require at least 200 percent asset coverage as measured after any borrowing.
BDCs have very low leverage compared to competitors such as banks, finance companies or CLOs, where debt can be 1015x X equity.
Restrictions on Leverage
BDC Universe
We track 36 public BDC companies, with equity value of $58 million to over $3.7 billion
As of December 31, 2013 BDCs tracked had combined equity market capitalization in excess of $30 billion
BDC Competitors
BDCs compete with:
Banks
Insurance Companies
Private Investors
Regular Dividends
Required by law to payout 90% of taxable earnings. Virtually all BDCs pay a dividend monthly or quarterly.
Recession Resistant
Great Recession However 4 of 21 BDCs Dividend Unchanged or Increased Through Recession
Diversified
BDCs
invest in senior, subordinated and equity.
BDCs
BDCs BDCs
Liquid
All BDC stocks and Notes trade on major U.S. exchanges. Shares volume tens to hundreds of thousands a day.
$200M
BDCs are subject to SarbanesOxley and the corporate governance requirements of the self-regulatory organizations that govern the markets.
Kayne Anderson
Kohlberg Capital
Thomas H. Lee
High Yields
Current dividend yield of BDCs 9.0% per annum BDC Notes yield between 6.25% - 7.5% per annum
Far higher yield than MLPs, REITs, investment grade bonds etc.
Experience of Principals
60 years of combined experience in private company buy-outs.
Nicholas Marshi
Lender with Citibank Investment Banker/Lender/Investor with Kleinwort Benson. Founded and managed two Private Buy-Out Firms for over 25 years. Editor BDC Reporter. Investor in BDCs and Leveraged Debt for 10 years +
William Hansen
Investment Banker working with middle market companies Fund Raiser and deal originator for NYC based LBO Firms Co-Founder of Private Buy-Out Firm/Investor for over 25 years.
Net Yield:
7.0%
1.0%
6.0%
5 Years +
Monthly Reporting
Highly Liquid
Investment
All Fund investments are in highly liquid common stock traded on major U.S. stock exchange.
Fund could sell 90% of entire portfolio same day, 100% 3 days.
Investor has the right to receive dividend income on a monthly basis & repayment of investment without penalty.
Manager
Investment
Manager invested in Fund since inception.
Despite setback in 2011, Inception To FYE 2013 Return: 40.54%, after all fees and expenses
Management
Investment Management
Target: BDC common stocks expected to maintain/increase dividend, and trading at discount to Realizable Value
Diversify portfolio with strategic investments in higher quality BDC Notes, Floating Rate Loans & High Yield Bond ETFs & CEFs.
Sell/Short: Over-valued BDCs to realize gains.
Monitoring
In-depth bottoms up analysis on all BDCs tracked through review of all SEC filings, press releases, Conference Calls, etc.
Maintain proprietary database on stock price & trends on 100+ Leveraged Debt investments across all sectors. Track performance of individual stock, sector, volatility performance in real-time.
since inception
Launched: October 2009: Up 4.4% 2010: Up 74% 2011: Down 47% IVQ 2011: Changed Risk Management 2012: Up 28% 2013: Up 13.20% Inception to Date: Up 40.54%
2010 45.9%
2011 29.6%
2012 19.8%
2013 12.6%
Fund aims to earn double digit return with below average volatility
Contact
Office
604 Arizona Ave., Ste. 23 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Tel: 800.579.1651
Bill Hansen
Feel free to call for a confidential conversation about investing in the Fund, and other Leveraged Debt investment opportunities
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