Emery Partners Income Credit Strategies Fund (EPICX)

Overview

Emery Partners Income Credit Strategies Fund is a continuously offered, closed-end tender offer fund designed to generate current income with low volatility through targeted allocations to differentiated, institutional-quality specialty finance investments. EPICX provides a single point of access to a diversified portfolio of opportunistic credit managers, co-investments, and direct investments via a simplified structure.¹ EPICX complements traditional fixed income portfolios by investing primarily in credit assets that are short in duration, uncorrelated to traditional markets, and self-liquidating.² These opportunities are typically complex and require a high degree of specialization to source and manage. Target markets are often undercapitalized and under-competed, which includes strategies such as trade finance, bridge lending, government receivables, inventory/invoice factoring, and other debt-like instruments.

Target Markets

Target markets typically feature the following characteristics:

  • Structural protections / first loss capital

  • Asset over-collateralization³

  • Equity upside through warrants

  • Credit upgrades such as insurance

  • Uncorrelated risk profiles

  • Ring fenced cash flows

  • Attractive yields

  • Short durations

  • Self-liquidating payment structures

Working Capital Solutions

Trade Finance

Royalties

Asset Backed Loans

Government Receivables

Consumer Loans

Business Loans

Real Estate Bridge Loans

Attractive Return Profile

Current income investments

Reduced expected volatility

Short duration portfolio

Low-cost Structure

Competitive fees & expenses

Negotiated terms with managers

All-in costs lower than the “2 & 20”

Access

$50,000 min ($25k addl)

No accreditation status required

Qualified Accounts (IRAs) accepted

Point & click on custodians (EPICX)

Diversification¹

Diversified portfolio of managers and co-investments with a single access point¹

Exposure to thousands of credits

No permanent fund-level leverage

Tax

1099 Tax Reporting

No K1s

No UBTI

Transparency

Quarterly Letters

Access to Portfolio Managers

Daily NAV

Growth of $1,000 Since Inception

Trailing Performance

Quarterly Returns

Past performance is not indicative of future results. Performance data represents past returns and future returns may be higher or lower. The value of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate, and upon redemption an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than the original cost. Total returns include reinvestment of distributions and are net of the Fund’s net expenses. The Fund’s investment program is speculative and entails substantial risks. Investors could lose some or all of their investment. Inception date is January 1, 2021 and returns are through December 31, 2025.

“BBG US Agg” refers to the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, which is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. This includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and collateralized mortgage-backed securities.

“50/50 HY Lvg Loans” represents a blended index composed of 50% the Bloomberg US High-Yield Corporate Bond Index and 50% the Morningstar LTSA US Leveraged Loan Index. The Bloomberg USD High-Yield Corporate Bond Index is a rules-based, market-value-weighted index engineered to measure publicly issued non-investment grade USD fixed-rate, taxable and corporate bonds. The Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index is designed to deliver comprehensive, precise coverage of the US leveraged loan market, tracking the performance of more than 1,400 USD denominated loans.

Key Facts

Symbol

Structure

Min Investment

Min Subsequent

Liquidity

Investor Requirements

EPICX

Closed-End Registered Fund

$50,000

$25,000

Semi-Annual⁶

None

NAV Reporting

Subscriptions

Distributions

Tax Reporting

Net Assets

Daily

Daily

Quarterly

1099-DIV

$78 million (12/31/2025)

¹ Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.

² Duration refers to a measure of the effect of interest rate changes on the price of a fixed income asset or portfolio. Duration is defined in years (eg. a three year duration means the value of the bond could rise about 3% if interest rates fall by 1%).

³ There can be no assurance that the amounts realized by liquidating collateral will be sufficient to offset any potential defaults.

⁴ Please refer to the Prospectus for a detailed outline of the fees and expenses of the Fund. “2 & 20” refers to a typical hedge fund fee structure that consists of a 2% annual management fee on total assets under management and a 20% performance fee (or 'carried interest') on realized profits.

⁵ Returns are net total returns. Between January 2021 and March 2023, performance is quoted for the SKK Access Income Fund, LP, the predecessor private fund that converted into Emery Partners Income Credit Strategies Fund (EPICX). The predecessor private fund track record was adjusted to reflect estimated fees and expenses of EPICX. The Fund’s investment objective and strategies are, in all material respects, substantially identical to those of the predecessor fund. The Fund’s investment program is managed in substantially the same manner, and by the same investment professionals, as the predecessor fund.

⁶ The Fund is not obligated to redeem any shares, and approval is at the Board of Trustees’ discretion. The share redemption plan is subject to 5% of the Fund’s outstanding shares on a semi-annual basis and to other limitations, and the Board may modify, suspend or terminate the plan. Please see the Prospectus for a full discussion regarding liquidity/share repurchase limitations.

EPICX is a continuously-offered, non-diversified, registered closed-end fund with limited liquidity. There is no guarantee the Fund will achieve its objective. An investment in the Fund should only be made by investors who understand the risks involved, who are able to withstand the loss of the entire amount invested and who can bear the risks associated with the limited liquidity of Shares.

Before investing, you should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other information is available in the Prospectus, which may be obtained by calling 866-509-1893 or by contacting us. Please read the Prospectus carefully before you invest.

Shares are an illiquid investment. You should not expect to be able to sell your Shares (other than through the repurchase process), regardless of how the Fund performs. Although the Fund is required to implement a Share repurchase program only a limited number of Shares will be eligible for repurchase by the Fund. An investment in the Fund is speculative, involves substantial risks, including the risk that the entire amount invested may be lost, and should not constitute a complete investment program. The Fund may leverage its investments by borrowing, use of swap agreements, options or other derivative instruments. The Fund is a newly-organized closed-end investment company that has limited operating history and no public trading of its shares. The Fund is a non-diversified investment company, meaning it may be more susceptible to any single economic or regulatory occurrence than a diversified investment company. In addition, the fund is subject to investment related risks of the underlying funds, general economic and market condition risk.

Alternative investments provide limited liquidity and include, among other things, the risks inherent in investing in securities, futures, commodities and derivatives, using leverage and engaging in short sales. The Fund’s investment performance depends, at least in part, on how its assets are allocated and reallocated among asset classes and strategies. Such allocation could result in the Fund holding asset classes or investments that perform poorly or underperform. Investments and investment transactions are subject to various counterparty risks. The counterparties to transactions in over the-counter markets are typically subject to lesser credit evaluation and regulatory oversight compared to members of "exchange-based" markets. This may increase the risk that a counterparty will not settle a transaction because of a credit or liquidity problem, thus causing the Fund to suffer losses. The Fund and its service providers may be prone to operational and information security risks resulting from breaches in cyber security. A breach in cyber security refers to both intentional and unintentional events that may cause the Fund to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption, or lose operational capacity.

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