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Venator Alternative Income Fund Series A

Alternative Credit Focus

FundGrade D Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade D

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NAVPS
(04-02-2025)
$5.18
Change
$0.00 (0.05%)

As at February 28, 2025

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Venator Alternative Income Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 31, 2009): 6.84%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -0.05% 1.17% 5.16% 0.49% 9.17% 8.53% 2.35% 1.37% 3.22% 3.14% 3.31% 3.45% 4.81% 3.06%
Benchmark 1.14% 1.75% 4.04% 2.28% 8.37% 5.98% 1.44% 0.48% 0.36% 1.85% 2.11% 1.97% 1.94% 1.72%
Category Average 0.55% 1.42% 3.80% 1.21% 8.09% 7.22% 4.56% 3.40% 4.32% - - - - -
Category Rank 134 / 135 86 / 134 26 / 123 116 / 135 32 / 113 26 / 108 78 / 93 59 / 67 31 / 44 17 / 24 11 / 15 10 / 15 10 / 12 11 / 11
Quartile Ranking 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 1.78% -1.44% 0.29% 0.60% 0.92% 1.65% 1.93% 0.31% 1.67% 0.68% 0.54% -0.05%
Benchmark 0.48% -1.95% 0.00% 2.98% 2.14% 0.52% 1.82% -1.07% 1.51% -0.52% 1.13% 1.14%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

7.21% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-20.77% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -6.92% 13.18% 7.14% -0.59% 7.09% 5.35% 7.84% -16.29% 10.88% 9.96%
Benchmark 3.57% 1.54% 2.70% 1.29% 6.97% 8.61% -2.71% -11.46% 6.38% 4.10%
Category Average - - - - - 7.20% 3.25% -4.07% 7.22% 7.97%
Quartile Ranking 4 3 2 3 2 3 1 4 1 2
Category Rank 11/ 11 8/ 12 5/ 15 9/ 15 7/ 22 28/ 39 16/ 67 86/ 90 9/ 108 31/ 113

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

13.18% (2016)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.29% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Sector Allocation

Geographic Allocation

Top Holdings

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Venator Alternative Income Fund Series A

Median

Other - Alternative Credit Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 7.49% 12.71% 9.63%
Beta 0.72% 0.96% 0.70%
Alpha 0.01% 0.03% 0.02%
Rsquared 0.43% 0.23% 0.14%
Sharpe -0.16% 0.13% 0.19%
Sortino -0.07% 0.10% 0.07%
Treynor -0.02% 0.02% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency - 22.37% 16.46%
Volatility Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 3 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 3.31% 7.49% 12.71% 9.63%
Beta 0.37% 0.72% 0.96% 0.70%
Alpha 0.06% 0.01% 0.03% 0.02%
Rsquared 0.30% 0.43% 0.23% 0.14%
Sharpe 1.45% -0.16% 0.13% 0.19%
Sortino 3.41% -0.07% 0.10% 0.07%
Treynor 0.13% -0.02% 0.02% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 67.51% - 22.37% 16.46%

Fund Details

Start Date August 31, 2009
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Alternative)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $56

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
VCM200
VCM201

Investment Objectives

The Venator Alternative Income Fund seeks to provide unitholders with long-term returns. The Portfolio Manager will actively manage a diversified portfolio of primarily global fixed income securities by opportunistically utilizing both long and short positions.

Investment Strategy

To achieve the Fund’s investment objective, the Portfolio Manager will actively manage a diversified portfolio of primarily global fixed income securities by opportunistically utilizing both long and short positions. The Portfolio Manager assesses specific investment opportunities based on both top-down and bottom-up analysis. On average, over time, it is expected that for every $100 invested, the Fund portfolio’s use of leverage will be approximately $90-$200.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Venator Capital Management Ltd.

  • Brandon Osten
  • Stephen Andersons
  • Jeff Parks
  • Alex Agostino
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Venator Capital Management Ltd.

Custodian

The Bank of Nova Scotia

Registrar

SGGG Fund Services Inc.

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 4.14%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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