SCIO Asset-Based Credit Funds

Offering investors several choices, both in terms of liquidity and share class currency.

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Investment Products

SCIO targets a lucrative niche within the broader European private credit market. This strategy reduces competition, allowing us to focus on maximizing investment value. We operate through Luxembourg-based vehicles, providing investment options in various currencies including EUR, GBP, and USD. This approach ensures that our solutions are accessible and adaptable to investors.

SCIO Opportunity Fund

For investors requiring a liquid fund solution, we offer the open-ended SCIO Opportunity Fund.

  • Launched: May 2016
  • Monthly subscriptions
  • Quarterly redemptions
  • Evergreen fund
  • Share classes: EUR, GBP and USD

SCIO European Secured Credit Fund IV

For investors looking to maximize returns, we offer our closed-end SCIO ESCF IV.

  • Launched: April 2023
  • Monthly subscriptions
  • Stated Coupon: 7.0%
  • Scheduled Maturity: April 2028
  • Share classes: EUR, GBP and USD

Bespoke Fund

For larger investors, we have the expertise to design a tailor-made fund product to meet your specific needs

  • Launch time: typically 6-8 weeks
  • Monthly subscriptions
  • Stated coupon: Bespoke
  • Share classes: EUR, GBP and USD

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Your Questions, Answered

Everything You Need to Know About Investing with SCIO Opportunity Fund

Why have returns on asset-based credit (ABC) funds been so stable?

Corporate credit funds are strongly impacted by changes in interest rates and losses. Asset-based loans are typically shorter (i.e., lower duration) than corporate loan portfolios and are usually floating rate, thus providing protection against changes in interest rates. They also benefit from credit enhancement and strong protective covenants, typically leading to lower losses vs corporate.

Are asset-based credit funds less diversified than high-yield bond funds?

While asset-based credit fund portfolios often have fewer investments, the loans themselves are often backed by hundreds or even thousands, of assets. Therefore, on a look-through basis, they are arguably significantly more diversified than a high-yield bond fund.

How important is an asset manager's ability to source assets?

Asset-backed loans are privately originated, bespoke transactions. This makes sourcing a critical variable to the manager’s success. SCIO’s deep sourcing network, developed over the past decade, allows us to be highly selective and make only high-conviction investments.

How important is the asset manager's ability to source assets?

For investors requiring a liquid fund solution, we offer the open-ended SCIO Opportunity Fund (monthly subscriptions with three-month redemptions).

Why do many asset-based credit funds have fewer investments than high-yield bond funds?

For investors looking to maximize returns, we offer our closed-end SCIO ESCF IV.

Why have SCIO’s historical returns been so stable?

For larger investors, we have the expertise to design a tailor-made fund product to meet your specific needs

Focusing on Northern-Central Europe

For larger investors, we have the expertise to design a tailor-made fund product to meet your specific needs

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