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BK Opportunities
Fund 6
Quarterly Report | 30th June 2025
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BK Opportunities Fund-6 has made its last and final quarterly distribution to its investors: 16.144% (cash on cash, non-annualized) of its capital contribution (in USD) on or around June 30, 2025.
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BK Opportunities Fund-6 has now matured. This distribution was the last and final; neither distribution nor value should be expected. Therefore, the fund's NAV as of June 30, 2025 (post-distribution) is $0.00.
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BK Opportunities Fund-6 last & final net performances
as of 30th June 2025
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| Annual Return since inception1 |
+5.8% |
| Cumulative Distributions since inception/May 20192 |
+122.4% |
| Cumulative Return since inception/May 2019 (Distributions + NAV gain)3 |
+23.0% |
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1 — Based on Average Return across all classes.
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2 — Based on the number of shares (or the capital contribution) in the fund, i.e. assuming an entry price of $1,000 per share or 100.0%.
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3 — Based on the weighted average cumulative return of all classes.
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Market Commentary & Portfolio Overview
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The US economy in early 2025 faced a significant slowdown, marked by contracting GDP and cautious consumer spending, largely influenced by rising trade policy uncertainties. Despite this, corporate credit markets saw strong initial activity.
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The Economy: Slowdown
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The US economy in early 2025 experienced a significant slowdown. GDP contracted by 0.5% in Q1, marking the first decline in three years, largely due to increased imports and decreased government spending. While unemployment remained stable at 4.2% in April, consumer spending notably decelerated, and manufacturing output declined. Inflation eased slightly to 2.3% in April, yet core inflation (PCE) remained elevated, suggesting continued caution from the Federal Reserve.
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Corporate Markets: Mixed Landscape
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The US corporate market in early 2025 faced headwinds from economic uncertainty and trade policy. The S&P 500 Index declined by 4.27% in Q1, with technology and consumer discretionary sectors hit hardest. Despite this, Q1 corporate earnings showed strong year-over-year growth of nearly 12%, though sales surprises were less impressive and guidance remained cautious due to tariff concerns.
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Corporate Loans: Repricing Risk
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The US leveraged loan market started 2025 with record Q1 issuance, primarily driven by strong repricing activity and a rebound in M&A-driven loans. However, this early momentum significantly faded by March and April due to rising volatility, economic uncertainty, and new tariff announcements. While overall Q1 volume remained historically high, investor risk appetite waned, leading to wider new-issue spreads for lower-rated borrowers and accelerated retail outflows.
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CLO Market: Active Market
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The US CLO market demonstrated robust issuance in Q1 2025, largely driven by strong demand and repricing opportunities for underlying leveraged loans. However, this momentum experienced a notable slowdown from March onwards due to increased market volatility and macroeconomic uncertainties, including new tariff announcements. Despite the cooling in new issue spreads for broadly syndicated loan (BSL) CLOs, overall issuance remained strong, supported by consistent demand from institutional investors, particularly for floating-rate assets. Middle-market CLO issuance also saw significant activity, reaching a 2.5-year high in Q1, reflecting the continued growth of the private credit market. While credit quality generally remained stable, future default forecasts for underlying loans were revised upwards, indicating potential headwinds for CLOs in the latter half of 2025.
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BK Opp. Fund 6 Now Matured:
Overall Performance
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As expected, BK Opp. Fund-6 has now matured and made its last and final distribution on or around 30th June 2025, of 16.144%. No further distribution or value should be expected, and the position will be cancelled by the custodian in the coming months. Overall, the fund has generated a 22.4% cumulative return or a 5.8% annual return. Although decent, this return is materially below our expectations at the time of our inception in 2019.
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The primary factor behind this return was a large portion of ‘short duration’ positions purchased in 2019 and early 2020. Their anticipated duration was 3 to 6 months and the expected annual return of 10% or more. These positions were bought below par and were likely to be restructured relatively soon after our purchase. Our plan was not to participate in the restructuring, therefore to receive the par value and hence generate decent capital gain (on top of interests). The Covid period started in February 2020 and changed most of these profiles. If all our positions have resisted the period, many restructurings were materially delayed, and the anticipated “pull to par” gain expected over few months took several years to be monetized. As a consequence, many positions with an anticipated return of over 10% per annum only generated 4% to 5% annual return.
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Fund and Market Performances as of 30th June 2025
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(1) This is the Institutional 200 index designed to represent the overall hedge fund universe.
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(2) S&P LSTA US Leverage Loan Index Total Return, sums principal, interest and reinvestment returns
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Cumulative Distribution
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Fund’s Summary
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| Currency |
USD |
| Fund’s Inception |
May 2019 |
| Last Closing |
February 2020 |
| End of Reinvestment Period |
February 2023 |
| Maturity |
June 2025 |
| Distribution |
Quarterly6 |
| Investment Manager |
Oristan Ireland DAC |
| Administrator |
Apex Funds Services |
| Custodian |
CIBC Bank & Trust |
| Banker |
Northern Trust |
| Counsel |
Dillon Eustace |
| Auditor |
Deloitte |
| Bloomberg Page |
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(6) First quarterly distribution made on 30th September 2020
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Portfolio Manager
Olivier Gozlan
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This is not for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation. The information contained herein is for information only and does not constitute an offer regarding any product. The document has been prepared by Oristan Ireland DAC and the data have not been audited nor verified. Past performance cannot indicate future performance. There is no assurance that the investment objective will be achieved and investment results may vary.
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