Ellington Income Opportunities Fund · NASDAQ:EIOAX

Ellington Income Opportunities Fund — Investor Presentation (September 2019)

18 slides from Ellington Income Opportunities Fund's investor presentation, September 2019

  1. Slide 1: An alternative credit solution for high net worth investors

    An alternative credit solution for high net worth investors SYMBOLS Class I Class A Class C Class M EIOIX EIOAX EIOCX EIOMX The Ellington Income Opportunities Fund is a is a continuously offered, non-diversified, closed-end investment management company operating as an interval fund.

  2. Slide 2: Disclosures

    Disclosures Past performance does not guarantee future results. Beginning November 13, 2018, the Fund was offered through a confidential private placement memorandum and became registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. On June 10, 2019, the Fund became registered under the Securities and

  3. Slide 3: Why EIOF?

    Why EIOF? Faced with a lower yield environment and a more muted outlook for equities, investors must look for ways to: ➢ Maintain yield integrity ➢ Pursue increased total return ➢ Lower correlations to broader credit markets and equity markets ➢ Diversify credit risk in bond portfolios with consumer

  4. Slide 4: Quarterly Liquidity Allows for Core-Satellite Strategy

    Quarterly Liquidity Allows for Core- Satellite Strategy Core: Satellite: Income focused investments Private credit instruments to provide liquidity and current to provide diversification and income uncorrelated return stream Consumer Lending • Balance sheet lenders targeting niche market segments St

  5. Slide 5: Core Strategies

    Core Strategies RMBS CMBS CLOs ➢ RMBS provides exposure to ➢ CMBS is a major provider ➢ CLOs present a compelling both the U.S. housing of capital to U.S. way to access the bank loan market and its underlying commercial real estate, market borrowers which, like RMBS, provides ➢ Historically, CLOs ha

  6. Slide 6: Satellite Strategies

    Satellite Strategies NPL/RPL Real Estate Consumer Lending Opportunistic Credit ➢ Purchase and proactively ➢ Target originators that have ➢ Ellington will pursue service non- and sub- scarce or expensive capital, opportunities across its performing legacy loans in or mortgage platforms with diversifi

  7. Slide 7: Ellington Income Opportunities Fund (EIOMX)

    Ellington Income Opportunities Fund (EIOMX) As of September 30, 2019 Performance 1-Month QTD YTD ITD1 M Class 0.02% 1.57% 8.20% 8.28% BBgBarc US Corp High Yield 0.36% 1.33% 11.41% 8.19% S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan 0.47% 0.99% 6.79% 3.06% 1) Inception date for the M share class is 11/13/2018. Returns gre

  8. Slide 8: Fund Characteristics

    Fund Characteristics US Portfolio Characteristics CMBS Effective Duration 1.30 8% CLO 12% Weighted Avg Life 3.50 Opportunistic Credit Distributions1 15% US RMBS 65% YTD Annualized Distribution Rate2 4.99% Latest Distribution ($ Share)3 $0.06197100 YTD Distributions ($ Share)4 $0.38881145 Portfolio c

  9. Slide 9: Corporate Credit has been Highly Correlated to Equities

    Corporate Credit has been Highly Correlated to Equities Correlation to S&P 5001 0.70 0.59 0.48 Corporate credit may not provide the diversification investors are hoping for during an equity drawdown 0.21 -0.01 -0.14 High Yield Bank Loans CLOs Non-Agency Non-Agency ABS RMBS CMBS 1) Data calculated fo

  10. Slide 10: EIOF Seeks Lower Correlation to Equities

    EIOF Seeks Lower Correlation to Equities Correlation to S&P 5001 1.00 0.94 0.82 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.26 0.20 0.00 High Yield Bank Loans EIOMX 1) Data calculated for the period 12/1/2018 - 9-30-2019. High Yield is represented by the BBgBarc US Corporate High Yield Index. Bank Loans are represented by the

  11. Slide 11: EIOF Seeks Low Correlation to Broader Credit Markets

    EIOF Seeks Low Correlation to Broader Credit Markets EIOMX Correlation to Broader Credit Markets1 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.29 0.22 0.20 0.11 0.00 Bank Loans High Yield Agg 1) Data calculated for the period 12/1/2018 - 9-30-2019. High Yield is represented by the BBgBarc US Corporate High Yield Index. Ba

  12. Slide 12: Corporate Debt Growth has Significantly Outpaced Mortgage Debt

    Corporate Debt Growth has Significantly Outpaced Mortgage Debt Total U.S. Mortgage Debt vs. HY & Leveraged Loan Corporate Debt1 (Normalized to 100% in Jan 2007) 250% 200% Size vs. Jan 2007 Size 150% 100% 50% 0% 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

  13. Slide 13: Residential Mortgages – A Potentially More Attractive Credit Profile

    Residential Mortgages – A Potentially More Attractive Credit Profile Corporate Investment Grade Debt by Credit Rating1 $7 $6 Total Market Cap (Trillions) $5 $4 Aaa Aa $3 A $2 Baa $1 $0 Mortgage Originations by Credit Score2 1,200 1,000 800 760+ USD Billions 600 720-759 660-719 400 620-659 200 <620 0

  14. Slide 14: Why Ellington? An Institutional Platform

    Why Ellington? An Institutional Platform Founded in 1994, Ellington has one of the longest histories of $8.51 3 Billion in Global offices: structured credit investing in the alternative asset management Assets Under Old Greenwich, CT industry and has navigated multiple credit cycles. Management New

  15. Slide 15: Why an Interval Fund?

    Why an Interval Fund? Empowering Structure ➢ Enhanced Return Potential ➢ Diversification Potential ➢ Liquidity Advantage • Ability to invest in less liquid • Smaller, niche areas of the • Not subject to the daily fund assets that may offer an credit market are less liquid flows that can lead to forc

  16. Slide 16: Fund Terms

    Fund Terms Investment Objective Seeks total return, including capital gains and current income. Ticker Symbols Class A: EIOAX; Class C: EIOCX; Class I: EIOIX; Class M: EIOMX Structure 1940 & 1933 Act registered interval fund Adviser Princeton Fund Advisors, LLC Sub-Adviser Ellington Global Asset Man

  17. Slide 17: Important Notice

    Important Notice Disclaimers This presentation (“Presentation”) is provided for information purposes and reference only and is not intended to be, and must not be, taken as the basis for an investment decision. The contents hereof should not be construed as investment, legal, tax or other advice and

  18. Slide 18: Important Notice (continued)

    Important Notice (continued) YIELDS, RUN RATES, AND OTHER FACTORS The strategies discussed herein invest in non-agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs), Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) and other asset-backed securities (together with CMOs and CLOs, "ABS"). The yield and average life

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