UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number

811-22554

Vertical Capital Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

80 Arkay Drive, Hauppauge, NY

  11788

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

James Ash

          Gemini Fund Services, LLC, 80 Arkay Drive, Hauppauge, NY 11788

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

631-470-2619

Date of fiscal year end:

09/30

Date of reporting period: 12/31/12

Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.  

Vertical Capital Income Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

December 31, 2012

Security Valuation

Underlying Funds - The Fund may invest in portfolios of open-end investment companies (the “underlying funds”). Underlying open-end funds are valued at their respective net asset values as reported by such investment companies.  The underlying funds value securities in their portfolios for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value by the methods established by the Boards of the underlying funds.

Mortgage Notes – The Fund utilizes a proprietary discounted cash flow model to value its Mortgage Notes. Vertical Capital Asset Management, LLC. (“the Adviser”) uses the model daily to produce market values based on a combination of servicing data (maturity dates, rates, loan type, etc.) that is fed into the pricing model along with various readily available inputs including yield curves, prepayment speeds, default rates and loss severity assumptions. The future expected cash flows and related treasury yields are also utilized to compare with each individual Mortgage Note yield in the model. That yield is determined as a spread to the interpolated treasury curve, based on market knowledge of the collateral type, prepayment history, average life, and credit quality. The combination of loan level criteria and daily market adjustments produces a daily price for each Mortgage Note relative to current public market conditions.

Prior to purchase, each Mortgage Note goes through a due diligence process that includes considerations such as underwriting borrower credit, employment history, property valuation, and delinquency history with an overall emphasis on repayment of the Mortgage Notes. The purchase price of the Mortgage Notes reflects the overall risk relative to the findings of this due diligence process.

The Fund will invest primarily in Mortgage Notes secured by residential real estate. The market or liquidation value of each type of residential real estate collateral may be adversely affected by numerous factors, including rising interest rates; changes in the national, state and local economic climate and real estate conditions; perceptions of prospective buyers of the safety, convenience and attractiveness of the properties; maintenance and insurance costs; changes in real estate taxes and other expenses; adverse changes in governmental rules and fiscal policies; adverse changes in zoning laws; and other factors beyond the control of the borrowers.

The Fund's investments in Mortgage Notes are subject to liquidity risk because there is a limited secondary market for Mortgage Notes. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations.

Securities for which current market quotations are not readily available, such as the Mortgage Notes the Fund invests in, or for which quotations are not deemed to be representative of market values are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) in accordance with the Trust’s Portfolio Securities Valuation Procedures (the “Procedures”). The Procedures consider, among others, the following factors to determine a security’s fair value: the nature and pricing history (if any) of the security; whether any dealer quotations for the security are available; and possible valuation methodologies that could be used to determine the fair value of the security. As described above, the Mortgage Notes, which are fair valued daily, are priced by the Adviser and through a proprietary discounted cash flow model, under the direction of the Board.

The Fund’s senior management contracted with LCAP Advisors to create an asset valuation model along with policies and maintenance procedures for the Fund.  The valuation procedures and the Model are reviewed and maintained on a daily basis within the management of the Fund.  Any calibrations and adjustments to the model, that may be necessary are done on a quarterly basis to insure accurate pricing.  Financial markets are monitored daily by the Adviser relative to interest rate environment along with third party data from the U.S. Department of

 

 

Vertical Capital Income Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

December 31, 2012

the Treasury, Reuters and Moody’s which is uploaded into the pricing model along with a daily loan servicing tape.  In addition to the readily available data from the financial markets, the Advisor uses a number of pricing criteria that represent the Advisor’s 30 years of credit and collateral underwriting experience related to mortgage Notes to accurately value the Notes.

The Fund utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of most of its investments on a recurring basis.  GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of input are:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment.  Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy.  In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following tables summarize the inputs used as of December 31, 2012 for the Fund’s assets measured at fair value:

 

There were no transfers between levels during the current period presented.  It is the Fund’s policy to record transfers into or out of levels at the end of the reporting period.

Vertical Capital Income Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

December 31, 2012

 

The following is a reconciliation of assets in which Level 3 inputs were used in determining value:

The total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in the statement of operations attributable to Level 3 investments still held at December 31, 2012 is $507,218.

                

The following table provides quantitative information about the Fund's Level 3 values, as well as its inputs, as of December 31, 2012. The table is not all-inclusive, but provides information on the significant Level 3 inputs.                                                         

The information in these columns is meant to represent a range of the weighting for each unobservable input relative to each investment type. The valuation of the Mortgage Notes, which are the subject of this disclosure, use approximately the same weighting of the unobservable inputs for each Mortgage Note, therefore there is not a "range" and the "weighted average" is approximately the same value as the input percentage.

 

A change to the unobservable input may result in a significant change to the value of the investment as follows:

 

Unobservable Input	Impact to Value if Input Increases	Impact to Value if Input Decreases
Credit quality	Increase	Decrease
Collateral Value	Increase	Decrease
Collateral type (SFR)	Increase	Decrease
Occupancy (Owner OCC)	Increase	Decrease

 

   SFR – Single Family Residence

   Owner OCC – Owner Occupied

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a)

The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b)

There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3.  Exhibits.  

Certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) (and Item 3 of Form N-Q) are filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Vertical Capital Income Fund

By (Signature and Title)

*/s/ Bayard Closser

       Bayard Closser, President

       

Date  

2/27/13

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)

*/s/ Bayard Closser

       Bayard Closser, President

       

Date

2/27/13

By (Signature and Title)

*/s/ Gustavo A. Altuzarra

       Gustavo A. Altuzarra, Treasurer

        

Date

2/27/13

 

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Bayard Closser, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of the Vertical Capital Income Fund, a Series of the Vertical Capital Income Fund;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 a)

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)

evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

d)

disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)

all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b)

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date:

2/27/13

*/s/ Bayard Closser

       Bayard Closser, President

      

I, Gustavo Altuzarra, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Vertical Capital Income Fund a Series of the Vertical Capital Income Fund;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 a)

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)

evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

d)

disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)

all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b)

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date:

2/27/13

*/s/ Gustavo Altuzarra

       Gustavo Altuzarra, Treasurer