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As was flagged prior to the EGM, Ian Hunter and Margaret Towers have resigned from the Board effective immediately. \nThe discount has been largely eradicated in recent months with the company undertaking an aggressive buy-back combined with the likely positivity surrounding the implementation of a new manager and strategy after a long period of underperformance relative to the broader market.  \nPCI Portfolio Manager Changes \nPerpetual Credit Income Trust (ASX: PCI) announced that Greg Stock has been promoted from Deputy Portfolio Manager to Lead Portfolio Manager, effective 1 October 2025. \nThe change in portfolio manager responsibilities comes as part of the planned retirement of Michael Korber in the next 12-months. Michael Korber has stepped into the Deputy Portfolio Manager role. \nNoise Surrounding Metrics Weighs on Unit Prices \nDuring the month there was lot of noise around Metrics which has weighed on the market prices of the vehicles with the three Metrics LITs trading at a discount to NAV at the date of this report.\nMetrics Master Income Trust (ASX: MXT) trading at a discount, led to the Trust withdrawing the Unit Purchase Plan (UPP) Offer that it announced on 4 September 2025. All application payments received under the Offer will be refunded as soon as practicable. We agree with the Trust that this was in the best interest  of unitholders with unitholders able to acquire additional units on market at a discount at present. \nThe Metrics Direct Income Fund (MDIF) has the ability to buy MXT units when they are trading at a discount. We would expect MDIF to provide some support to the MXT unit price if the fund has cash available.\nIIR completed in-depth reviews of MXT and MOT in recent months. These reports are available from the IIR website. \nLF1 Hits Road Bump \nLa Trobe Financial hit a bit of a road bump during the month with the La Trobe Private Credit Fund (ASX: LF1) announcing that the RE (La Trobe Financial Asset Management Limited) had received an interim stop order from ASIC on the 12-month Term Account with concerns about the Target Market Determination. 50% of LF1 is currently invested in the 12-month Term Account. The stop order was subsequently lifted after the concerns were addressed.\nThe stop order did not interrupt the trading of LF1 however the noise around the trust weighed on the unit price with the trust trading at a small discount to NAV as at 6 October 2025.\nLF1 has taken a leaf out of PCX’s playbook, offering a regular off-market buy-back at NAV for up to 5% of the units on issue. The trust completed its first quarterly buy-back in September, with 2.78 million units being bought back and cancelled. The trust is lucky that this closed prior to the stop order announcement as the buy-back amount would have likely been higher. It will be interesting to see the level of participation at the next quarterly buy-back.  \nBTI Takes Advantage of Strength in SiteMinder Limited \nBailador Technology Investments Limited (ASX: BTI) has taken advantage of the strength in SiteMinder Limited’s (ASX: SDR) share price, realising $25 million of its investment during the month. The company realised the investment at an average price of $7.21 per share, representing a multiple of 29.4x on BTI’s investment. SiteMinder remains the largest position in the portfolio with BTI retaining 75% of its holding in the company with this being the second cash realisation since SDR listed.\nWith BTI depleting its cash reserves throughout the FY25 period, the investment in SiteMinder provides the company some liquidity if cash is required, however the Manager still sees value in SDR with the Manager not seeing investment opportunities that would trigger BTI to materially sell down its position in the investment just yet.   \nPIA Shareholders to Vote on Proposal at AGM on 21 October\nShareholders of Pengana International Equities Limited (ASX: PIA) will vote on the Board’s proposal to add exposure to Pengana’s Global Private Credit strategy at the AGM on 21 October 2025. It will be an interesting vote with PIA shareholders having to stomach a lot of changes over the years with this vehicle. \nThe proposal comes after the Board conducted a review to determine the best way to address the discount. On the webinar in early September regarding the proposal, the Chair, Frank Gooch, stated that the proposal is a result of the determination by the Board that the company needed to provide a unique offering and improve dividends to address the discount. The Board determined that this could only be achieved through the addition of another asset class.\nGiven the company is trading at a discount, the Board is proposing that the investment in the global private credit strategy be funded by a loan. The company has secured a revolving loan facility of US$120 million with an international bank at a rate of Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 80 basis points for capital drawn and 25 basis points for undrawn capital per annum. \nThe SOFR represents short-term borrowing costs in the US. As at 2 October 2025, the SOFR was 4.20% meaning the interest payable on drawn capital would be 5%p.a. The interest rate is variable to match the floating rate structure of the underlying securities in the global private credit strategy. The investment in the private credit strategy will be limited to 55% of the value of the global equity portfolio (in normal market conditions). \nThere will likely be a number of aspects of the proposal that appeal to shareholders, including the increased frequency of dividends, an increase to the fully franked dividend, and the potential for lower volatility through asset diversification. \nHowever, shareholders should carefully consider the risks associated with the use of leverage for the investment in the global private credit strategy. Under the facility, a margin call would not be made until the loan-to-value ratio (LVR) is in excess of 65%. The amount drawn will target a leverage ratio of the global equity portfolio of 45% with the equity portfolio needing to fall by more than 31% to trigger a margin call according to the Independent Expert’s Report. \nWhile this sounds like a steep decline in equity markets, the global equity strategy has experienced maximum drawdowns (peak to trough) of greater than 31% on 3 occasions since the year 2000, most recently in 2022. With markets at all-time highs and an uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical environment, this is a risk that should not be discounted. \nIn the event there is a market shock which results in a drawdown that triggers a margin call, it is unlikely there would be sufficient liquidity in the private credit strategy investments and therefore the global equity portfolio would likely have to be sold to satisfy the margin call. \nThis would be a detrimental outcome for investors with a permanent loss of capital from the forced sale of the equity portfolio and a portfolio that would potentially be largely exposed to just the private credit strategy. \nWe note that this would be an extreme outcome and only occur if there was a significant shock to markets but it is a risk that we think investors should be fully aware of when making a decision regarding the proposal.\nOne of the largest shareholders of PIA is WAM Strategic Value Limited (ASX: WAR). Shareholders will also be voting on the composition of the Board at the AGM with WAR proposing the election of four new directors and the removal of three current directors. \nIf the changes are approved, it would be likely that the new directors would be seeking to amend the strategy of the vehicle and/or potentially be seeking a merger with one of the LICs managed by the Wilson Asset Management Group. \nHowever, there would be hurdles to this with respect to the existing investment management agreement with Pengana. We note this is not the first attempt by Wilson Asset Management to gain control of the Board with  Wilson Asset Management attempting to take control of the Board for the vehicle back in 2017.  \nWMA Shareholders to Vote on Future of the Company\nShareholders of WAM Alternative Assets Limited (ASX: WMA) will vote on whether the company continues operations or is wound up at the AGM on 9 October 2025. When Wilson Asset Management took over as the manager of the portfolio in 2020, the Manager agreed to a Premium Target. \nIf the terms of the Premium Target were not met shareholders would have the right to vote on terminating the investment management agreement and liquidating the company. \nThere are a number of considerations for investors regarding the resolution, however we believe the main consideration is the liquidity of the underlying assets. The underlying investments have limited liquidity and therefore it would likely take some time to realise the capital from these investments. The Manager stated in the AGM Notice that an orderly realisation of all existing assets would likely take more than five years.\nIIR believes one of the contributing factors to the discount is the uncertainty surrounding the longevity of the vehicle and the reluctance to have capital locked up for a prolonged period of time if shareholders vote in favour of winding up the company. \nWe believe the removal of this risk will have a positive impact on the discount. However, if the Manager is retained and the company continues its operations, the Manager will have to deliver some meaningful returns to investors.  \n\n\n\nNever miss an update\n\n    Enjoy this wire? 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