NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund (the "Fund" or the "High Income Fund", tickers: IIMAX, IIMCX, IIMWX) today announced its seventeenth consecutive regular quarterly distribution, generating an 8.1% current annualized distribution rate1. Shareholders invested for the entire quarter will receive a total distribution of approximately $0.45 per share. Since its inception on June 21, 2022, the Fund has paid approximately $10.67 in total distributions per share.
The Fund continues to strategically diversify its portfolio, maintaining increased allocations to debt positions within the CLO capital structure. We are also monitoring an evolving theme in credit markets that investors have begun to describe as "HALO" (heavy asset, low obsolescence), which favors credit within the real estate sector backed by tangible, long-lived physical assets whose value is durable across market cycles and resistant to technological disruption. We believe this represents an increasingly attractive area of the credit markets, and the Fund's mandate provides the flexibility to evaluate opportunities of this kind where they align with the Fund's income objective.
The Fund currently maintains positions in 104 collateralized loan obligations representing approximately $48.7 billion in aggregate underlying loan value with exposure to over 1,350 underlying senior secured loans across multiple diverse industries (underlying holdings as of 9.30.2026 and are subject to change at any time and should not be considered investment advice). Net assets under management for the High Income Fund are approximately $168 million as of September 30, 2026.
High Income Fund I-Share Net Performance
Returns presented are total net returns. Expressed in percentage terms, the calculation of total return is determined by taking the change in price, reinvesting any income and capital gains distributions during the period, and dividing by the starting price. Returns greater than one year are annualized.
The performance data quoted here represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted above. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information, please call toll-free 1-844-819-8287. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
The total annual fund operating expense ratio excluding all fee waivers or expense reimbursements is 3.81% for Class A share, 4.61% for C share and 3.66% for the I share effective February 1, 2026. The Fund's investment adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or absorb expenses of the fund, at least until January 31, 2027, to ensure that the net annual fund operating expenses will not exceed 2.10% for A share, 2.85% for C share and 1.85% for the I share, subject to possible recoupment from the Fund in future years. In addition to the contractual obligations under its expense limitation agreement, the Adviser, on a purely voluntary basis, covered all of the operating expenses of the Fund and waived its entire management fee from inception until December 31, 2024. The Adviser has continued to waive its incentive fee on a voluntary basis. Such operating expenses and management fees voluntarily paid or waived during this period are not subject to recoupment from the Fund in future years. Without such waiver of fees and payment of expenses by the Adviser, expenses of the Fund would have been higher and the Fund's returns would have been lower.
1 Represents the Q3 2026 distribution rate annualized and divided by NAV as of 9.30.2026. The Fund's distribution policy is to make quarterly distributions to shareholders. The level of quarterly distributions is not fixed and will vary based on performance of the Fund's underlying holdings. This distribution policy is subject to change. The tax characterization of the Fund's distributions is dependent upon several factors, including the tax characterization of the distributions received by the Fund from its underlying investments, which is not known to the Fund at the time of its distribution. The Fund estimates, in accordance with US GAAP, that none of its most recent distribution was attributable to return of capital, however, the characterization of Fund distributions for federal income tax purposes is different from the characterization under US GAAP and the final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions will be made after the end of the year after receipt of the relevant tax information from the Fund's underlying investments. Shareholders should note that any return of capital will reduce the tax basis of their shares and potentially increase the taxable gain, if any, upon disposition of their shares. There is no assurance that the Fund will continue to declare distributions or that they will continue at these rates.
2 The Fund's inception date is June 21, 2022.
Additional information on fund and/or investment performance and the calculations related thereto can be provided upon request.
About Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund
The Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund (the "Fund") is a public, closed-end interval fund that provides individual investors access to a rapidly growing institutional asset class. The Fund's primary investment objective is to generate high current income, while secondarily seeking attractive, long-term risk-adjusted returns, with low correlation to the broader markets. The Fund seeks to accomplish its objectives by investing, directly and indirectly, in private credit through actively managed pools of diversified Senior Secured Loans known as Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs). The Fund has partnered with Clearlake Capital Asset Management, LLC whose management team has overseen the issuance of $40 billion in CLOs since 2001, to serve as sub-advisor to the Fund. An investment in the Fund seeks to provide investors with the following potential benefits across various market cycles. The minimum investment in the Fund is $2,500 ($1,000 for retirement plans) for Class A and C shares. For copies of the Fund's public company filings, please visit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at sec.gov or the Company's website at bluerockfunds.com.
Risk Disclosures
Not FDIC Insured | No Bank Guarantee | May Lose Value
Investing in the Fund involves risks, including the risk that you may receive little or no return on your investment, and that you may lose part or all of your investment. This is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to purchase any security.
Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, sales charges and expenses of the Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund (the "Fund"). This and other important information about the Fund is contained in the prospectus, which can be obtained by visiting bluerock.com/hi-fund/documents. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective depends, in part, on the ability of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor to allocate effectively the assets of the Fund among the various available investment opportunities. There can be no assurance that the actual allocations will be effective in achieving the Fund's investment objective or delivering positive returns. There is no guarantee that the Fund's investment strategies will work under all market conditions. Statements relating to the performance of the Fund contained herein are historical and the Fund's performance subsequent to the date as of which such statements were made may differ materially. Updated performance data for the Fund is available at bluerockfunds.com/hi-fund/performance.
Please note that the performance data relating to various indices included herein is for informational purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. Index performance does not represent actual fund or portfolio performance. Performance of a fund or portfolio may differ significantly from the performance of index holding the same securities. Index performance assumes reinvestment of dividends but does not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or other expenses that would be incurred by a fund or portfolio, or brokerage commissions on transactions in fund shares. Such fees, expenses, and commissions would likely reduce returns.
The Fund is a closed-end interval fund, the shares have no history of public trading, nor is it intended that the shares will be listed on a public exchange at this time. No secondary market is expected to develop for the Fund's shares. Limited liquidity is provided to shareholders only through the Fund's quarterly repurchase offers for no less than 5% of the Fund's shares outstanding at net asset value. There is no guarantee that shareholders will be able to sell all of the shares they desire in a quarterly repurchase offer. Quarterly repurchases by the Fund of its shares typically will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. The sale of securities to fund repurchases could reduce the market price of those securities, which in turn would reduce the Fund's net asset value. The Fund is suitable only for investors who can bear the risks associated with the limited liquidity of the Fund and should be viewed as a long-term investment.
Investors in the Fund should understand that the net asset value ("NAV") of the Fund will fluctuate, which means the value of your shares at any point in time may be worth less than the value of your original investment, even after taking into account any reinvestment of dividends and distributions. An investment in shares represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the Fund.
