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RiverNorth Capital & Income Fund, Inc.

RiverNorth Capital & Income Fund executes a tactical closed-end fund arbitrage strategy advised by Patrick Galley's RiverNorth Capital Management.

RiverNorth Capital & Income Fund, Inc.

RiverNorth Capital & Income Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company structured under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The fund is managed by RiverNorth Capital Management, LLC, a West Palm Beach-based institutional investment manager founded in 2000 that specializes in opportunistic strategies in closed-end funds and specialty finance. The firm manages multiple registered funds, interval funds, and private vehicles alongside this publicly traded vehicle, which launched as part of a broader capital-raising effort to give retail and institutional investors access to the closed-end fund arbitrage and structured credit strategies historically reserved for private mandates. The core strategy deploys capital into discounted closed-end funds, business development companies (BDCs), and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), seeking to capture alpha through mean-reversion trades and the narrowing of net asset value discounts. The adviser's approach is fundamentally opportunistic, reallocating across the capital structure based on prevailing spreads and market dislocations. Historical allocation reports show the fund holding positions in other RiverNorth-managed interval funds, external credit-focused closed-end funds, and pre-merger SPACs, creating a multi-layered portfolio that can shift as pricing inefficiencies emerge. The strategy is global in mandate, though disclosures suggest a concentration in North American-listed securities. The adviser, RiverNorth Capital Management, reported roughly $4.7 billion in assets under management across all vehicles as of early 2024 (per public record, SEC filings). The firm is led by Patrick Galley as Chief Investment Officer, with Brian Schmucker and Stephen O'Neill serving as co-portfolio managers for the Capital & Income Fund. In addition to the traded closed-end fund, the manager operates the RiverNorth Opportunities Fund and several other interval and tender-offer funds, creating a platform that spans liquid and semi-liquid structures. The Capital & Income Fund distributes a managed distribution policy, with quarterly distributions that reflect both net investment income and capital gains generated by the discount-capture strategy. The structural differentiator for the Capital & Income Fund is its collective-arbitrage architecture: rather than originating direct loans or taking operating-company risk, the fund invests in other funds and vehicles that themselves hold underlying credit assets. This creates a levered play on the manager's ability to time discounts and premiums across a complex universe of investment-company securities. The adviser's dedicated closed-end fund trading desk provides analytical edge, systematically screening for dislocations that generalist allocators overlook. The structure introduces reputational complexity — the fund can and does invest in vehicles managed by its own adviser, a practice disclosed in regulatory filings and governed by 1940 Act compliance procedures.

General information

Firm type

Asset Manager

Year founded

AUM

Undisclosed

Location

Region

North America

Country

United States

City

West Palm Beach

Corporate office

West Palm Beach, FL, United States

Sector focus

Closed-End FundsStructured CreditSpecial Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)

Frequently asked questions

How does the RiverNorth Capital & Income Fund generate returns?

The fund generates returns by opportunistically allocating capital across discounted closed-end funds, business development companies, and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). The manager's core strategy focuses on capturing the spread between market price and net asset value (NAV) when discounts widen beyond historical norms, then exiting as the discount narrows. This is supplemented by income from underlying portfolio distributions and, in the case of SPAC positions, the yield earned on trust accounts plus potential upside from merger announcements.

Who runs the day-to-day portfolio management?

Patrick Galley serves as Chief Investment Officer of RiverNorth Capital Management, with Brian Schmucker and Stephen O'Neill named as co-portfolio managers on the Capital & Income Fund. The three operate as part of a broader investment team at the adviser, which has specialized in closed-end fund and specialty finance strategies since the firm's founding in 2000. Galley has been with RiverNorth since its inception and built the institutional research infrastructure that underpins the discount-capture methodology.

Does the fund invest in vehicles managed by its own adviser?

Yes, the Capital & Income Fund's public disclosures confirm it may hold positions in other RiverNorth-managed interval funds and tender-offer vehicles. This is disclosed in SEC filings and governed by compliance procedures under the Investment Company Act of 1940, including oversight by the fund's independent board of trustees and adherence to cross-investment limits and fee-waiver agreements designed to prevent double-charging.

How liquid is an investment in the Capital & Income Fund?

As a publicly traded closed-end fund, shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker RIV and trade throughout the day at market-determined prices. Investors enter and exit by buying or selling shares on the secondary market, rather than redeeming with the fund itself. This means the exit price is governed by market demand rather than NAV, a feature that can introduce meaningful discounts or premiums to underlying asset value depending on sector sentiment.

What is the fund's distribution policy?

The fund operates a managed distribution policy, paying quarterly distributions that are intended to provide a steady income stream to shareholders. The distributions are funded from net investment income earned on underlying portfolio holdings and from realized capital gains. Because the policy targets a consistent quarterly amount, a portion of any given distribution may represent a return of capital in periods when income and gains fall short, a detail the fund discloses in its Section 19(a) notices.

What types of market environments favor this strategy?

The strategy historically performs best during periods of elevated volatility and dislocated credit markets, when closed-end fund discounts widen to extremes and SPAC trust discounts offer elevated yields. Mean-reversion trades — buying at wide discounts and selling at normal or premium levels — account for a meaningful portion of returns. Conversely, extended periods of tight discounts and low volatility compress the opportunity set, reducing the alpha potential of the discount-capture model.

How does the fixed-income portion of the portfolio work?

The fund accesses fixed-income exposure primarily through allocations to credit-focused closed-end funds and business development companies that hold portfolios of leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, and structured credit. Rather than purchasing individual bonds directly, the manager exploits pricing inefficiencies in the investment-company wrapper, capturing both the underlying credit carry and the discount-narrowing trade. This indirect approach gives the fund diversified credit exposure without the operational complexity of a direct origination platform.

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