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RM Infrastructure Income PLC
Annual Report & Accounts 2025
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Job No: 104615 Proof Event: 12 Black Line Level: 5 Park Communications Ltd Alpine Way London E6 6LA
Customer: APEX Project Title: RMII Annual Report 2025 T: 0207 055 6500 F: 020 7055 6600
Risks and risk management
Principal and emerging risks and uncertainties
The Board is responsible for the management of risks faced by the
Company and delegates this role to the Audit and Management
Engagement Committee (the “Committee”). The Committee
periodically carries out a robust assessment of principal and emerging
risks and uncertainties and monitors the risks on an ongoing basis.
The Committee considers both the impact and the probability of
each risk occurring and ensures appropriate controls are in place to
reduce risk to an acceptable level. The experience and knowledge of
the Board is invaluable to these discussions, as is advice received from
the Board’s service providers, specifically the AIFM who is responsible
for the risk and portfolio management services and outsources the
portfolio management to the Investment Manager. The Committee has
a dynamic risk matrix in place to help identify key risks in the business
and oversee the effectiveness of internal controls and processes.
During the year under review, the Committee continued to monitor
geopolitical risks as well as risks associated with an orderly managed
wind-down. The Committee continues to review the processes in
place to mitigate risk and ensure that these are appropriate and
proportionate in the current market environment.
The principal and emerging risks, together with a summary of the
processes and internal controls used to manage and mitigate risks
where possible are outlined in the following paragraphs.
(i) Market risks
Inability of the Company’s Investment Manager to realise the
Company’s assets in accordance with the Company’s managed
wind-down
The Investment Manager may struggle to meet its obligation to realise the
Company’s assets in accordance with the Company’s investment policy.
Market sectors
Loans are made to borrowers that operate in different market sectors
each of which will have risks that are specific to that particular market
sector. Idiosyncratic risks coupled with a downward turning market
may increase refinancing risk with actions leading to a loss in value
and recoverability in junior and mezzanine positions.
Valuation
The Company’s approach regarding the valuation of its investments
remains unchanged albeit the methodology to reach said valuation has
become more substantive. Fair value write downs continue to be driven
by market risk and idiosyncratic risk, with idiosyncratic risk relating to
loan specific information which is reflected within specific loan pricing.
Management of risks
The Company has appointed an experienced Investment Manager who
directly sourced loans and advise on the management thereof. The
Company has a portfolio of a wide range of loan types and sectors and
therefore benefits from diversification.
Investment restrictions are primarily applicable as at the time of
investment. Now that the Company is in managed wind-down these
are relatively flexible, giving the Investment Manager the ability to take
advantage of exit opportunities as they arise.
The Investment Manager, AIFM, Brokers and the Board review market
conditions on an ongoing basis.
(ii) Risks associated with meeting the Company’s
investment objective or target dividend yield
The Company’s investment objective is to conduct an orderly
realisation of the assets of the Company, to be effected in a
manner that seeks to achieve a balance between returning cash
to Shareholders promptly and maximising value. The declaration,
payment and amount of any future dividends by the Company will
be subject to the discretion of the Directors and will depend upon,
amongst other things, the Company successfully pursuing the
investment policy and the Company’s earnings, financial position,
cash requirements, level and rate of borrowings and availability of
profit, as well as the provisions of relevant laws or generally accepted
accounting principles from time to time.
Management of risks
The Investment Manager has a clearly defined investment policy and
process which is regularly and rigorously reviewed by the independent
Board of Directors and performance is reviewed at quarterly Board
meetings. The Investment Manager is experienced and has employed
its expertise in making investments in a diversified portfolio of loans.
(iii) Financial risks
The Company’s investment activities expose it to a variety of financial
risks which include liquidity, currency, leverage, interest rate and credit
risks.
Further details on financial risks and the management of those risks
can be found in note 15 to the financial statements.
(iv) Corporate governance and internal control risks
The Company has no employees, and the Directors have all been
appointed on a non-executive basis. The Company must therefore rely
upon the performance of third-party service providers to perform its
executive functions. In particular, the AIFM, the Investment Manager,
the administrator, the Company Secretary and the Registrar, will
perform services that are integral to the Company’s operations and
financial performance.
Poor performance of the above service providers could lead to various
consequences including the loss of the Company’s assets, inadequate
returns to Shareholders and loss of investment trust status. Cyber
security risks could lead to breaches of confidentiality, loss of data
records and inability to make investment decisions.
Management of risks
Each of the above contracts was entered into after full and proper
consideration of the quality and cost of services offered, including the
financial control systems in operation in so far as they relate to the
affairs of the Company. All of the above services are subject to ongoing
oversight of the Board and the performance of the principal service
providers is reviewed on a regular basis. The Company’s key service
providers report periodically to the Board on their procedures to
mitigate the risks associated with their output to the Company.
(v) Regulatory risks
The Company and its operations are subject to laws and regulations
enacted by national and local governments and government policy.
Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations
may be difficult, time-consuming and costly. Any change in the laws,