SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-102)

INFORMATION INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(a)

AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. 7)

CIFC CORP.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

12547R105

(CUSIP Number)

Andrew Intrater

DFR Holdings, LLC

c/o Renova U.S. Management LLC

900 Third Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(212) 418-9600

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

July 16, 2014

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.  ¨

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

This Amendment No. 7 on Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 7”) amends and supplements the cover pages and Items 4 and 5 of the statement of beneficial ownership on Schedule 13D, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on January 18, 2011, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on April 15, 2011, Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on December 3, 2103, Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on December 19, 2013, Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on December 31, 2013 and Amendment No. 6 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on June 23, 2014 (the “Schedule 13D”), relating to the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of CIFC Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), filed on June 18, 2010 by and on behalf of (1) DFR Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DFR Holdings”), (2) Bounty Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Bounty”), (3) Santa Maria Overseas Ltd., a Bahamanian company (“Santa Maria”), (4) Mayflower Trust, a Cayman Islands trust (“Mayflower”) and (5) TZ Columbus Services Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation (“TZ” and, together with DFR Holdings, Bounty, Santa Maria and Mayflower, the “Reporting Persons”).

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D. The Schedule 13D is amended on a supplementary basis as follows; all items or responses not described herein, or exhibits not filed herewith, remain as previously reported in, or filed with, the Schedule 13D.

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

On July 12, 2014, the Issuer redeemed the Convertible Notes at a redemption price of $25,099,306 and issued to DFR Holdings 4,132,231 shares of Common Stock. Following the issuance, DFR Holdings owns 18,790,817 shares of Common Stock.

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

(a) As of the date of this Amendment No. 7, DFR Holdings directly holds 18,790,817 shares of Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 74.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.¹ However, DFR Holdings may be deemed to beneficially own 20,790,817 shares of Common Stock, which constitutes approximately 76.7% of the Common Stock as calculated pursuant to Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.² Of these shares of Common Stock, (i) 18,790,817 shares are shares of Common Stock directly held by DFR Holdings and (ii) 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable by the Issuer to DFR Holdings upon exercise of the Warrant held by DFR Holdings.

Due to their relationships with each other and with DFR Holdings, each of Bounty, Santa Maria, Mayflower and TZ may also be deemed to be the beneficial owners of the 20,790,817 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by DFR Holdings.

(b) Each Reporting Person may be deemed to have shared voting power with respect to 20,790,817 shares of Common Stock, including (i) 18,790,817 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock

issuable to DFR Holdings upon exercise of the Warrant. Each Reporting Person may be deemed to have shared dispositive and investment power with respect to 20,790,817 shares of Common Stock, including (i) 18,790,817 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable to DFR Holdings upon exercise of the Warrant. None of the Reporting Persons owns any shares of Common Stock over which it has sole voting, disposition or investment power.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: July 16, 2014

Exhibit 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree that this Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13D relating to the beneficial ownership of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of CIFC Corp. is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of each of them. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Dated: July 16, 2014