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Fund-Level Modeling and Fee Structures

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Key Takeaways

  • Funds have investment periods (3-4 years, deploying capital) and harvest periods (3-6 years, selling assets).
  • European-style waterfalls are more LP-friendly (return all capital before carry); American-style pays carry deal-by-deal.
  • Fund-level IRR is always lower than property-level IRR due to fees, carry, and uninvested capital drag.
  • Capital recycling provisions effectively increase fund deployment capacity during the investment period.
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Test Your Knowledge

1.During a fund's investment period, management fees are typically calculated on what base?

2.What is the difference between European and American waterfall styles?

3.What is uninvested capital drag in fund-level modeling?