Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls…
In which Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes help us brag about the private equity waterfall calculations we recently added to our investment partnership accounting software. It was lemon, lemon difficult, but we found a way to use In the Loop allusions to explain investment tiers and preferred returns. Also, there are bread kittens!
read article…If You Build It, they MAY come. Then Again, they May Go…
In which we use Boy George, Kevin Costner, Sigmund Freud, cooking spoons, and a pretty chart to explain “investor quality” — a metric we’ve developed to help funds analyze their investor pools in order to assess and mitigate risk and attract loyal investors.
read article…The Topsy Turvy World of Master / Feeders
In which we use a kitten playing in a hamster ball to explain why alternative investment funds are chasing their tails crafting “upside down master / feeders” to comply with recent regulatory changes. It is possible to comply with the new laws while preserving tax efficiency for incentive fees – but it ain’t easy.
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