Net return

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• Alpha returnThe return a portfolio earned over and above what CAPM says was required for the market risk it took — the part of performance not explained by the market.
• BenchmarkThe independently published index a scheme's performance is measured against, chosen to match its investment objective, asset allocation and strategy, and disclosed in the Scheme Information Document.
• BetaHow sharply a share moves relative to the market index — beta 1 moves with the index, above 1 amplifies it, below 1 dampens it. The standard measure of systematic risk.
• CAGRThe single smoothed annual rate at which a starting value would have to grow, compounding each year, to reach the ending value over a given period.
• Catch-up RateThe rate at which residual profits go to the manager after investors have received their capital and preferred return, until the manager holds its agreed share of total profits.
• ClawbackAn investor right to recover carried interest already paid to the manager on early successful exits, when later failed investments mean the manager was overpaid across the fund's whole life.