Sponsor Commitment

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

• AlphaThe return a fund earned above what its beta and the benchmark say it should have earned — the slice of performance left over once the market has been given credit for its share.
• 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.
• Blind poolA fund in which investors commit capital to the pool rather than to named deals — the manager chooses the investments afterwards, which is why the subscription agreement must settle everything in advance.
• Catch up clauseThe waterfall step that pays the manager a set share — often 100% — of the profit left after investors receive their capital and hurdle, until the manager reaches its agreed share of total profit.
• 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.
• Category III AIFThe AIF category for funds running diverse or complex trading strategies with leverage — hedge funds and their kin — and the only category denied tax pass-through status.