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Management fee

The recurring fee paid to the manager for running the strategy.

Why it matters

It applies before investors compare net performance.

What this means on AltHarbor

Fee rows help explain why share classes and wrappers with similar assets can produce different outcomes.

Product-page application

Use this when reviewing management fee, expense ratio, fee base as mechanic fields. Product surfaces apply the same vocabulary to real fund facts.

Source checklist
  • Check whether the fee is charged on NAV, assets, or another base.
  • Find waivers or expense-support arrangements.
  • Separate manager fee from distribution or servicing charges.
Tooltip / inline use

Check whether the fee is charged on NAV, assets, or another base.

Apply this concept

Definition to source check to tool, controlled example, advisor language, and learning path.

ToolFee Drag Lab

Translate a fee table into the amount of performance consumed by wrapper and distribution economics.

LiveControlled exampleMODEL-BDC-FEE: Model BDC wrapper and share-class economics

Use a controlled BDC scenario to connect wrapper structure, servicing fees, and share-class comparison before discussing performance.

Non-traded BDC / fee stackAdvisor outputSeparate structure, liquidity, fees, valuation, and source proof

Use when turning a product review into a source-backed investment committee note.

Investment committee notesLearning pathEvaluate a first fund

Turn a fund pitch into a source-backed diligence agenda.

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Reference graph packet

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ToolFee Drag Lab

Translate a fee table into the amount of performance consumed by wrapper and distribution economics.

LiveControlled exampleMODEL-BDC-FEE: Model BDC wrapper and share-class economics

Use a controlled BDC scenario to connect wrapper structure, servicing fees, and share-class comparison before discussing performance.

Non-traded BDC / fee stackAdvisor outputSeparate structure, liquidity, fees, valuation, and source proof

Use when turning a product review into a source-backed investment committee note.

Investment committee notesModuleFees: What You Actually Pay in Semi-Liquid Alternative Funds

A plain-English map of management fees, incentive fees, loads, trail fees, leverage costs, and total expense ratios.

FeesModuleBenchmarking and Performance: How to Read Alternative Fund Returns

How to interpret yields, total returns, IRR, MOIC, inception dates, benchmark choices, and fee drag.

PerformanceConceptFee drag

The portion of gross performance consumed by recurring or one-time fund costs before the investor sees net return.

Shared module: FeesConceptShare class

A class of fund shares with its own eligibility, fees, minimums, or channel rules.

Shared module: Fees

Related modules

FeesFees: What You Actually Pay in Semi-Liquid Alternative FundsPerformanceBenchmarking and Performance: How to Read Alternative Fund Returns

Related tools

LiveFee Drag Lab

Related wrappers

This term applies across wrappers or does not belong to a single wrapper row.

Advisor outputs

Leave with language and diligence prompts.

Investment committee notesSeparate structure, liquidity, fees, valuation, and source proof

Review wrapper rights, liquidity capacity, fee layers, valuation inputs, source-document freshness, and manager discretion as separate gates before discussing allocation fit.

Investment committee
Client-safe summary

Management fee is part of the cost structure that can reduce the return a client actually receives.

What to check

Read the fee table by share class and confirm whether performance figures are gross, net, or class-specific.

IC note

Compare the fee against the service or incentive it pays for, then test the compounding effect with the Fee Drag Lab.

Concept graph

Neighboring terms to inspect next.

FeeFee dragShared module: Fees / Shared module: PerformanceAccessShare classShared module: Fees / Shared module: PerformanceFeeServicing feeShared module: Fees / Shared tool: Fee Drag LabFeeIncentive feeShared module: Fees / Shared tool: Fee Drag LabWrapperNon-traded BDCShared module: Fees / Same controlled example: MODEL-BDC-FEEFeeUpfront loadShared module: Fees / Shared module: Performance

Controlled Examples

Use the concept, then inspect the model scenario.

Private CreditMODEL-BDC-FEE
Non-traded BDC / fee stack

Model BDC wrapper and share-class economics

Use a controlled BDC scenario to connect wrapper structure, servicing fees, and share-class comparison before discussing performance.

Open Learn example