Fund A has 1.5x Gross MOIC but 30% IRR.
Fund B has 2.0 Gross MOIC but 20% IRR.
Fund B will have a higher carried interest pool. But, I would assume the 30% IRR is due to faster realizations (leading to higher IRR) -- does this potentially lead to faster carry payments under the European waterfall style?
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Assuming the same fund size, obviously the fund with a higher MOIC will have a larger carry pool…
yeah, I just rephrased the question. but the higher IRR likely means faster realizations. So would carry be paid out faster in this case?
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Always focus on MOIC
Higher IRR doesn't mean quicker distributions, it can mean a number of things IRR is easily manipulated. Some GP's have left things on a subscription line for 2-3 years, with current rates it kills net returns but the last few years it was free money. It could also just mean the GP writes things up immediately/aggressively.
If you want to evaluate distributions look at DPI
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