Fund of Funds: You're Paying 2-and-20 Twice (Here's When It's Still Worth It)
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    Fund of Funds: You're Paying 2-and-20 Twice (Here's When It's Still Worth It)

    Fund of Funds: You're Paying 2-and-20 Twice (Here's When It's Still Worth It) Put $1 million into a fund of funds and watch a 3.0x gross multiple shrink to 2.3x net over ten years. That's roughly $700,000 in fee drag on...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read
    Fund of Funds Explained: Fees, Returns, and Who Should Use One
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    Fund of Funds Explained: Fees, Returns, and Who Should Use One

    **TL;DR** A Fund of Funds (FoF) is a pooled investment vehicle that buys stakes in other investment funds rather than directly in portfolio companies. You get access to oversubscribed top-tier manager

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read
    Fund of Funds for Accredited Investors: What the Fee Math Really Says
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    Fund of Funds for Accredited Investors: What the Fee Math Really Says

    According to Harris, Jenkinson, Kaplan and Stucke (2018) , A fund of funds (FoF) is a pooled investment vehicle that buys shares in other funds rather than individual companies. You pay two layers of

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read
    Fund of Funds: How the Double-Fee Structure Works and When It Makes Sense
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    Fund of Funds: How the Double-Fee Structure Works and When It Makes Sense

    Fund of Funds: How the Double-Fee Structure Works and When It Makes Sense A fund of funds (FoF) pools your capital and deploys it across 20 to 30 underlying private equity or venture capital funds....

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··12 min read
    Fund of Funds Explained: When Double Fees Make Sense (And When They Don't)
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    Fund of Funds Explained: When Double Fees Make Sense (And When They Don't)

    Put $1 million into a typical private equity fund charging 2% management fees and 20% carried interest. That fund then invests through a fund of funds structure that charges another 1% management fee and 10% carry on...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read