Investment Committee Memo · Waterfalls
Terra Fixed Income Trust, Inc.
Terra Capital Partners · Unknown · Vintage 2011
63
Waterfalls composite LP-favorability score (0–100)
88
LP take (absolute)
62
Pref quality
44
Fee drag
35
GP alignment
42
Timing risk
Key economics
- Preferred return
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- Hurdle rate
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- LP / GP split
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- GP catch-up
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- GP clawback
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- GP commitment
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Diligence findings (10 · 4 high/critical)
- highDDQ gap: Does the fund engage an independent auditor?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Governance). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- highDDQ gap: Does the fund have a GP clawback provision?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Economics). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- highDDQ gap: What is the LP/GP carried-interest split above the preferred return?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Economics). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- highDDQ gap: What is the preferred return (hurdle) rate offered to LPs?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Economics). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- mediumDDQ gap: Does the fund use a third-party fund administrator?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Governance). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- mediumDDQ gap: Is there a GP catch-up, and at what rate?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Economics). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- mediumDDQ gap: What is the GP's capital commitment (skin in the game)?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Economics). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- mediumDDQ gap: What is the target offering size?The offering documents don't answer a standard institutional DDQ question (Structure). An allocator will ask this directly — the GP should be ready with an answer.
- mediumDisposition Fee (3%) is taken above the waterfallA performance- or transaction-linked fee paid above the waterfall reaches the GP before the LP's distribution priorities run, eroding the pool the pref + return-of-capital draw from. Routine asset-management fees above the line are normal; a disposition/promote-flavored fee there is a leak worth pricing.
- mediumNumeric inconsistency — Aggregate par value of all authorized SharesSection 5.1 states the aggregate par value of all authorized shares is $1,500,000, but the EIGHTH recital states $15,000,000 for the identical 1,500,000,000-share capital structure; 1,500,000,000 shares x $.01 par = $15,000,000, so the $1,500,000 figure is wrong by a factor of ten.
DDQ readiness — 31% covered
4 answered · 1 partial · 8 gaps of 13 standard questions.