Principal alignment and fee preservation
content(financial-model): cross-link the escrowed-stake mechanism to its existing, correctly-sourced instantiation
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The result is a fee structure in which the manager's income is partially indepen In the Direct-Hold Solutions, Woodfine is not to receive cash management fees based on assets under management. Developer compensation is intended to be taken as Equity-Based Compensation: Investment Units in the vehicle, issued in lieu of cash carried interest. Those units are to be held in trust until investors' initial capital has been fully returned. Issuance is contingent on the closing of an offering of units, which has not yet occurred. The consequence of this structure is a 1:1 alignment between the developer and the investors at the level of the vehicle's equity. The developer's economic profit is designed as an ownership stake in the same asset that investors hold — subject to the same market conditions, income performance, and distribution timing — rather than a cash extraction from the vehicle's income stream. Until the investors who contributed the initial equity capital have received that capital back in full, the developer's units are to remain in trust and are not to participate in distributions. The developer's compensation is intended to be contingent on the same outcome that investors are seeking. The consequence of this structure is a 1:1 alignment between the developer and the investors at the level of the vehicle's equity. The developer's economic profit is designed as an ownership stake in the same asset that investors hold — subject to the same market conditions, income performance, and distribution timing — rather than a cash extraction from the vehicle's income stream. Until the investors who contributed the initial equity capital have received that capital back in full, the developer's units are to remain in trust and are not to participate in distributions. In the established Canada vehicle, this is the escrow mechanism described in [[professional-centres-canada-lp-structure|Professional Centres Canada LP's structure article]]: the promoter's minority equity interest is held in escrow through a special-purpose subsidiary, with voting rights retained but the units not freely disposable until that same capital-recovery condition is met. The developer's compensation is intended to be contingent on the same outcome that investors are seeking. ### Retained Equity as structural reserve @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ The term "preserved fees" refers to the overhead contribution that is available - [[narrow-bank-financial-model]] — the financial model the fee structure operates within - [[investment-units]] — the unit mechanics behind the Gross Funded Value fee base - [[tripartite-management-structure]] — the management structure whose independent Asset Manager leg the preserved fee pool compensates - [[professional-centres-canada-lp-structure|Professional Centres Canada LP — Direct-Hold Solution Structure]] — the escrow mechanics for this alignment structure in the established Canada vehicle