Alternative Investments Flashcards

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Cap rate

A

= NOI/value
= discount rate - growth rate

Only applied to first-year NOI

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Net operating income for a property

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Rental income, if fully occupied
+ other income
- vacancy and collection loss
- operating expense

Excludes financing costs and taxes

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Income approach - direct capitalization method

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Apply cap rate to first year NOI

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Income approach - DCF method

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Determine PV of future cash flows using discount rate and PV of terminal value

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Cost approach

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Replacement cost of land and building, less depreciation and curable problems (economically sensible)

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5
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Sales comparison approach

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  • Use comps to make adjustments

- Take an average

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6
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Funds from operations (FFO)

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Accounting net earnings
+ depreciation expense
+ deferred tax expenses
-/+ gains/losses from sales of property and debt restructuring

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Adjusted funds from operations

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FFO

  • non-cash rent adjustment
  • recurring maintenance-type capital expenditures and leasing commissions
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8
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Advantage of AFFO

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Considers capital expenditures to sustain property’s economic value

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9
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VC ownership %

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(Investment)/(PV of exit value)

OR

(FV of investment)/(exit value)

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10
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Recommended return metric for private equity

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IRR (net IRR for LPs)

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11
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Number of shares issued to the VC

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Founder’s shares*[f/(1-f)]

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Price per VC share

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Investment/(# of VC shares)

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13
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Adjusted discount rate for probability of failure

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(1+r)/(1-q) - 1

r = unadjusted discount rate
q = probability of failure in a year
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14
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Arbitrage based hedge fund strategy

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  • profit from security mispricings while matching short exposure to long exposure
  • highest Sharpe ratio
  • low standard deviation of net returns
  • perform well in stable periods (negative skewness and fat tails)
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15
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Convertible bond arbitrage hedge fund strategy

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  • long convertible bond and short underlying equity

- performs well when volatility is increasing and credit spreads are tightening

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Equity market neutral hedge fund strategy

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Long and short equities with zero beta exposure

17
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Event driven hedge fund strategy

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  • based on expected outcome of specific events

- includes investing in distressed debt

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Risk/merger arbitrage hedge fund strategy

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Focused on differences between target’s merger price and market price with the expectation of the completion of the merger

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Fixed income arbitrage hedge fund strategy

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  • short high quality bonds and go long low quality bonds

- spread provides income if spreads remain the same or tighten and liquidity is available

20
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Medium volatility hedge fund strategy

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Long and short with net long positions

21
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Global macro hedge fund strategy

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Broad market bets on indices, currencies, commodities and other asset classes

22
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Long-short equity hedge fund strategy

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Long and short equities with flexibility to adjust beta exposures

23
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Managed futures hedge fund strategy

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  • speculate in futures

- offers diversification and hedging benefits as part of a portfolio