Assets under management (AUM)

Assets under management (AUM) is the total market value of the assets a fund or manager manages on behalf of investors. It is the base on which management fees are charged and the main measure of a fund's scale.

AUM rises with performance and subscriptions and falls with losses and redemptions. Allocators use it to judge whether a fund is large enough to be operationally stable and small enough for the strategy to remain nimble. Fee minimums from service providers make funds below a certain AUM uneconomic, which is the sub-scale problem emerging managers face.

A manager's total AUM may span several funds and managed accounts; fund AUM refers to a single vehicle.

Why this matters for POD

POD's Startup Manager tier launches from US$1 million of AUM and the Emerging Manager tier from US$25 million, with platform fees that scale with AUM and no fixed minimums.

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The fixed annual fee paid to the manager as a percentage of net assets, charged whether or not the fund makes money.
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A manager early in running a fund business, usually with a short track record and sub-scale assets.
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Net asset value (NAV)
A fund's assets minus liabilities at a valuation point. Divided by shares in issue, it sets the dealing price.
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