Line itemon a Rs 25L corpus growing 18 percent in year one
Drag . in percent
Gross returnwhat the strategy actually earned that year
+18.00
Management fee . 2 percent on AUMcharged regardless of performance . the fixed line
-2.00
GST 18 percent on management feealways paid . hidden in most one-pagers
-0.36
Performance fee . 20 percent above 10 percent hurdleon net-of-mgmt return . that is 6 percent of the book
-1.20
GST 18 percent on performance feebecause GST applies to every fee line
-0.22
STT . brokerage . exchange charges on turnoverillustrative . varies with rebalance frequency
-0.30
Net return to the investorwhat actually lands in the statement
+13.92
Total fee dragthe gap between brochure and statement
-4.08