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Costs charged at vehicle level in connection with third party services such as accounting, secretarial, legal, tax and other advisory costs, which do not fall into another specific cost category such as formation costs, valuation costs, etc.
Source: Global | Date: 23 March 2020 | ID: D0392 | Version: 5
Also known as depository costs, these are charged by a fiduciary entity entrusted with holding and safeguarding securities or assets, deposit transactions and keeping records for institutional clients.
Costs usually charged by third parties concerning work undertaken for acquisition/disposition projects which do not ultimately close. Such costs cannot be capitalised, and thus must be expensed. Services undertaken by the advisor/manager are passed through as an expense.
See definition professional service costs.
Small or infrequent vehicle level costs that are not assigned to another cost category but are classified as a group. These may include other administration costs, statutory costs, etc.
Costs charged by trustees who are responsible for managing the assets owned by a trust for the trust’s beneficiaries. This is most relevant in a REIT structure where trustees act on behalf of all unit holders.
Costs in connection with the external (third party) appraisal of the real estate assets and liabilities owned by the vehicle. Appraisals may be performed routinely or ad-hoc which can be triggered by certain provisions in the vehicle agreement.
Costs related to bookkeeping activities either paid to a 3rd party service provider or the manager/advisor.