Definition for : Management fee
A periodic fee paid by a Subsidiary to its mother company to remunerate some services like strategic, financial, accounting, legal or more generally management assistance.A periodic fee paid by Investors of a fund to the managers of the said fund to remunerate their management (asset picking, administrative costs,etc). Generally a percentage of Assets under management.
(See Chapter 26 Value and corporate finance of the Vernimmen)
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