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RAP RAP Rule Against Perpetuities

A legal rule that historically limited how long a trust could hold property before…

SLAT SLAT Spousal Lifetime Access Trust

An irrevocable trust funded by one spouse for the benefit of the other, allowing…

GST GST Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax

The Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) tax is an additional federal tax on…

VFO VFO Virtual Family Office

A virtual family office is a coordinated network of independent, outside…

QP QP Qualified Purchaser

A higher securities-law eligibility tier, defined by a specified level of…

NIIT NIIT Net Investment Income Tax

A federal surtax applied to net investment income: such as interest, dividends, and…

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10b5-1 Plan A pre-arranged written trading plan that allows corporate insiders to buy or sell company stock on a set schedule, providing an affirmative defense… Mercati Pubblici

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Accredited Investor A legal eligibility category defined by securities regulators that determines which individuals and entities may participate in certain private… Mercati Privati Advance Rate An advance rate is the percentage of a collateral asset's market value that a lender is willing to extend as a loan, effectively setting the maximum… Mercati Pubblici Agreed Value Coverage A property insurance arrangement in which the insurer and policyholder agree on an asset's value upfront, eliminating any depreciation dispute at the… Banche & Assicurazioni Alpha Alpha is the portion of an investment's return that is attributed to the manager's skill or decisions, after accounting for the return explained by… Mercati Pubblici Alternative Minimum Tax AMT A parallel federal tax system that recalculates income using different rules and rates to ensure high-income taxpayers pay a minimum amount of tax. Fiscalità Annual Exclusion A per-recipient, per-year amount that any individual may give away free of gift tax without touching their lifetime exemption; the amount is set by… Trust & Successioni

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Basis Point bp One one-hundredth of one percentage point, commonly written as "bp" or "bps," used in finance to express small differences in rates, fees, and… Mercati Pubblici Benchmark A benchmark is a standard index or reference portfolio used to measure whether an investment portfolio is performing well or poorly relative to a… Mercati Pubblici Beneficiary A person or entity entitled to receive benefits, income, principal, or both, from a trust, estate, insurance policy, or account. Trust & Successioni Beta Beta measures how sensitively an investment's returns move relative to a reference market, typically expressed as a number where 1.0 means the… Mercati Pubblici Blackout Period A company-imposed window of time during which designated employees and insiders are prohibited from buying or selling company stock, typically… Mercati Pubblici Buffered Note A buffered note is a type of structured note that absorbs the first defined percentage of losses on a reference asset, in exchange for capping the… Mercati Pubblici

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Capital Call A fund manager's formal request requiring investors to transfer a portion of their previously committed, but not yet paid, capital by a specified… Mercati Privati Captive Insurer A captive insurer is a licensed insurance company created and owned by a business or family primarily to insure the risks of its owner, rather than… Banche & Assicurazioni Carried Interest The share of a fund's investment profits paid to the general partner as performance compensation, typically calculated after investors have received… Mercati Privati Charitable Deduction A charitable deduction is the reduction in taxable income or estate allowed when a taxpayer makes a qualifying gift to an eligible nonprofit… Fiscalità Charitable Lead Trust CLT A trust that pays a stream of income to one or more charities for a fixed period, after which the remaining assets pass to family members or other… Trust & Successioni Charitable Remainder Trust CRT A tax-exempt trust that pays income to the grantor or other named beneficiaries for a period, after which the remaining assets pass to one or more… Trust & Successioni Charitable Remainder Unitrust CRUT A Charitable Remainder Unitrust, a CRT variant that pays beneficiaries a fixed percentage of the trust's assets as revalued each year, rather than a… Trust & Successioni Clawback A contractual obligation requiring the general partner to return previously paid carried interest to limited partners if, at the end of the fund's… Mercati Privati Closed-End Fund CEF A closed-end fund (CEF) is a pooled investment vehicle that raises a fixed amount of capital through an initial offering, lists its shares on an… Mercati Pubblici Co-Investment A direct stake in a single deal offered to investors alongside a private fund, often with reduced or waived management fees and carried interest. Mercati Privati Collar A collar is an options strategy that limits both the downside loss and upside gain on a security position by simultaneously purchasing a protective… Mercati Pubblici Collateral (Maintenance) Call A lender's demand that a borrower deposit additional collateral or repay part of a loan because the pledged assets have fallen below the required… Mercati Pubblici Committed Capital The total amount an investor has contractually agreed to provide to a fund, regardless of how much has actually been transferred to date. Mercati Privati Concentrated Position A concentrated position is a single investment, typically one stock or private holding, that represents an outsized share of a family's total net… Mercati Pubblici Consolidated Reporting Consolidated reporting assembles data from all of a family's accounts, custodians, funds, and properties into a single unified view of total wealth… Famiglia & Governance Continuation Fund A new fund vehicle created by a general partner to retain one or more assets beyond a fund's original term, offering existing investors the choice to… Mercati Privati Convexity A measure of how a bond's duration itself changes as interest rates move, capturing the curvature in the price-yield relationship that duration alone… Mercati Pubblici Corpus (Principal) The property, cash, securities, real estate, or other assets, held inside a trust, also called the principal or trust estate, distinct from any… Trust & Successioni Cost Basis Cost basis is the original purchase price of an asset, adjusted for certain events, used to calculate the taxable gain or loss when that asset is… Mercati Pubblici Covered Call A strategy in which an investor who owns shares sells another party the right to buy those shares at a set price, collecting a cash premium in… Mercati Pubblici Credit Spread A credit spread is the additional yield a bond offers above a comparable-maturity government bond, compensating investors for the risk that the… Mercati Pubblici Crummey Power A temporary right granted to a trust beneficiary to withdraw a newly contributed gift, making that contribution eligible for the annual gift tax… Trust & Successioni Custodian A custodian is a financial institution that holds a client's assets for safekeeping, settles trades, and maintains official records of ownership. Famiglia & Governance Cy Pres A legal doctrine allowing courts (or sometimes trustees) to redirect charitable gifts or trust assets to a purpose as close as possible to the… Filantropia

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Day-Count Test A day-count test is any rule that uses the number of days a person is physically present in a jurisdiction as a threshold for determining tax… Fiscalità Decanting The process by which a trustee distributes assets from an existing trust into a new trust with updated or improved terms, using authority granted by… Trust & Successioni Direct Indexing Direct indexing is a strategy in which an investor owns the individual securities that make up an index directly, rather than holding a fund that… Mercati Pubblici Directed Trust A trust structure in which certain decisions, commonly investment management or distribution authority, are formally delegated to named advisors… Trust & Successioni Directors & Officers Insurance D&O Insurance that covers the personal financial liability of individuals serving on a corporate or nonprofit board for decisions made in their official… Banche & Assicurazioni Distribution Cash or securities returned to investors by a fund when it sells an asset, receives income, or otherwise monetizes a holding. Mercati Privati Distribution Standard The language in a trust document that defines when, how much, and for what purposes a trustee may or must distribute assets to beneficiaries. Trust & Successioni Distribution Waterfall The contractual sequence that determines the order and priority in which a private fund distributes cash proceeds among the general partner and… Mercati Privati Distributions to Paid-In DPI A private-fund metric expressing the ratio of cumulative cash distributions returned to investors divided by the total capital they have paid in. Mercati Privati Domestic Asset Protection Trust DAPT A trust established under specific state statutes where the person creating the trust can also be a beneficiary while still receiving some creditor… Trust & Successioni Domicile Domicile is the single jurisdiction a person treats as their permanent, true home, determined by both physical presence and demonstrated intent to… Fiscalità Donor-Advised Fund DAF A charitable giving account held at a sponsoring organization that allows a donor to contribute assets now, receive an immediate tax deduction, and… Filantropia Drawdown Drawdown is the peak-to-trough decline in the value of a portfolio or investment over a specific period, measuring how much was lost from a prior… Mercati Pubblici Drawdown Fund A private fund structure in which committed capital is called by the manager in stages as investments are made, rather than collected upfront in a… Mercati Privati Dry Powder Capital that has been committed to a fund but not yet deployed into actual investments, held in reserve awaiting suitable opportunities. Mercati Privati Due Diligence Questionnaire DDQ A standardized document that investment managers complete so allocators can systematically evaluate a firm's operations, risk controls, and… Mercati Privati Duration A measure of a bond's price sensitivity to interest-rate changes, expressed in years, indicating how much a bond's price will rise or fall when rates… Mercati Pubblici Dynasty Trust A long-duration trust, often designed to last for multiple generations or indefinitely, structured to keep assets outside beneficiaries' taxable… Trust & Successioni

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Estate Tax A federal (and sometimes state) tax levied on the total value of a deceased person's taxable estate before assets are distributed to heirs. Trust & Successioni Estimated Taxes Estimated taxes are quarterly payments made directly to tax authorities by individuals whose income is not fully covered by withholding, allowing tax… Fiscalità Evergreen Fund An open-ended private investment vehicle with no fixed termination date, allowing investors to subscribe and redeem periodically rather than… Mercati Privati Excess Liability Insurance that provides additional coverage limits directly above a specific underlying policy, without necessarily broadening the categories of risk… Banche & Assicurazioni Exchange Fund A private partnership that allows multiple investors to contribute appreciated shares and receive diversified fund interests in return, potentially… Mercati Pubblici Exchange-Traded Fund ETF An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a pooled investment vehicle that holds a basket of securities and trades on a stock exchange throughout the day like… Mercati Pubblici Exit Tax An exit tax is a deemed-sale tax imposed when certain individuals relinquish U.S. citizenship or long-term permanent residency, treating their… Fiscalità Expenditure Responsibility The oversight regime under U.S. tax law requiring private foundations to monitor, control, and report on grants made to organizations that are not… Filantropia Expense Ratio An expense ratio is the annual cost of owning a fund, expressed as a percentage of assets, covering management fees and operating expenses charged… Mercati Pubblici

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Family Assembly A formal, recurring gathering of all family members, across branches and generations, convened to discuss shared values, wealth matters, and… Famiglia & Governance Family Bank An internal lending structure through which a family provides loans to members for business ventures, education, or other purposes under formally… Famiglia & Governance Family Constitution A family constitution is a written document that articulates a family's shared values, governance structures, decision-making rules, and expectations… Famiglia & Governance Family Council A family council is a representative governing body composed of family members that provides a forum for collective decision-making, communication… Famiglia & Governance Family Office A family office is an organization, or coordinated set of services, dedicated to managing the financial, administrative, and sometimes personal… Famiglia & Governance FBAR / FATCA / CRS FBAR, FATCA, and CRS are three overlapping international account-transparency regimes requiring disclosure of foreign financial accounts and assets… Fiscalità Fee Offset A contractual provision in private fund agreements that credits fees a fund manager earns from portfolio companies against the management fee charged… Mercati Privati Fiduciary Duty A legal and ethical obligation requiring one party to act solely in another's best interest, with loyalty and prudence, when entrusted with authority… Trust & Successioni Fraudulent Transfer A transfer of assets made with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors, which courts can reverse and return those assets to the creditor's… Trust & Successioni

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General Obligation Bond GO A general obligation bond is a municipal debt security backed by the full taxing power of the issuing government, rather than by revenues from a… Mercati Pubblici General Partner GP The managing entity of a private fund, typically abbreviated GP, that makes investment decisions, bears legal responsibility for the partnership, and… Mercati Privati Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax GST The Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) tax is an additional federal tax on transfers, by gift or at death, made to recipients who are two or more… Trust & Successioni Gift Tax A federal tax on transfers of property from one person to another during the giver's lifetime, designed to prevent avoidance of the estate tax… Trust & Successioni GP Catch-Up A distribution tier in a private fund where the general partner receives a disproportionately large share of profits until it has caught up to its… Mercati Privati GP Commitment A GP commitment is the amount of their own capital that a fund's general partner invests alongside limited partners, aligning the manager's financial… Mercati Privati Grantor (Settlor) The individual who creates a trust, contributes assets to it, and establishes its terms, sometimes called the settlor or trustor. Trust & Successioni Grantor Retained Annuity Trust GRAT An irrevocable trust in which the grantor receives fixed annuity payments for a set term, and any remaining assets pass to beneficiaries potentially… Trust & Successioni Grantor Trust Status A tax classification in which the person who created a trust, the grantor, is treated as the owner of trust assets for income-tax purposes and must… Trust & Successioni

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HEMS Standard HEMS A trustee distribution standard limiting payouts to a beneficiary's health, education, maintenance, and support: an IRS-recognized phrase that also… Trust & Successioni High Yield High-yield bonds are debt securities rated below investment grade by credit-rating agencies, offering higher interest payments to compensate… Mercati Pubblici Human Capital of the Family The collective knowledge, skills, health, relationships, and productive capacity of family members, viewed as a form of wealth alongside financial… Famiglia & Governance

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Incentive Stock Options ISO A type of employee stock option that receives preferential tax treatment under federal law, with no ordinary income tax at exercise, but with… Fiscalità Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust IDGT An irrevocable trust deliberately structured so that assets leave the grantor's estate for transfer-tax purposes while the grantor remains… Trust & Successioni Internal Rate of Return IRR The annualized discount rate that makes a series of cash inflows and outflows break even in present value terms, commonly used to express… Mercati Privati Interval Fund A registered investment fund that allows redemptions only during periodic windows, typically quarterly, rather than on demand, enabling the fund to… Mercati Privati Intestacy The legal condition of dying without a valid will, causing the state's default inheritance laws, not the deceased's wishes, to determine who receives… Trust & Successioni Investment Committee A formal body of individuals, family members, advisors, or both, given defined authority to make or oversee investment decisions on behalf of a… Famiglia & Governance Investment Grade IG Investment grade (IG) describes bonds rated by recognized credit-rating agencies within the higher-quality tiers, indicating a relatively lower… Mercati Pubblici Investment Policy Statement IPS An investment policy statement is a written document that establishes a portfolio's objectives, risk parameters, asset allocation guidelines, and… Famiglia & Governance Investor Control Doctrine A tax doctrine holding that if a life insurance policyholder exercises sufficient direct control over the specific assets inside the policy's… Banche & Assicurazioni Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust ILIT An irrevocable trust that owns a life insurance policy so that the death benefit is excluded from the insured's taxable estate. Trust & Successioni Irrevocable Trust A trust that, once established, generally cannot be changed or revoked by the grantor, trading control for potential tax and asset-protection… Trust & Successioni

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J-Curve The pattern in private fund investing where early cash outflows and fees produce negative returns before later gains push performance into positive… Mercati Privati

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Key-Person Provision A key-person provision is a fund clause that triggers a suspension of new investments (and potentially allows limited partners to exit) if specified… Mercati Privati Know Your Customer KYC A legally required process by which banks and financial institutions verify a customer's identity, source of wealth, and risk profile before and… Banche & Assicurazioni

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Letter of Wishes A non-binding written document in which a person or trust settlor communicates personal preferences and context to trustees, without creating legal… Trust & Successioni Lifetime Exemption The cumulative amount a person may transfer by gift during life or bequest at death, combined, before federal transfer taxes apply; the amount is set… Trust & Successioni Limited Partner LP A limited partner is an investor in a private fund who contributes capital, shares in profits and losses, and enjoys liability limited to their… Mercati Privati Limited Partnership Agreement LPA A Limited Partnership Agreement is the governing legal contract of a private fund that defines the rights, obligations, economics, and rules binding… Mercati Privati Lock-Up A defined period, stated in a fund's governing documents, during which an investor may not request any redemption of their capital. Mercati Privati Loss Carryforward An unused tax loss from one year that tax rules allow a taxpayer to apply against gains or income in a future tax year. Fiscalità

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Management Fee An annual fee charged by a private fund manager, calculated as a percentage of committed or invested capital, covering the fund's operating costs. Mercati Privati Margin Loan A margin loan is a loan from a broker-dealer to an account holder, secured by securities in a brokerage account and governed by federal margin… Mercati Pubblici Minimum Distribution (Foundations) The legal obligation requiring private foundations to distribute a minimum percentage of their assets annually for charitable purposes, as defined by… Filantropia Mission-Related Investment MRI A mission-related investment is a market-rate or near-market-rate investment made from a foundation's endowment that is intentionally aligned with… Filantropia Most Favored Nation Clause MFN A Most Favored Nation clause is a contractual right that entitles an investor to elect any more favorable terms granted to other investors in the… Mercati Privati Multi-Family Office MFO A multi-family office is a professional firm that delivers family-office-style services: investment oversight, tax coordination, estate planning… Famiglia & Governance Multiple on Invested Capital MOIC A simple ratio expressing total value returned or expected from an investment divided by the total capital invested, without regard to how long that… Mercati Privati

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Net Asset Value NAV Net Asset Value (NAV) is the estimated total value of a fund's or portfolio's assets minus its liabilities, representing the per-share or aggregate… Mercati Privati Net Investment Income Tax NIIT A federal surtax applied to net investment income: such as interest, dividends, and capital gains, for taxpayers whose income exceeds certain… Fiscalità

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Outsourced Chief Investment Officer OCIO An Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) is a firm or individual hired to assume day-to-day portfolio management responsibilities while the… Famiglia & Governance

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Pass-Through Entity A pass-through entity is a business structure that pays no federal income tax itself; instead, profits and losses flow to owners and are taxed on… Fiscalità Passive Foreign Investment Company PFIC A Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) is a foreign corporation meeting certain income or asset tests, subject to a punitive U.S. tax regime… Fiscalità Portability A federal estate-tax rule allowing a surviving spouse to claim any unused portion of a deceased spouse's lifetime exemption, effectively combining… Trust & Successioni Pour-Over Will A will that automatically directs any assets left outside a trust at death into that trust, ensuring the trust's terms govern their ultimate… Trust & Successioni Power of Appointment A legal right granted in a trust or will allowing a designated person to direct who ultimately receives specific property or trust assets. Trust & Successioni Preferred Return A minimum annual return that limited partners must receive on their capital before a fund manager begins earning carried interest, also called a… Mercati Privati Premium / Discount to NAV Premium or discount to NAV describes whether a fund's market price trades above (premium) or below (discount) the per-share value of the assets it… Mercati Pubblici Private Bank A financial institution or dedicated division of a larger bank that provides integrated banking, lending, investment, and advisory services… Banche & Assicurazioni Private Foundation A tax-exempt charitable organization established and controlled by a family or individual, funded by private contributions, and required by law to… Filantropia Private Placement Life Insurance PPLI Private Placement Life Insurance (PPLI) is a variable life insurance contract issued in a private, non-registered offering that allows the… Banche & Assicurazioni Private Placement Memorandum PPM A Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) is the primary disclosure document for a privately offered security, describing the investment, its risks… Mercati Privati Probate The court-supervised legal process by which a deceased person's will is validated, debts are settled, and remaining assets are distributed to heirs. Trust & Successioni Program-Related Investment PRI A program-related investment is a foundation's concessionary loan, equity stake, or guarantee made primarily to advance charitable purposes rather… Filantropia Protective Put A protective put is an options contract purchased on a security already owned, granting the right to sell that security at a specified price, thereby… Mercati Pubblici Public Market Equivalent PME A method of benchmarking a private fund's performance by replicating its cash flows in a public market index, enabling a like-for-like return… Mercati Privati

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Qualified Personal Residence Trust QPRT A trust into which a homeowner transfers a personal residence at a reduced gift-tax value, retaining the right to live there for a fixed number of… Trust & Successioni Qualified Purchaser QP A higher securities-law eligibility tier, defined by a specified level of investable assets, that opens access to certain private funds not available… Mercati Privati Qualified Small Business Stock QSBS Stock in a qualifying C-corporation that, if held long enough and meeting specific requirements, may allow shareholders to exclude a substantial… Fiscalità

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Rebalancing Rebalancing is the disciplined process of buying and selling portfolio holdings to restore the asset mix back to its original or target policy… Mercati Pubblici Reciprocal Trust Doctrine A legal rule that can cause courts to "uncross" two mirror-image trusts created by spouses or partners, effectively treating each grantor as owning… Trust & Successioni Redemption Gate A contractual provision in a fund's governing documents that limits the total percentage of investor capital that may be withdrawn during any single… Mercati Privati Residual Value to Paid-In RVPI A private-fund metric expressing the ratio of the net asset value of unrealized investments still held by the fund to the total capital investors… Mercati Privati Restricted and Control Stock Shares of a company that cannot be freely sold or transferred until specific conditions, such as a vesting schedule or regulatory holding period… Mercati Pubblici Revenue Bond A revenue bond is a municipal security whose principal and interest are repaid solely from the income generated by a specific project or facility… Mercati Pubblici Revocable Trust A legal arrangement in which the person who creates the trust retains full power to amend, revoke, or dissolve it at any time during their lifetime. Trust & Successioni Rule 144 An SEC safe-harbor rule that defines the specific conditions under which holders of restricted or control stock may sell those shares into the public… Mercati Pubblici Rule Against Perpetuities RAP A legal rule that historically limited how long a trust could hold property before it had to terminate and distribute assets to beneficiaries. Trust & Successioni

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Safe Harbor (Estimated Tax) The estimated-tax safe harbor is a set of IRS rules under which a taxpayer avoids underpayment penalties if total estimated payments and withholding… Fiscalità Schedule K-1 K-1 A Schedule K-1 is the annual tax form a partnership, S corporation, or trust issues to each owner, reporting that owner's share of income… Fiscalità Scheduled Valuables A policy endorsement or separate policy that lists specific high-value items, art, jewelry, watches, wine, collectibles, individually, each with its… Banche & Assicurazioni Secondaries The purchase of an existing stake in a private fund or portfolio of fund stakes from another investor, rather than committing capital at the fund's… Mercati Privati Section 7520 Rate The Section 7520 rate is the IRS-published monthly interest rate used to value annuities, income interests, and remainder interests in trusts for… Trust & Successioni Section 754 Election A Section 754 election allows a partnership to adjust the tax basis of its assets when a partnership interest is sold or a partner dies, aligning… Fiscalità Securities-Based Line of Credit SBLOC A securities-based line of credit (SBLOC) is a revolving loan extended by a lender using a borrower's investment portfolio as collateral, outside the… Mercati Pubblici Self-Dealing A category of transactions between a private foundation and its disqualified persons, typically insiders, that federal law prohibits or strictly… Filantropia Self-Insurance Self-insurance is the deliberate decision to retain a financial risk internally, absorbing potential losses from one's own resources, rather than… Banche & Assicurazioni Separately Managed Account SMA A separately managed account (SMA) is a professionally managed investment portfolio in which the client directly owns each individual security… Mercati Pubblici Sharpe Ratio The Sharpe ratio measures the return an investment delivered above a risk-free rate, divided by the volatility of those returns, expressing how much… Mercati Pubblici Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves A piece of multigenerational folklore warning that family wealth created in one generation is often dissipated by the third, expressed in similar… Famiglia & Governance Side Letter A side letter is a private bilateral agreement between a fund manager and a specific investor that grants that investor terms, such as fee discounts… Mercati Privati Side Pocket A separate accounting sleeve within a fund that isolates a specific illiquid or hard-to-value investment from the main portfolio, limiting… Mercati Privati Single-Family Office SFO A single-family office is a private organization owned and operated by one family solely to manage that family's wealth, affairs, and legacy. Famiglia & Governance Situs The legal jurisdiction, typically a U.S. state or foreign country, whose laws govern a trust's administration, validity, and taxation. Trust & Successioni Spendthrift Clause A trust provision that prevents a beneficiary from voluntarily transferring their interest and blocks creditors from reaching trust assets before a… Trust & Successioni Spousal Lifetime Access Trust SLAT An irrevocable trust funded by one spouse for the benefit of the other, allowing the gifting spouse to remove assets from their estate while… Trust & Successioni Statutory Residency Statutory residency is a legal status imposed by a state's tax code when a person meets a defined formula, typically days present plus a permanent… Fiscalità Step-Up in Basis A reset of an inherited asset's cost basis to its fair market value at the original owner's date of death, potentially eliminating capital gains tax… Trust & Successioni Stewardship The philosophy that current holders of family wealth are caretakers of resources intended to benefit future generations, not simply owners free to… Famiglia & Governance Structured Note A structured note is a debt security issued by a financial institution whose repayment terms are linked to the performance of an underlying asset… Mercati Pubblici Subscription Credit Line A short-term credit facility borrowed by a private fund against investors' unfunded commitments, used to deploy capital quickly before formal capital… Mercati Privati

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Tax-Equivalent Yield TEY Tax-equivalent yield is the pretax return a taxable bond must offer to produce the same after-tax income as a tax-exempt bond for an investor at a… Mercati Pubblici Tax-Loss Harvesting TLH Tax-loss harvesting (TLH) is the practice of selling a security at a loss to generate a realized capital loss that can offset taxable capital gains… Mercati Pubblici Total Value to Paid-In TVPI A private-fund performance ratio calculated by dividing the sum of all distributions and remaining net asset value by the total capital investors… Mercati Privati Treasury Bill T-bill A Treasury bill is a short-term U.S. government debt obligation, maturing in one year or less, sold at a discount to face value and redeemed at full… Mercati Pubblici Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities TIPS Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities are U.S. government bonds whose principal value is adjusted periodically in line with a government inflation… Mercati Pubblici Trust Protector A person or entity appointed in a trust document with defined powers to oversee, modify, or intervene in the trust's administration independently of… Trust & Successioni Trustee The individual or institution legally responsible for holding, managing, and distributing trust assets according to the trust document and applicable… Trust & Successioni

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Umbrella Liability Policy A personal liability insurance policy that pays claims exceeding the limits of underlying home, auto, or other primary policies, up to a much higher… Banche & Assicurazioni Unrelated Business Taxable Income UBTI Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI) is income earned by a tax-exempt account, such as an IRA or charitable trust, from an active business or… Fiscalità

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Vintage Year The calendar year in which a private fund begins making its first investments or drawing capital from investors, used as the primary basis for… Mercati Privati Virtual Family Office VFO A virtual family office is a coordinated network of independent, outside specialists: attorneys, investment advisers, accountants, and others… Famiglia & Governance Volatility Volatility measures how widely and rapidly an investment's returns fluctuate over time, most commonly expressed as the annualized standard deviation… Mercati Pubblici

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Wash Sale A wash sale occurs when an investor sells a security at a loss and repurchases the same or a substantially identical security within thirty days… Mercati Pubblici

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Yield Curve The yield curve is a visual representation of the interest rates available on bonds of the same credit quality across a range of maturities, from… Mercati Pubblici Yield to Maturity YTM Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total annualized return a bond investor would earn if the bond is held until it matures and every promised payment is… Mercati Pubblici