22 Management fee
Bouwinvest is the manager and the Statutory Director of the Fund. The management fee paid for the year 2023 amounted to € 5.3 million (2022: € 6.1 million).
In consideration of the management activities with respect to the Fund, Bouwinvest receives an annual management fee equal to 0.45% (exclusive of VAT) (2022: 0.48%) of the Fund’s net asset value in accordance with the valuation methods of the Fund. The management fee is payable quarterly in advance.
During the reporting period, the manager, Bouwinvest, is responsible for five funds of which the Residential Fund, Office Fund and Retail Fund are under supervision of the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM). Bouwinvest also has a separate mandate from bpfBOUW for the management of international real estate investments and manages Bouwinvest Development B.V. and Dutch Social Impact Real Estate Partnership. Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors B.V. charges a management fee to compensate its personnel expenses and other costs (e.g., office costs, IT costs). As Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors B.V. provides key management personnel services as well as other services (e.g. office, IT) for several funds, the management fee cannot objectively be allocated to the various components of services provided to the Fund by Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors B.V. The remuneration, in line with Article 22 of the AIMFD, is disclosed in the annual report 2023 of Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors B.V.