An Analysis of HBS Case Acme Trust

1. Why is Warburg, Pincus proposing a different fee structure from the standard arrangement?
A five forces analysis of the Private Equity Industry reveals that Warburg is shifting its fee structure to take advantage of limited customer bargaining power from its customers while trying to finance its access to increasingly scarce investment opportunities and deny it to its rivals through a price-war.
Warburg, Pincus is proposing to shift its fee structure by lowering its carried interest from 20 to 15% of any capital gain while rising its management fee from 1 to 1.5% of committed capital.…