Development profit expressed as a percentage of total project cost; a headline appraisal metric developers in Egypt and the Gulf use to test a scheme's viability.
Related terms
- Promote / carried interest
The sponsor's outsized share of profits above the hurdle (often 20%), earned for generating returns rather than for contributing capital; the GP's main upside.
- Recycling of capital
A fund provision allowing proceeds from early exits to be reinvested rather than distributed, increasing the capital effectively put to work during the investm…
- REIT
Real Estate Investment Trust - a vehicle that owns income property and distributes most profits.
- Reversionary yield
The yield an asset would produce once rents revert to current market levels.
- Risk-adjusted return
A return measure that accounts for the amount of risk taken to achieve it.
- Rule of 72
A shortcut for estimating how long an investment takes to double: divide 72 by the annual return rate — an 8% return roughly doubles capital in nine years.
- Scenario analysis
Modelling distinct combinations of assumptions (base, upside, downside) rather than a single line.
- Sensitivity analysis
Testing how an outcome changes as key assumptions vary, essential where data is uncertain.