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A sponsor does a dividend recap in year 2 of a 5-year hold. What happens to IRR vs. MOIC, and why?

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IRR improves; MOIC is roughly unchanged (and can even slip). MOIC counts total dollars out over dollars in, so shifting $200 of proceeds from the year-5 exit to a year-2 dividend doesn't change the…

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