ILPA GUIDELINES

The Institutional LPs Association (ILPA) is an organization that focuses on LP advocacy. In 2009 ILPA first published a series of Private Equity Principles with a goal of encouraging discussions between LPs and GPs.3 In January 2011 ILPA released version 2.0 of its Private Equity Principles. The new principles focus on three guiding principles that, as the principles espouse, are essential for a private equity partnership. These principles are:

Additionally, ILPA is leading an effort to create a number of standardized templates to facilitate uniformity and transparency across multiple areas, including capital calls and distribution notices and annual quarterly reporting, as well as portfolio metrics.4