Institutional Lp Association

Education - helping members advance their educational and professional development has been central to the mission of ilpa since its founding. The cornerstone of the education platform is the ilpa institute, a world-class program that has been educating and empowering lp professionals in outstanding fashion for nearly a decade. The comprehensive curriculum, designed by lps for lps, is led by seasoned academics, professionals and practitioners with deep subject matter expertise and a passion for private equity education. Ilpa also offers monthly webcasts, in-person workshops at all flagship events and professional development seminars, all which are archived for member use. These offerings are driven by members, who offer insight as to the most pressing topics, and often lead these discussions in a town hall or panel format.

Membership, dia, industry affairs/standards and research/content - from roundtables with leading general partners to dialogue with decision-makers in national centers of governance, ilpa articulates and amplifies the voice of its members in global discussions on transparency, governance and alignment of interests between gps and lps. Ilpa advocates for lps, to ensure that their perspective and that of their beneficiaries are considered in policy making circles as well as in industry practices. In addition to its advocacy work, ilpa is a well-respected source for best practices, tools and standards that benefit the entire private equity industry. Ilpa guidance is produced in consultation with a wide range of industry stakeholders with the goal of ensuring an alignment of economic interests, fair and adequate governance and appropriate disclosures from gps to lps. Ilpa seeks to empower its members through access to data, research and tools, often developed exclusively for the organization's professionals. Through strong relationships with well-respected private equity industry players, ilpa delivers highly valued, private benchmarking data on industry performance as well as complimentary or discounted third-party access to platforms that provide, for example, custom analytics or industry risk calculations. Ilpa sources its content across the industry. Both commissioned and ilpa-authored research is typically made available exclusively to ilpa members while other pieces of research are curated from external sources and distributed to the membership on a complimentary basis.