It’s an Investor’s Market Now. Model LPAs Give New Managers an Edge.

Todd Boudreau authored an article for Private Funds CEO that explains how ILPA’s model LPAs can give emerging managers an edge in a highly competitive market, helping to attract new relationships and reduce the cost and complexities of negotiation.

“The current market is rife with opportunities for emerging managers looking to raise a fund, but they need LPs to invest and invest quickly,” Todd wrote. “That will require starting their new LP relationships with a set of documents that LPs are familiar with and can act upon. In my view, emerging managers should take the opportunity to review and adopt many of ILPA’s standards, and that should start with serious consideration of the model LPAs.”

Read the full article, which was also featured in Private Equity International (subscription required for both).