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The LP Communication Playbook: Building Trust Through Transparency

How top fund managers communicate with LPs — from quarterly reports and annual meetings to difficult conversations about markdowns and underperformance.

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The LP Communication Playbook: Building Trust Through Transparency

The number one complaint LPs have about emerging managers is poor communication. Not bad returns — bad communication. A fund that's underperforming but transparent will retain LP support. A fund that's outperforming but silent will lose LPs at re-up.

This playbook covers every communication touchpoint between GPs and LPs: what to say, when to say it, and how to handle the conversations most emerging managers get wrong.