Episode 314: Jen Choi of ILPA: Why Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant - Particularly When it Comes to LP Transparency

Jen Choi is CEO of ILPA – the Institutional Limited Partners Association, where she has spent over a decade. She previously spent over 7 years at the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association.

Our conversation traces her background and her path to representing LPs and their interests in the fast-pace private asset arena. Our conversation has a strong emphasis on transparency – we open with a quote around sunlight being the best disinfectant.

This takes us to a discussion about demystifying the often-opaque world of private assets, the evolution of the position of the LP and the current state of the pendulum in terms of where it is sitting. We hear about the evolving ILPA standards, getting buy-in across a global LP population and the importance of collective action as well as standardization.

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