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Huge strides have been made in bridging the apparent gulf in understanding between the needs of LPs on the one hand, and GPs on the other. Much of the progress has been thanks to the work of the ILPA in introducing new industry standards
Private equity player Adveq puts its focus fairly and squarely on building quality relationships with clients. Having access to capital and funds is not enough in today’s world – as the old saying goes, you don’t buy products, you buy people 
Boston University may only have a small endowment, but it punches well above its
weight - and is growing rapidly thanks to an intensifying private equity focus 
New Mexico’s Jonathan Grabel is poacher turned gamekeeper, a former GP who now revels in his role of limited partner. But he says the roles should work in harmony, providing there is a good relationship – with transparency being paramount. 
Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. With more than three decades’ experience as a private equity investor, global asset manager HarbourVest Partners has been playing the private equity game for as long as anyone. 
Private equity investment manager Hamilton Lane is a bit different. For a start it’s a company, not a partnership. Newly-promoted London head Jim Strang has ambitions to grow the business, but won’t change its mantra of being “careful and cautious” 
With $14bn in assets under management, the State of Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) is the statewide plan for all public services in Hawaii, including firefighters, teachers, lifeguards, judges and politicians. 
With €2bn invested in the asset class, Finnish fund Ilmarinen is a serious player in private equity. Katja Salovaara explains how focus and flexibility have put private equity at the top of the company’s returns table 
Experience in developing markets is attractive, but that doesn’t stop OPIC backing first-time funds as it pursues its tripartite goals of generating returns, fostering development and supporting US foreign policy 
Sergey Sheshuryak at Adams Street Partners says that while much in private equity
has changed as the industry has grown, successful investing is still about finding and
backing the right team 
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas allocates capital according to economic
regimes: stable value, global equity and real return. The 32 per cent allocated to
private equity, real asset and energy managers has driven alpha across the portfolio 
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