The purpose of an LP Meeting

The purpose of an LP Meeting

Apr. 14, 2010 by

What is the purpose of an LP Meeting? Is it to inform the limited partners about the performance of their investments? I don’t think so. The LPs already know the numbers.   They don’t come to the meeting to hear the

An Emerging Problem at Limited Partner Meetings

An Emerging Problem at Limited Partner Meetings

Apr. 14, 2010 by

At the annual LP meetings I’ve been working on, I have noticed that the senior guy wants to give his views on the macro economic picture. He wants to do this for good reasons:  To put the results his team

Public speaking begins with civility

Public speaking begins with civility

Apr. 4, 2010 by

The current shouting match going in Washington is bad public speaking.  Good public speaking begins– literally and figuratively– with civility. “May it please the court,” says the lawyer. “Madam Speaker,  Vice President So-and-So, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow