LP Loop is building a platform to reduce the friction and fragmentation in how allocators, managers, consultants, and service providers communicate, share information, and engage with one another. This page is where we share our research, writing, and community initiatives as the platform develops.
IREI and LP Loop are partnering to update and expand IREI's 2025 Investment Management Best Practices Report. The goal is to capture the allocator perspective on the manager relationship — across engagement, governance, reporting, strategic fit, communication, and relationship building — and identify where current industry practices align with allocator needs, and where they don't.
We're asking institutional investors and consultants to spend about 10 minutes sharing their perspective:
Topics: engagement · governance · reporting · strategic fit · communication · relationship building
Take the 10-Minute Survey Anonymous · The more participants, the more representative the findings.Founded in 1987, IREI is a global media firm providing investment fiduciaries with information and insights on the people, issues, ideas, and events driving the global real estate and infrastructure investment marketplace. irei.com →
Research and perspective on the allocator–manager relationship, institutional infrastructure, and how the investment community communicates.
Early fund performance is a poor predictor of long-term outcomes — and allocators know it. Why trust has become the real signal in manager evaluation.
The next piece in this series will be published shortly.
A third piece in this series is in progress.
LP Loop is building an allocator-first platform to reduce the friction and fragmentation in how institutional allocators and investment managers communicate, share information, and engage — built around the way allocators actually work.
The Allocator's Circle is a community for the allocators helping shape it. As a member, you can expect:
No formal time commitment. Engage when something is relevant or interesting to you. Membership is free. If you allocate capital on behalf of an institution, you qualify.
No marketing emails. One follow-up to confirm eligibility.