An executive summary of the Privcap video series “First-time Fund Formation.”

Experts from Proskauer, Eaton Partners, and Gen II discuss why emerging funds should find an anchor investor, and the terms that come with one.

EY’s Mark Grinis discusses the greater demand from investors for transparency and communication from their GPs and how to achieve it.

LPs should get prospective GPs off-script to understand the true character of the manager. Roy Schneiderman of Bard Consulting offers his advice on improving manager due diligence.

Real Estate Information Standards Board Chair John Baczewski explains the board’s role and why standardized reporting matters.

The White House has called for change to a 30-year-old tax on foreign investment in US real estate. Jeremy Naylor of Cooley warns GPs not to get too excited.

CFOs and COOs have to think outside the box but, warns MSREI’s Global CFO Michael Levy, you can’t please everybody. So be disciplined in your goals.

Richard Jaffe, a partner at Duane Morris LLP, says that PE firms are entering perilous times on three fronts: enforcement, regulation and fundraising negotiation.

Part 2 of the Excellence in Compliance series focuses on the milestones that led PE to a heavily regulated environment.

Form PF for private equity – with 2000 separate fields of disclosure, this new SEC requirement for private equity funds is fundamentally changing the job of managing a private equity firm.

Making your CFO wear a CCO hat won’t work.