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Data Room and DDQ
Make the period, figures and requested action clear. A quarterly report, capital call and distribution notice each serve a different purpose.
An LP needs more than confirmation that a reporting system exists. It needs clear, current information in the format agreed with the fund. Use this guide to review the content, then check it against the documents, applicable requirements and the LP’s reporting needs.
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A capital call notice needs to state the amount called, the split between new investments, fees, and expenses, the due date, and wire instructions. A distribution notice needs to state the gross amount, the split between return of capital, gain, and income, whether any portion is recallable, and the payment date. Both are short documents, but an LP's back office is checking them against a specific expected format, and a notice missing one of these fields creates friction that has nothing to do with the fund's actual performance.
A written LP communications protocol for headline risk events, a portfolio company scandal, a regulatory action, a significant write-down, states who decides to communicate, who gets told, in what order, and within what timeframe. Bank LP compliance teams specifically ask whether this protocol exists in writing, not just whether the fund would presumably handle a crisis reasonably. Separately, a completed example of the portfolio company metrics template, showing revenue, headcount, ownership percentage, valuation basis, and reporting period for a real portfolio company, demonstrates that the fund's monitoring infrastructure is operational rather than aspirational.
A capital call notice and a distribution notice each have a specific, expected set of fields. A notice missing the due date, the wire instructions, or the recallable-portion disclosure creates real friction with an LP's back office, independent of the fund's actual performance.
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