Jennifer Stevens has long focused on empowering the institutional investment community to elevate best practices. She has 16 years of experience with institutional portfolio management and consulting, strategic and investment planning, real asset investment underwriting, and a specialisation in areas including environmental, social and governance (ESG) and industry best practices. Prior to launching Alliance Global Advisors, a firm focused on GP advisory solutions, Stevens held several positions within The Townsend Group, advising clients with cumulative total plan assets of more than US$300 billion and approximately US$20 billion in real estate allocations. Stevens recently tackled issues of governance in a conversation with Loretta Clodfelter, senior editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas.

In your experience, what do limited partners think about governance factors in the real estate investment industry?