Benefits of Investment and Service Firm Membership in NAPTP
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- NAPTP is the only association representing the MLP industry as such (as opposed to other associations MLPs may belong to which represent them as oil pipelines, gas pipelines, producers, etc.). It has done this with great success since 1983, and investment firms and service firms have been part of the mix from the very beginning.
- For this reason, membership in NAPTP is a very visible way to support the MLP industry.
- NAPTP members get early notice of federal and state legislative and regulatory developments affecting MLPs, and a chance to have a voice in how the industry responds.
- NAPTP also has a PR function in working to educate investors and the general public about MLPs and encourage people to consider them as an investment; investment firms in the Association play an important role in this effort.
- NAPTP serves an important networking function for those who work with MLPs. It is a great way to meet and gain access to executives of MLPs as well as others in the industry, and to exchange information and ideas.
- Members get some free publicity on the NAPTP website (www.naptp.org): all members are listed in the public section with a link to their own website.
- Research analysts and others who choose to do so can also have their material, or summaries of their material, posted on the public or the Members section of the NAPTP website.
- Members also receive access to the Members section of the NAPTP website, which has valuable contact information, information and federal and state matters, briefing materials from the Annual Meeting, etc.
- Annual dues are relatively low for a trade association and can be paid in installments if desired.