Thursday, September 12th, 2024 | Convene 101 Park Avenue, New York

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Delivering actionable and mission-critical information

to private credit managers

#PrivateCreditSummit

Please note that this event will be in conjunction with the
Hedgeweek US Leadership Summit

A one-day ‘urban retreat’ for operations, finance, legal and back-office leaders at private credit fund managers, taking place in New York.

As the private credit space continues to innovate via more diverse strategies and structures, this Chatham House gathering – designed for operations, finance, legal, product and back-office leaders across the growing spectrum of credit firms – will offer actionable solutions to this innovative sector’s current problems and potential.

AGENDA

PRE-REGISTRATION AND INVITE-ONLY PRIVATE BREAKFAST DISCUSSION

Invite only Breakfast

Top priorities for leaders at private credit specialists: A guided discussion for C-suite professionals at management firms addressing:

• Key operational trends
• Emerging strategy trends
• Allocator activity and fundraising
• Direction of new regulation

8:15 AM

ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

9:00 AM

WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR

• A look at interest rate trends for the year and implications
• Comparing credit and equity performance
• How could the elections impact the investment outlook?
• Will the US follow the EU in tightening regulations?

Checking in: Are all things still looking up for private credit?

9:05 AM

PANEL 1

Speakers:

• Moderator: Vikas Keswani, Head of North American Specialty Lending, HPS Investment Partners
• Sweta Chanda, Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy, Monroe Capital, LLC
• Logan Nicholson, Managing Director, Direct Lending, Blue Owl
• Howard Widra, Partner and Head of Direct Origination, Apollo Global Management

Private credit and banks: partnerships and competition

• Learn from a ‘veteran’ in the private credit space on fundraising, firm evolution, fund strategy and key lessons learned.

9:45 AM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Speakers:

• Bruce Richards, CEO, Chairman, and Co-Founder, Marathon Asset Management
• Deepika Sharma, Global Head of Manager Selection, Blackrock

• Is transaction complexity inherent to private credit?
• Can standardisation help set firms up for higher volumes?
• What data do managers need to collect?
• What risks do expanding portfolios pose?

Volume control: Monitoring the boom in credit portfolios

10:00 AM

PANEL 2

Speakers:

• Moderator: Divya Singaravelu, Portfolio Manager, Itau Asset Management
• Nicholas Nolan, Vice President, Solutions Management and Product Development, SS&C Advent
  
• Margarita Pineda-Ucero, Managing Director, Portfolio Management, Senior Debt, Audax Private Debt
  
• Karen Simeone, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners, LLC

Mastering complex financial instruments: Technology’s role in transforming loan activity

10:40 AM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Speakers:

• Tony Chung, Co-Founder and CEO, Tenor
• Michael McCarthy, Managing Director of Business Solutions, Audax Group

Coffee break and a chance to meet our experts

10:55 AM

NETWORKING BREAK

Roundtables take place as repeated parallel sessions. Delegates rotate through all 4 topics for small and focused discussion

11:30 AM

Roundtable A | Spotlight: ESG in credit

ROUNDTABLE ROUND 1

• How do credit funds compare with other asset classes on ESG performance?
• Are there portfolio data collection and reporting challenges inherent to credit?
• How much of a factor is ESG in credit due diligence?
• Where is the room for improvement?

Speakers:

• Brittany Agostino, ESG - US Credit Lead, Ares Mangement
• Jeffrey Cohen, Head of ESG, Oak Hill Advisors
• Judy Cotte, Managing Director & Head of ESG, Onex

Roundtable B | Under the microscope: Anticipating higher regulatory involvement

• Making sense of the EU’s regulatory push on private credit
• Will the SEC follow suit?
• What are the biggest risk areas in focus?
• How can managers set themselves up for more scrutiny?

Speakers:

• Kevin Cassidy, Partner, Seward & Kissel
• Derek Leo, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Blue Torch Capital

Roundtable C | Spotlight: Operational efficiency and scalability

• AI – friend, foe, or FOMO?
• Automation/tech – what are the options, and how do you decide?
• Can outsourcing help and what should you look for in a partner?
• Crystal ball – what comes next

Speakers:

• Andrew Coren, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Gatewood Capital Partners LLC
• Mark Seaman, Senior Vice President, Linedata

Roundtable D | Credit exchange: A look at the secondaries market for debt

• Is credit occupying a bigger share of a thriving secondaries landscape?
• Are these mainly LP-led or GP-led deals?
• Comparing the sponsored and non-sponsored credit landscape

Speakers:

• Rakesh Jain, Partner and Global Head, Private Debt, Pantheon
  
• Amit Lalwani, VP of Financial Services, Intapp

Roundtables take place as repeated parallel sessions. Delegates rotate through all 4 topics for small and focused discussion

Roundtable A | Spotlight: ESG in credit

Roundtable B | Under the microscope: Anticipating higher regulatory involvement

Roundtable C | Spotlight: Operational efficiency and scalability

Roundtable D | Credit exchange: A look at the secondaries market for debt

12:15 PM

ROUNDTABLE ROUND 2

• Brittany Agostino, ESG - US Credit Lead, Ares Mangement
• Jeffrey Cohen, Head of ESG, Oak Hill Advisors
• Judy Cotte, Managing Director & Head of ESG, Onex

• Rakesh Jain, Partner and Global Head, Private Debt, Pantheon
  
• Amit Lalwani, VP of Financial Services, Intapp

• Andrew Coren, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Gatewood Capital Partners LLC
• Mark Seaman, Senior Vice President, Linedata

• Kevin Cassidy, Partner, Seward & Kissel
• Derek Leo, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Blue Torch Capital

1:00 PM

NETWORKING LUNCH

• A look at lending in infrastructure, real estate, secondaries and other asset classes
• How do risk-return ratios compare across asset classes?
• Where are the biggest opportunity areas?
• What can managers do to pivot and align with market trends?

Credit across the private markets landscape

2:00 PM

PANEL 3

Speakers:

• Moderator: Bruce Eatroff, Managing Director, Star Mountain Capital
• Steve Bienashki, Head of Credit Strategies, UBS
• Suneel Kaji, Managing Director & Head of Cross-Border, Everstone
• Carlos Mendez, Founder, Crayhill

2:40 PM

Regulatory deep dive: What’s ahead for the private credit landscape?

FIRESIDE CHAT

Speaker:

• Ben Radinsky, Partner, HighVista Strategies
• Luca Blasi, Head of Private Markets Valuations, S&P Global Market Intelligence

• Mapping the institutional shift to private credit
• Has the buzz around credit inflated expectations?
• How are GPs coping?
• Is private wealth the next fundraising frontier?

Investor relations: Understanding and managing LP expectations

2:55 PM

PANEL 4

Speakers:

• Moderator: Shamafa Khan, Managing Director, Head of Marketing & Investor Relations, Crayhill
• Faraz Abbasi, Managing Partner, Centerfield Capital Partners
• Liam Croke, Alternative Investment Business Due Diligence, Bank of America
• Michael Oliver Weinberg, Investor, CMT Portfolio Advisors
• Catherine Saunders, Managing Director Business Development, Benefit Street Partners

3:30 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

4:00 PM

Early days: Spotlight on venture and growth lending

FIRESIDE CHAT

Speakers:

• John Doyle, Managing Director, BlackRock US Private Capital
• Aftab Bose, Head of Private Markets Content, Private Equity Wire

4:15 PM

Mapping emerging credit markets worldwide

FIRESIDE CHAT

Speakers:

• Aftab Bose, Head of Private Markets Content, Private Equity Wire
• Milwood Hobbs, Jr., Managing Director and Head of Sourcing & Origination, Oaktree Capital Management

4:30 PM

Tranche mapping: The right mix of credit strategies

PANEL 5

• Are conditions still ripe for senior-secured, direct lending?
• What are the distressed opportunities on the market?
• Are firms experimenting with hybrid/mezzanine strategies?
• Mapping the niches that are ripe for high yields

Speakers:

• Moderator: Nikki Reyes, Director, Benefit Street Partners
• Peter Gingold, Managing Director, Credit and Structured Solutions, Francisco Partners
• Leland Richards, Partner, Private Credit, Adams Street Partners
  
• Joe Taylor, Managing Director & Head of Capital Markets, PineBridge Investments
• Patrick Ryan, Partner, Apollo

5:00 PM

Private Equity Wire US Credit Awards

Join Us For Private Equity Wire’s Ultimate Credit Networking Experience

The annual Private Equity Wire US Credit Awards recognise excellence in fund performance and service provider excellence across credit funds. With private credit’s astronomical rise to prominence as an asset class recently, it’s more important than ever to recognise those at the forefront of its evolution. For more than a decade, Private Equity Wire has been recognising excellence in the fields of fundraising, portfolio performance, and service provision.

Distilled insights: Over whiskey tasting, discuss current views on the private credit space and LPs investment priorities.

Distilled LP insights

4:45 PM

Brittany Agostino

ESG - US Credit Lead at Ares Management

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Faraz Abbasi

Managing Partner at Centerfield Capital Partners

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Steve Bienashki

Head of Credit Strategies at UBS

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Kevin Cassidy

Partner at Seward & Kissel

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Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy at Monroe Capital, LLC

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Sweta Chanda

Co-Founder and CEO at Tenor

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Tony Chung

Head of ESG at Oak Hill Advisors

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Jeffrey Cohen

Andrew Coren

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Gatewood Capital Partners LLC

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Judy Cotte

Managing Director & Head of ESG at Onex

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Liam Croke

Alternative Investment Business Due Diligence at Bank of America

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Bruce Eatroff

John Doyle

Managing Director at Star Mountain Capital

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Managing Director at BlackRock US Private Capital

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Peter Gingold

Managing Director, Credit and Structured Solutions at Francisco Partners

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Milwood Hobbs, Jr.

Rakesh Jain

Managing Director and Head of Sourcing & Origination at Oaktree Capital Management

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Partner and Global Head, Private Debt at Pantheon

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Suneel Kaji

Managing Director & Head of Cross-Border at Everstone

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Vikas Keswani

Head of North American Specialty Lending at HPS Investment Partners

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Shamafa Khan

Managing Director, Head of Marketing & Investor Relations at Crayhill

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Amit Lalwani

VP of Financial Services at Intapp

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Derek Leo

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Blue Torch Capital

Michael McCarthy

Managing Director of Business Solutions at Audax Group

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Carlos Mendez

Founder at Crayhill

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Logan Nicholson

Nicholas Nolan

Managing Director, Direct Lending at Blue Owl

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Vice President, Solutions Management and Product Development at SS&C Advent

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Margarita Pineda-Ucero

Managing Director, Portfolio Management, Senior Debt at Audax Private Debt

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Ben Radinsky

Nikki Reyes

Partner at HighVista Strategies

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Director at Benefit Street Partners

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Bruce Richards

CEO, Chairman, and Co-Founder at Marathon Asset Management

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Leland Richards

Partner, Private Credit at Adams Street Partners

Patrick Ryan

Partner at Apollo

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Catherine Saunders

Managing Director Business Development at Benefit Street Partners

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Deepika Sharma

Global Head of Manager Selection at Blackrock

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Divya Singaravelu

Portfolio Manager at Itau Asset Management

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Karen Simeone

Managing Director at HarbourVest Partners, LLC

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Michael Oliver Weinberg

Joe Taylor

Investor at CMT Portfolio Advisors

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Managing Director & Head of Capital Markets at PineBridge Investments

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Howard Widra

Partner, Credit at Apollo Capital Management

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Head of Private Markets Valuations at S&P Global Market Intelligence

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Luca Blasi

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