Private Credit Forum 2023 - New York | Institutional Investor | 25 October 2023 | Apella, 450 E 29th St, New York, NY 10016, USA

As the global financial markets continue to evolve, private credit has gained prominence as a key component of investment portfolios, attracting the attention of asset managers and investors.

This event is the first in a series of our private credit partnership forums, that aim to foster meaningful discussions, networking opportunities, and knowledge sharing to empower attendees with actionable insights and a comprehensive understanding of the private credit investment landscape.

Key themes include:
• Today’s Private Credit Opportunity: Expert insight into how this compelling investment opportunity is coming to fruition
Interest in private credit opportunities have market has grown exponentially, resulting in significant amounts of capital being committed to the space – but where are the most compelling opportunities presented? Examine the dynamic nature of the current landscape, identifying the most lucrative opportunities, and where they are committing capital across the capital structure to the greatest advantage.

• The Allocators’ Perspective – how leading LPs are using Private Credit to meet specific portfolio objectives
In this panel, leading allocators will share the challenges they are looking to address as they respond to the realities of inflationary pressures, uncertainty in the market cycle, ongoing liquidity challenges, and the need to balance equity exposures. This panel will explore how investors are looking for private credit to help them meet their portfolio objectives.

• Maximizing the Opportunity in Direct Lending: Where leading investors are successfully deploying Capital globally
As the direct lending market becomes increasingly crowded, investors face the challenge of deploying capital to maximum advantage. In this panel, leading investors will discuss the current global investment landscape, deal origination opportunities, current underwriting best practices, and other key trends in the direct lending space.

• The 30,000-foot view - Where are we in the credit cycle and when is the optimal time to invest in distressed opportunities
As the global economy navigates through a period of growth and uncertainty, private credit faces a conundrum of headwinds and tailwinds. The speakers will discuss strategies for sourcing attractive lending opportunities in a competitive market and understanding the regulatory environment governing private credit investments. How to implement robust systems to monitor the performance of private credit investments and analyze portfolio performance? As fixed income gains favor, it is important to analyze the risk and return characteristics of private credit and traditional fixed-income investments and explore the potential trade-offs.

• Examining the evolving opportunity set across the credit landscape
This panel will examine the timeliest opportunities presented across the credit landscape from special situations, structure and opportunistic credit, restructurings, turnarounds, mezzanine, CLOs, venture debt, and distressed opportunities.

2023 Speakers

Cynthia Haidar
Associate Director, Investments, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Amir Madden
Senior Portfolio Manager - Alternative Credits, APG Asset Management

Sanford Rich
Executive Director, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, New York City Board of Education Retirement System

David Sheng
Managing Director, Portfolio Advisory, Aksia

2023 Sponsors

• Crescent
• Crestline
• Fidelity Investment
• Neuberger Berman
• Pantheon
• TCW