SuperReturn Private Credit US 2021 | Informa Connect | 25 October 2021 | Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 E Delaware Pl, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

Create connections. Navigate risk. Capitalize on opportunities.

Innovative investment strategies
Creating a diverse opportunity set is vital in the current market. Explore world-class strategies for direct lending, specialty & uncorrelated lending and distressed/special sits/opportunistic. What are the hot products being raised and where?

In-depth papers and debates on fundraising & deal flow, preserving credit positions, the growth of sector specialists, niche financing, valuations, the value of covenants, documentation and credit agreements. Is the lower end of market really more risky than large cap market?

Expert insights
Where is value shifting to? Learn from those actively leading the way in private credit.

Past speakers included Golub, Oaktree, CDPQ, Churchill, Barings, Aksia, Adams Street Partners, Arizona Public Safety Retirement System, Mercer, First Avenue Partners, Monroe, Illinois State Universities Retirement System and many more.

Opportunities for LPs to think outside the box
LPs must plot their next steps to remain smart investors.

Join 70+ LPs for tailored LP-led sessions, private networking sessions and invite-only breakfast workshops. Deep dive into specialist topics specially designed to educate and spark innovative ideas.

2021 Speakers

David Colla
Managing Director & Head of Americas Leveraged Finance, CPP Investments

Huy Cao
Senior Director, Corporate Credit, CDPQ

Ross Alexander
Portfolio Manager – Private Income, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Andy Behrens
CIO, UMF Investment Advisors

Mary Bates
Principal, Private Markets Meketa Investment Group

Michelle Jacobi
Managing Director, Gatewood Capital Partners

Randy Schwimmer
Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Senior Lending, Churchill Asset Management

David Scopelleti
Global Head of Private Debt, Mercer Alternatives

Matt Szwarc
Co-Head of Junior Credit, Private Equity and Credit, Manulife Investment Management

Manjot Rana
Managing Director, Americas Leveraged Finance, CPP Investments

Chris Eckerman
Portfolio Manager, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Cian Desmond
Vice President, Wilshire Associates

Tom Bratkovich
Sr. Vice President, Wilshire Associates

Keith Bareman
Director of Fixed Income and Private Credit, Indiana Public Retirement System

Michael Bay
Managing Director, Northwestern Mutual Capital

Audie Apple
Investor Relations, Private Equity & Credit, DWS

Jamie Athanasoulas
Managing Director, HarbourVest

Eric Beckman
Managing Partner, Breakwater Management

Cindy Chen Delano
Partner, Invictus Global Management

Bill Cisneros
President, Primary Wave IP Investment Management

Dan Cohn-Sfetcu
Managing Director, Portfolio Advisors

Doug Cruikshank
Head of Fund Financing and Hark Capital, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Aron Dantzig
Managing Partner, Capital IP

Kelly DePonte
Managing Director, Probitas Partners

Jonathan DeSimone
Chief Executive Officer, Alcentra

Mark Emrich
Managing Director, Murray Devine

Jens Ernberg
Managing Director and Co-Head Private Credit, Capital Dynamics

Jesse Fahy
VP – Private Capital, Preqin

Richard Fitzgerald
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, CapitalSpring

Ian Fowler, CFA
Co-Head of Global Private Finance, Barings

Richard Frank, Jr.
CEO, Darby International Capital

Ed Goldstein
Partner, Investment, Coller Capital

Ted Goldthorpe
Managing Partner, BC Partners

Doug Goodwillie
Managing Partner

Kayne Anderson

Kevin Griffin
CEO & CIO, MGG

Richard Grimm
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

Adam Hagfors
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner, Silverpeak Credit Partners

Jeri Harman
Founder and Chairman, Avante Capital Partners

Charles Harper
Managing Director, Portfolio Advisors

Brett Hickey
Founder & CEO, Star Mountain Capital

Rakesh (Rick) Jain
Global Head of Private Debt, Pantheon

Damon Krytzer
Managing Director, Probitas Partners

John Kyles
Managing Director, Portfolio Advisors

Brandon Laughren
Chief Investment Officer, The Laughren Group

John Liguori
Chief Investment Officer, Jefferies Credit Partners

Jakob Lindquist
Co-Managing Partner, Investment Professional & ICC Member, CORDET Capital Partners

David Lyon
Co-Head of Private Credit, Neuberger Berman

Tom Newberry
Chief Credit Officer and Co-Head of Direct Lending, Sound Point Capital Management

Sylvia Owens
Managing Director, Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, LLC

Walter Owens
Chief Executive Officer, Varagon Capital Partners

Tim O’Hara
Global Co-Head of Credit, BlackRock

Nayef Perry
Managing Director, Hamilton Lane

Devon Russell
Senior Managing Director – Senior Loans, Manulife Investment Management

Randall S. Kroszner
Deputy Dean for Executive Programs and Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Eddie Shaw
Solutions Consultant, CEPRES

Paul Shea
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Beechbrook Capital

Kevin Sheehan
Co-Founder and Managing General Partner, Multiplier Capital

Joseph Siprut
CEO, CIO, Kerberos Capital Management

Pranjul Srivastava
Managing Director and Head of Business Development, North America, Edelweiss Financial Services, Inc.

Tod Trabocco
Director,Strategy & Research, ITE Management

Chad Valerio
Managing Director, Opportunistic Credit, Onex Credit

2021 Sponsors

CO-SPONSORS:
• Angel Island Capital
• Barings
• DWS
• Onex
• Manulife Investment Management
• MGG Investment Group

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS
• Alcentra
• Jefferies Finance
• Kerberos Capital Management
• Kroll Bond Rating Agency
• Silverpeak Credit Partners
• Willow Tree
• Varagon Capital Partners

DATA PARTNER:
• Preqin

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION
• AIMA

ENDORSED BY
• ILPA
• TresVista
• PitchBook