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12:00 PM
  1. 12:00 EARLY ARRIVAL REGISTRATION & BADGE COLLECTION
    300 mins
05:00 PM
  1. ABS EAST & PCC EAST WELCOME DRINKS
    120 mins
    Join us on the Ocean Lawn at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach for pre-conference welcome drinks
08:00 AM
  1. Registration & Breakfast Networking
    60 mins
09:00 AM
  1. Opening Remarks
    15 mins
    John Timperio
    John Timperio, Chair, Finance and Real Estate Practice Group - Dechert
09:15 AM
  1. America’s resilient response to private credit disquiet
    45 mins
    Grishma Parekh
    Grishma Parekh, President, HPS Corporate Lending Fund and Co-Head Core Senior Lending - HPS Investment Partners
    Marc Pinto
    Marc Pinto, Managing Director, Global Head of Private Credit - Moody's Ratings
    Tyler Gately
    Tyler Gately, Head of North America Direct Lending - Barings
    Susan Kasser
    Susan Kasser, Head of Private Debt - Neuberger Berman
10:00 AM
  1. FT Keynote interview with fund CEO & pension fund CIO
    45 mins
    Vivek Bantwal
    Vivek Bantwal, Global Co-Head of Private Credit and Co-CEO, Goldman Sachs BDC - Goldman Sachs Asset Management
10:45 AM
  1. Coffee & Networking
    30 mins
11:15 AM
  1. Core workout: the lasting strength of America’s Middle Market
    45 mins
    Michael Ewald
    Michael Ewald, Partner and Global Head of the Private Credit Group - Bain Capital
    Natalie Garcia
    Natalie Garcia, Managing Director, Head of Underwriting - Deerpath Capital
    Matthew Harvey
    Matthew Harvey, Managing Director and Head of Direct Lending - PGIM
    Jason Dillow
    Jason Dillow, Co-Head of US Private Credit & Head of US Opportunistic Credit - Man Group
    Javier Casillas
    Javier Casillas, Chief Investment Officer - Whitehorse Capital
12:00 PM
  1. Retail therapy: Re-thinking the liquidity conundrum for private credit BDCs
    45 mins
    Gurvinder Singh
    Gurvinder Singh, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder - Indus Valley Partners
12:45 PM
  1. Less is more: Flexible funding solutions for the Lower Middle Market and the next generation of corporate issuers
    30 mins
    Ted Denniston
    Ted Denniston, Co-Head and Senior Managing Director of NXT Capital - NXT Capital
    Andre Hakkak
    Andre Hakkak, Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer - White Oak Global Advisors
    Luke Sarsfield
    Luke Sarsfield, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer - Ridgepost Capital
01:15 PM
  1. LP Lunch - Invite-only
    60 mins
  2. Lunch
    60 mins
02:15 PM
  1. Sponsor solutions: solving private equity's portfolio funding demands
    30 mins
    Michelle Handy
    Michelle Handy, Senior Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Direct Lending - Napier Park Global Capital
    Gregory Hardiman
    Gregory Hardiman, Managing Director and Head of GP-LP Solutions - Crescent Capital
    Michael Perez
    Michael Perez, Managing Director - Stone Point Capital
02:45 PM
  1. LP Perspectives: the evolving role of private credit investors into direct lending
    45 mins
    Tod Trabocco
    Tod Trabocco, Head of Private Debt Advisory - StepStone Group
    Richard Grimm
    Richard Grimm, Head of Global Credit and a Managing Director for the Retirement, Insurance & Government Practice - Cambridge Associates
03:30 PM
  1. Networking break
    30 mins
04:00 PM
  1. Future architecture of the financial system: How private credit redefined corporate debt issuance
    45 mins
    Joe Engelhard
    Joe Engelhard, Head of US Private Credit and Asset Management Policy & Regulation - Alternative Investment Management Association
    Emily Bannister
    Emily Bannister, Head of Private Credit - Wellington
    Damien Dwin
    Damien Dwin, Chief Executive Officer - Lafayette Square
05:00 PM
  1. Cocktail Reception
    90 mins
  2. Day 1 Closing Cocktail Fireside Chat - American Direct Lending Outlook
    30 mins
08:00 AM
  1. Registration & Breakfast Networking
    60 mins
09:00 AM
  1. Day Two Welcome Remarks
    10 mins
09:10 AM
  1. State of the Market: The expanding universe of American asset-backed finance
    45 mins
    How the US asset-backed finance market has shifted from niche lenders to become an essential finance tool for issuers to maximise leverage of their resources.
    Chirag Domadia
    Chirag Domadia, Partner, Complex Securitizations Practice Group - Kirkland & Ellis
    Avi Korn
    Avi Korn, Global Co-Head of Asset Based Finance - KKR
    Kevin Alexander
    Kevin Alexander, Partner & Co-Head of Alternative Credit - Ares Management
    Aaron Fink
    Aaron Fink, Senior Managing Director, Head of Asset Based Finance - Centerbridge
    Elizabeth Burton
    Elizabeth Burton, Chief Strategist - Fortress
    Jennifer Marques
    Jennifer Marques, Managing Director and Head of Strategy and Structuring - Oaktree Capital Management
09:55 AM
  1. FT Keynote Interview - How private credit is shaping the AI ecosystem
    35 mins
    A high-level dive into the rise of opportunistic funds and how they are taking advantage of market dislocations.
    Victoria Chant
    Victoria Chant, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Markets and Bank Relations - Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI)
10:30 AM
  1. Coffee and Networking Break
    15 mins
10:45 AM
  1. LP CIO Allocators - evaluating excellence in asset-based allocations
    45 mins
    Understand the motivations and mindsets from the nation’s most active investors Why has confidence in institutional capital remained high, while retail confidence collapsed?  What process do CIOs unde ...
    Peggy Huang
    Peggy Huang, Chief Investment Officer - CC Capital/Ceres Life
11:30 AM
  1. From funding to functionality: The role of AI across the private credit ecosystem
    30 mins
    Jen Press
    Jen Press, Chief Client Officer - RiskSpan
    Dan Pallone
    Dan Pallone, Managing Director - SS&C Technologies
    Anastasia Amoroso
    Anastasia Amoroso, Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist - Partners Group
    Deanna Leighton
    Deanna Leighton, Head of Allocation & Strategy—Insurance - AllianceBernstein
    Don Muir
    Don Muir, Chief Executive Officer & Founder - F2 AI
12:00 PM
  1. Keynote Fireside Chat - Opportunistic Credit: Where Eagles Dare
    30 mins
    Vinay Kumar
    Vinay Kumar, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer - Silver Rock Capital Partners
    Anant Bhalla
    Anant Bhalla, CEO & Co-Founder - 1823 Partners
12:30 PM
  1. Lunch
    60 mins
01:30 PM
  1. The Debt-Equity Equilibrium: How Rated Debt Structures Are Reshaping the Private Credit-Insurance Relationship
    30 mins
    A discussion with industry leaders on how they approach origination and deployment of capital to unique markets
02:00 PM
  1. Marriage of convenience: NAV, Fund Finance, Secondaries and provision of capital across the value chain
    45 mins
    Sara McGinty
    Sara McGinty, Partner - Ares Management
    Deborah Newman
    Deborah Newman, Managing Director, Analytical Manager - S&P Global Ratings
    Nicole Lawrence
    Nicole Lawrence, Managing Director, Asset Management Strategy - Moody's
02:45 PM
  1. Networking Break
    30 mins
03:15 PM
  1. Esoterics Interviews
    61 mins
     (4x 15min interviews) Explores the wide world of esoteric or specialty financiers, and how they approach the market. In three successive interviews, we hear from experts on their approaches to valuin ...
    Michael Chen
    Michael Chen, Managing Director & Head of US Investments - Viola Credit
    Bill Cisneros
    Bill Cisneros, President - Primary Wave IP Investment Management
    Kyle Asher
    Kyle Asher, Partner & Co-Head and Co-Portfolio Manager, Monroe Capital Alternative Credit Solutions - Monroe Capital
04:45 PM
  1. Made in the USA: financing the America’s growth ambitions
    45 mins
    How faster, more flexible private lending to asset-heavy industries is spurring on a new era of manufacturing and industry in North America.  Which non-digital asset-heavy industries will prove crucia ...
    Ed Cong
    Ed Cong, Partner & PM, Asset-Based Lending & Structured Credit - CVC Marathon

 

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