Note: This is a tentative agenda, subject to change. The final agenda and speakers will be posted closer to the event date.
All times are EDT

8:00 AM | Breakfast and Registration

9:00 AM | Opening remarks and presentation of FTE 2024 findings

Jiri Krol

Global Head of the Alternative Credit Council, AIMA

 

9:15 AM | PANEL – Where to find the best risk-adjusted returns in 2025 

 

 

Kristen Jones

Head of US Private Credit and Senior Private Markets Investment Due Diligence Research Analyst, Partner Albourne Partners

Aaron Rosen

Partner, Co-Head of Opportunistic Credit and Co-Portfolio Manager of Special Opportunities, Ares Credit Group

Dana Carey

Chief Investment Officer – Credit, Chairman of the Investment Committee, MidOcean Partners

Rick Jain

Partner and Global Head of Private Credit, Pantheon

 

 5 MIN TRANSITION

10:05 AM | Masterclasses

‘Evolving Opportunities’ track:
Private credit for insurance companies 

Joe Engelhard

Head of Private Credit and Asset Management Policy, Americas, AIMA

Carmi Margalit

Managing Director, Life Insurance Sector Lead, S&P Global Ratings

Stephen Smith

Managing Director, Head of Insurance Analytics, Neuberger Berman

 

 

 

"Show me something new’ track:
SRT in Europe and the US

 

 

‘Private credit bootcamp’ track:
Valuation trends and practices

 

 

10:35 AM | MORNING COFFEE BREAK

11:05 AM | Masterclasses

Evolving Opportunities’ track:
Private credit borrowers: how are they performing now that interest rates are finally easing?

 

 

‘Show me something new’ track:
Keeping it real in real estate debt 

Nora Pickens

Partner, Investment Strategy, Mill Creek Capital Advisors

 

 

 

‘Private credit bootcamp’ track:
Trends in fees and alignment of interest

 

5 MIN TRANSITION

11:40 AM | Meet the allocator roundtables

HOSTS: 

Nora Pickens

Partner, Investment Strategy, Mill Creek Capital Advisors

Beste Portnoff

Principal and Head of Operational Due Diligence, Bessemer Trust

 

 

MODERATORS:

 

12:10 PM | LUNCH

1:10 PM | Fireside chat - Private Credit in Europe

 

Mike Carruthers

Senior Managing Director and the European Head of Private Credit, Blackstone

 

1:35 PM | PANEL – The private creditification of everything

Deborah Zurkow

Chair, Alternative Credit Council & Global Head of Investments, Allianz Global Investors

Tarik Serri

Senior Director, Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments , Trans-Canada Capital

 

5 MIN TRANSITION

2:25 PM | Masterclasses

‘Evolving Opportunities’ track:
NAV Financing

 

 

 

‘Show me something new’ track:
ABC’s of Asset backed finance

 

 

‘Private credit bootcamp’ track:
Credit secondaries – how do they work today and where do we think the market is going?

 

 

5 MIN TRANSITION

3:00 PM | Masterclasses

‘Evolving Opportunities’ track:
Allocating to Emerging Managers – Opportunities in Asset Based Finance

Akhil Mago

Founder and Portfolio Manager, Indago Capital LLC

Mihir Meswani

Senior Investment Officer, Head of Credit, Cornell University Investment Office

 

 

 

‘Show me something new’ track:
Focus on infrastructure debt

 

 

'Private credit bootcamp’ track:
Masterclass #4

 

 

 

3:30 PM | AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK

4:00 PM | Meet the allocator roundtables

 HOSTS: 

Nora Pickens

Partner, Investment Strategy, Mill Creek Capital Advisors

Laurie Goodman

Managing Director, Global Head of Investment and Wealth Solutions, Jefferies Wealth Management

Beste Portnoff

Principal and Head of Operational Due Diligence, Bessemer Trust

 

 

MODERATORS:

Ali Hassan

Senior representative, Global Markets, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)

4:30 PM | PANEL – Moving from tactical to permanent - How to scale an allocation to private credit?

Tina Suo

Head of Alternative Credit, NYC Office of the Comptroller

Clark Hoover

Investment Officer, Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System (LACERS)

Chris Hentemann

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, 400 Capital Management LLC

Eric Muller

Portfolio Manager & Partner, Chief Executive Officer – BDCs, OHA

 

5:15 PM | Concluding remarks

5:20 PM | Drinks reception