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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

 

 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

Mike Consedine

EVP, Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Athene

 

 

 

"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:
Assessing Borrower Health: Risks and Opportunities in Direct Lending for 2025

Andrew Giudici

Global Head of Corporate, Project, and Infrastructure Finance, KBRA

Putri Pascualy

Senior Managing Director and Client Portfolio Manager for Private Credit, Man Varagon

 

‘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

 

 

MODERATORS:

Ali Hassan

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

Nicholas Smith

Managing Director, Private Credit, Alternative Credit Council

Jiri Krol

Global Head of the Alternative Credit Council, AIMA

 

12:10 PM | LUNCH

1:10 PM | Fireside chat - Where Next for Private Credit: European Market Opportunity

 

Mike Carruthers

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

Clark Hoover

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

 

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

Avi Korn

Co-Head of Asset-Based Finance & Managing Director, KKR

 

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?

Lynnette Ferguson

Head of Investment Specialists Americas, JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management

 

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

Katherine Molnar

Chief Investment Officer, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System

 

 

 

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

 

 

'Private credit bootcamp’ track:
Consumer Credit: Opportunities, strategies, and portfolio integration 

 

 

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

Managing Director, Head of Operational Due Diligence, Bessemer Trust

 

 

MODERATORS:

Ali Hassan

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

Laurie Goodman

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

Nicholas Smith

Managing Director, Private Credit, Alternative Credit Council

Jiri Krol

Global Head of the Alternative Credit Council, AIMA

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

Chris Hentemann

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, 400 Capital Management LLC

Eric Muller

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

Anne-Marie Fink

Chief Investment Officer Private Markets and Funds Alpha, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

 

5:15 PM | Concluding remarks

 

5:20 PM | Drinks reception