Agenda - Main conference day 2 | Private Placements Industry Forum

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Networking

8:30am - 9:00am

Registration & morning refreshments

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Main conference stage

9:00am - 9:10am

Chair’s welcome remarks

Nicole Windsor - Partner, Chapman and Cutler LLP

9:10am - 9:40am

NAIC Address

Hear from the NAIC on the latest regulatory developments in the private placement market followed by interactive Q&A

Charles Therriault - Director, NAIC Securities Valuation Office, NAIC
Kenneth Cotrone - Insurance Certified Supervising Examiner, Connecticut Insurance Department
John Petchler - Director, Private Placements, Conning
Sasha Kamper - Director - Corporate Credit, Mutual of Omaha

9:40am - 10:20am

The growth of private credit and direct lending

A discussion of the increasing ways that investors are gaining exposure to this fastest growing segment of the debt markets

Eric Neglia - Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Funds Ratings, KBRA
Rory Callagy - Associate Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service
Neil Hyman - Chief Executive Officer, JP Morgan PricingDirect
Mainak Das - Executive Director, Global Markets, CIBC Capital Markets, CIBC

10:20am - 11:00am

Convergence of fund finance, private placement, securitization, and asset-based lending in the private markets

John Tsui - Managing Principal, Peninsula House
Parker McKee - Director, Head of Fund Finance Syndication for the Americas, Societe Generale
Syed Ahmed - Managing Director and Head of Digital Infrastructure, Apterra

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Networking

11:00am - 11:30am

Morning break & networking

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Main conference stage

11:30am - 12:10pm

The infrastructure update

Breaking down the infrastructure market with perspectives from all around the industry

Sonia Gadhia - Head of European Private Placement Distribution, NatWest
Scott Zuchorski - Global Head of Infrastructure & Project Finance, Fitch Ratings
Mansi Patel - Senior Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Debt, Principal Asset Management
Matt Brassington - CEO, Aquasure
Frederick Echeverria - Managing Director, Head of Project Finance & Private Placements, MUFG Americas

12:10pm - 12:50pm

Digital infrastructure and the private placement market

What is the importance of digital infrastructure in the world today? How is its market share growing as a part of the infrastructure sector? What can we expect in the coming years?

Dhaval Shah - Director, Americas Financials, Infrastructure, and Alternative Assets Ratings, S&P Global Ratings
Victor Leung - Senior Vice President, Team Lead – Asset Finance, Morningstar DBRS
Diana Liu - Director, IPI
Luke Fernandes - Head of Infrastructure Finance US, Swiss Re
Matthew Lindgren - Head of Private Placements, SMBC

12:50pm - 1:30pm

Commercial real estate and the industry trends

CRE from across the board - what to know, what to do, how to implement today.

Amanda Hoffman - Partner, Chapman and Cutler LLP
Michael La Fleur - Managing Director, Global Debt Capital Markets, TD Securities
Jeff Krasnoff - Chief Executive Officer, Rialto Capital Management
Kyle Gore - Senior Managing Director & Principal, CGA Capital

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Networking

Main conference stage

Boardroom discussion

Private placement boot camp

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Lunch break & networking

3:00pm - 3:45pm

An update on the impact of the recent California wildfires – Credit event, earnings event, both?

Perspectives from S&P's utility and insurance practices

Christopher Piron - Senior Director, Head of Market Outreach, Americas, S&P Global Ratings
Gabe Grosberg - Managing Director, North American Regulated Utilities, S&P Global Ratings
Patricia Kwan - Director, Insurance Ratings, S&P Global Ratings

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Momentum in USPP for Global Data Center Finance

Quynh Tran - Deputy Head, Structured Finance - Americas, SMBC

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Private Placement Boot Camp

Taking place in the Cowrie room

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Networking

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Meetings & networking

5:00pm - 6:00pm

PPIF 2025 drinks reception

Main conference day 2Wednesday, 12 February 2025

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