Summits Day
- Ken Kencel - President & CEO, Churchill Asset Management, an affiliate of Nuveen
The private credit market has achieved record growth. But what is the impact of pending lower rates on CLO creation, syndicated loans and high-yield bond volumes? How will the industry be able to maintain this trajectory? Do lending standards need to be tightened?
- Anthony Fobel - CEO, Arcmont Asset Management, an affiliate of Nuveen
- Peter Gleysteen - CEO & CIO, AGL Credit Management LLC
- Mark Hickey - Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Pemberton Asset Management
- Will Proctor - Head of Sponsor Coverage, Private Debt, Neuberger
- Nicole Drapkin - Senior Managing Director, Credit Investment Team, Blue Owl
- Ted Koenig - Chairman and CEO, Monroe Capital
Defaults have been muted; borrowers struggling with interest payments have experienced deteriorating fundamentals. Will there be pressure points when loans mature? Does private credit continue to offer attractive yields?
- Laura Holson - Managing Director & COO, Credit, New Mountain Capital LLC
- Jeff Levin - Partner, Head of Credit, Thoma Bravo
- Lee Landrum - Partner, Manulife|Comvest Credit Partners
- Brian Stewart - Global Co-Head of Corporate Credit, Fortress Investment Group
Providing solutions through cycles to investee clients via diversification
- Matt Theodorakis - Co-Head of European Direct Lending in the Ares Credit Group, Ares Management
- Ryan Brauns - Partner, Ares Credit Group, Ares Management
Examining key Investment considerations and the search for DPI in an alternatives portfolio
- Yale Baron - Managing Principal & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Anchorage Capital
How to combine flexibility, speed, digital-enabled risk assesment and specialized sector knowledge.
- Kris Kraus - Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, PIMCO
- Charles Dunlap - Head of Global Financial Opportunities Advisory, Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
- Adam Baghdadi - Managing Director, Lending, Arrow Global
- Udai Bishnoi - Global Head of Asset Based Finance, Sculptor Capital Management
To what extent are macroeconomic changes playing to the strengths of the mid-market? What are the key trends driving the sector and how are fund managers driving returns despite the tough environment?
- Stuart Mathieson - Head of European Private Credit and Capital Solutions, Barings
- Peter Arnold - Head of LBP AM European Private Markets, LBP AM European Private Markets
- Ken Kencel - President & CEO, Churchill Asset Management, an affiliate of Nuveen
- Patrick Ottersbach - Head of European Direct Lending Investment Team, Macquarie
The success of specialized industry lending and integrated tech-driven monitoring solutions. Reshaping the competitive landscape beyond traditional banking models.
- Stelios G. Saffos - Global Chair of Capital Markets and Global Chair of Hybrid Capital, Latham & Watkins
- Kevin Griffin - CEO & CIO, MGG Investment Group
- Adam Vigna - Co-Founder and CIO, Sagard
- Abhik Das - Partner, Three Hills
- Jeff Kivitz - Chief Investment Officer of Corporate and Asset-Backed, Canyon Partners, LLC
- Gene Miao - Senior Managing Director, Senior Investment Strategist & Co-Head of Consultant Relations, Churchill Asset Management, an affiliate of Nuveen
How big is the distressed opportunity today and going forward? Where are investors deploying opportunistic capital and which markets are defensively positioned?
- Matthias Kirchgaessner - Managing Partner, PLEXUS Research
- Bouk van Geloven - Co-Head of European Investment Team, Strategic Value Partners
- Angelo Rufino - Partner, Head of North America & Europe Special Situations, Bain Capital
- Kevin Child - Partner, Head of European Origination & Capital Markets, GoldenTree Asset Management
- Nicole Waibel - Managing Director, Crescent Credit Europe
- Laurent Bouvier - Managing Partner, Kartesia
- Callum Bell - Head of Direct Lending, Investec
- Börge Grauel - Head of Private Debt, YIELCO Investments
- Florian Hofer - Managing Director Investments, Private Credit, Golding Capital Partners
The importance of combining flexibility, speed, digital-enabled risk assessment, and specialized sector knowledge to succeed in the private credit market
- James King - Head of Structured Credit, M&G Investments
- Paul Shea - Managing Partner, Beechbrook Capital
- David Manlowe - Senior Managing Director, Chief Executive officer, Benefit Street Partners
- Mathew Cestar - President, Arini
- Sophia Ferguson - Managing Director, Apollo Global Management
What factors are contributing to an increased demand for GP led private credit secondaries? How are pricing trends evolving in this market? What are the growth prospects for GP led credit secondaries?
- Olaf Neubert - Managing Director, TopCap Partners
- Kristina Matthews - Partner, Head of Investor Relations and Fund Raising, Falcon Investments
- Joaquin Ardit - Senior Portfolio Manager, Allianz Global Investors
- John Hartwell Cocke - Partner, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Corbin Capital Partners
- Justas Daujotas - Investment Manager, Willgrow
End of the Private Debt Summit Day 2
- Gene Miao - Senior Managing Director, Senior Investment Strategist & Co-Head of Consultant Relations, Churchill Asset Management, an affiliate of Nuveen