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SuperReturn International
2 - 6 June 2025
InterContinental HotelBerlin
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Showing 1 of 1 Streams
07:45 - 08:25
Registration and welcome coffee
08:25 - 08:35
Chair’s welcome address
  • Anthony Fobel - CEO, Arcmont Asset Management
08:35 - 09:15
Is this private credit’s golden moment and will it last?
  • Anthony Fobel - CEO, Arcmont Asset Management
  • Gregory N. Racz - Co-Founder & President, MGG Investment Group
  • Blair Faulstich - Managing Director, Benefit Street Partners
  • Will Proctor - Managing Director, Head of Sponsor Coverage, Neuberger Berman
  • Symon Drake-Brockman - Managing Partner, Pemberton Asset Management
  • Greg Galligan - Senior Managing Director, Vista Credit Partners
09:15 - 09:40
Private Debt 2.0: Where are we and where do we go?
  • Cyril Demaria - Head of Private Markets Strategy, Managing Director Senior Adviser, Bank Julius Baer
  • Oliver Thym - Partner, Thoma Bravo
  • Chris Taylor - Head of Private Credit, Third Point LLC
  • Richard T. Miller - Group Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, Chairman of Investment Committee, TCW Private Credit Group
  • Brad Bauer - Partner, Co-CEO/Co-CIO, Värde Partners
  • Jack Neumark - Managing Partner, Co-Head of Specialty Finance & Head of Legal Assets, Fortress Investment Group
09:40 - 10:25
Evolution and opportunity in direct lending
  • Paul Desmarais III - Chairman & CEO, Sagard
  • Vivek Mathew - Head of Asset Management, Antares Capital
  • Callum Bell - Head of Direct Lending, Investec Direct Lending
  • Theodore Koenig - Chairman & CEO, Monroe Capital
  • Lee Landrum - Partner, Comvest Partners
  • Laurent Bouvier - Founding Managing Partner, Kartesia
  • Tyler Gately - Head of North America Private Credit, Barings
10:25 - 10:50
Five Tough Questions about European Direct Lending
10:50 - 11:10
Morning coffee and networking break
11:10 - 11:30
The ingredients for success in private credit: the importance of a selective investment approach
11:30 - 12:15
Mid Market lending trends: durability, flexibility and steady growth in volatile markets
  • Patrick Suchy - Head of Credit, Private Markets, HSBC Asset Management
  • Matt Darrah - Managing Director, Head of Underwriting, Principal Asset Management
  • Cécile Mayer-Levi - Head of Private Debt, Tikehau Capital
  • Ken Kencel - President & CEO, Churchill Asset Management
  • Pankaj Gupta - President of H.I.G WhiteHorse & Global Head of Originations, H.I.G. Capital
  • Stuart Mathieson - Head of Europe & APAC Private Credit & Capital Solutions, Barings
  • Audie Apple - Investment Director, US Direct Lending, Fidelity Investments
12:15 - 12:55
Examining the new strategies emerging among fund managers
  • Nathalie Sadler - Partner, Dechert
  • James Keenan - Chief Investment Officer & Global Head of Private Debt, BlackRock
  • Peter Gleysteen - Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, AGL Credit Management LP
  • Alexandra Jung - Head of Private Debt Funds & Partner, AEA Investors
  • David Lyon - Head of Capital Solutions, Neuberger Berman
  • Mark Basile - Partner, Co-Head of Credit & Capital Markets, Veritas Capital
12:55 - 13:35
Where is the value in dislocation?
  • Nizar Tarhuni - Vice President of Institutional Research, PitchBook Data Inc.
  • Jakob Lindquist - Founder, CORDET Capital Partners LLP
  • Barnaby Lyons - Partner & Global Co-Head, Bain Capital Special Situations
  • Polina Kurdyavko - Head of Emerging Markets, BlueBay Asset Management
  • Tristram Leach - Partner & Co-Head of European Credit, Apollo Global Management
13:35 - 14:00
Lunch and networking break
14:00 - 14:05
Afternoon Chairman
  • Ken Kencel - President & CEO, Churchill Asset Management
14:05 - 14:35
Lender dialogue with sponsors: are there cracks in the capital structure? How does Europe compare with the US?
  • Matthew Czyzyk - Partner, Business Restructuring, Ropes & Gray LLP
  • Claire Harwood - Co-Head of Direct Lending Investment Team, Permira
  • Kirsten Hagen - Co-Founder & Partner, Brinley Partners
  • Justin Partington - Group Head of Fund and Asset Managers, IQ-EQ
  • Nicole Waibel - Managing Director, Crescent Credit Europe
  • Kerry Hugh-Jones - Co-Managing Partner, Strategic Value Credit, Cheyne Capital
14:35 - 15:15
Opportunity knocks: opportunistic credit strategies
  • Chris Krishanthan - Managing Member; Distressed Investments, Davidson Kempner European Partners
  • Christian Stracke - President, Pimco
  • Paul Triggiani - Managing Director & Head of Distressed Credit & Special Situations, Invesco
  • Grady Frank - Partner and Head of Private Credit Origination, GoldenTree Asset Management
  • Michael Haynes - Head of Private Credit, Beach Point Capital
  • Noah Charney - Managing Director, Head of Capital Solutions, King Street Capital Management
15:15 - 15:55
The private credit ecosystem has expanded significantly. Investment options include senior, unitranche, mezzanine, junior and many other solutions. What is driving this growth and is it sustainable?
  • David N. Miller - Global Head of Private Credit & Equity, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
  • Chip Cushman - Managing Director, Golub Capital
  • Michael Small - Partner, KKR
  • Joe Abrams - Partner, European Head of Private Debt, Mercer
  • Nicole Drapkin - Managing Director & Co-Head, Opportunistic Lending Strategy, Blue Owl Capital
  • James Roche - Partner & Chief Credit Officer, Willow Tree Credit Partners
15:55 - 16:15
Afternoon refreshments and networking break
16:15 - 16:50
Where's next for real asset private debt?
  • Daniel Roddick - Founder, Ely Place Partners
  • Zach Lewy - CEO, CIO, Fund Principal, Arrow Global
  • Jonathan Jay - Partner, Conduit Real Estate
  • Patrick Trears - Partner, Global Head of Ares Infrastructure Debt, Ares Management
  • Jonathan Babkow - Senior Managing Director & Co-Head of Residential Credit, Pretium
16:50 - 17:25
Untapped potential: What are the growth prospects for credit secondaries?
  • Jeff Hammer - Global Co-Head of Secondaries, Manulife Investment Management
  • John Hartwell Cocke - Partner, Deputy Chief Investment Officer - Credit, Corbin Capital Partners
  • Jacqui Eaves - Partner, Goodwin Procter
  • Marco Wulff - CEO & Managing Partner, Montana Capital Partners
  • Andrea Fernandez - Partner, Head of Product Management and Investor Relations, European Credit & Corporate Secondaries, Ares Management
17:25 - 17:30
Chair’s closing remarks
  • Ken Kencel - President & CEO, Churchill Asset Management
17:30 - 19:00
Summit day networking drinks reception Sponsored by Barings
Welcome Drinks Reception
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