Capital Creation 2014 (past event)
08 - 10 September, 2014
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Fundraising Summit 2014 - 8th September
11:30 - 13:00 Registration and welcome networking brunch
13:00 - 13:10 Chair's welcome address and 5 minute business card exchange
13:10 - 13:20 Industry insight: The Facts of Fundraising in 2014 – An update on activity
- Fundraising environment overview and the new benchmarks: waking up to the gap between haves & have not's
- The arrival of individual funds: investment activity into segregated funds
- Has there been any impact from legislative and compliance changes introduced?
- Performers update: Is the interest in secondaries and distressed growing as expected?
Vince O'Brien
DirectorMontagu
13:20 - 14:00 Community forum: Private Equity’s ‘Balance of Power’: What do GPs need to do to attract capital in today’s market?
Speakers:
Kaarina Suikkonen Head of Private Equity Feri Trust
Simon Faure Investment Director PPM Managers
Neal Costello Senior Principal Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Buchan Scott Partner Duke Street
William Rudebeck Managing Partner VCP Advisors Ltd
Weibe Visser Investment Manager AlpInvest
Kaarina Suikkonen Head of Private Equity Feri Trust
Simon Faure Investment Director PPM Managers
Neal Costello Senior Principal Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Buchan Scott Partner Duke Street
William Rudebeck Managing Partner VCP Advisors Ltd
Weibe Visser Investment Manager AlpInvest
- Impact on the current fundraising market
- What do GPs need to do in order to raise money from LPs?
- What’s needed to effectively spin out a fund – is a close LP-GP relationship all that’s needed?
- What’s predicted for 3 years’ time?
- What do GPs need to do in order to raise money from LPs?
- What’s needed to effectively spin out a fund – is a close LP-GP relationship all that’s needed?
- What’s predicted for 3 years’ time?
14:00 - 14:15 Industry insight: Private client feeder testimonials: A snapshot of UBS's Market Experience
- The strengths of the High Net Worth Individual Feeder model
- Investment process & roadshow
- Conditions for UBS Private Markets Wealth Management to re-up with a manager
- Investment process & roadshow
- Conditions for UBS Private Markets Wealth Management to re-up with a manager
14:15 - 14:45 Community forum: Expert analysis - What are LPs’ investment criteria in 2014?
Speakers:
Paul Newsome Executive Director and Head of Investments, Unigestion
Peter McKellar Partner, Chief Investment Officer SL Capital Partners
Bridget Barker Partner Investment Funds and Financial Services Group, Macfarlanes LLP
Pilar Junco Managing Director Blackstone
Michael Cronin Vice President StepStone
Paul Newsome Executive Director and Head of Investments, Unigestion
Peter McKellar Partner, Chief Investment Officer SL Capital Partners
Bridget Barker Partner Investment Funds and Financial Services Group, Macfarlanes LLP
Pilar Junco Managing Director Blackstone
Michael Cronin Vice President StepStone
- What do LP’s feel are the most attractive opportunities in the next 12months? Strategic, geographic, sectoral, operational?
- How are PE firms adapting to take advantage of the current investment environment?
- Are GP’s considering different time horizons on holding fund investments?
- What are the pressing challenges facing GPs at the moment?
- What due diligence are LPs undertaking?
- How are PE firms adapting to take advantage of the current investment environment?
- Are GP’s considering different time horizons on holding fund investments?
- What are the pressing challenges facing GPs at the moment?
- What due diligence are LPs undertaking?
14:45 - 15:30 Afternoon networking and refreshment break
15:30 - 16:10 Community forum: Venture-capital experts - Is it prime-time for venture?
- Will Europe challenge the US market in venture capital?
- What opportunities does Europe provide that the US does not?
- What have been the successes in venture capital fundraising
- Examining the different sector dynamics and emerging niches of Europe vs US – biotech, medtec, clintech, IT
- Is venture capital misunderstood as an asset class - and if so, why?
- What opportunities does Europe provide that the US does not?
- What have been the successes in venture capital fundraising
- Examining the different sector dynamics and emerging niches of Europe vs US – biotech, medtec, clintech, IT
- Is venture capital misunderstood as an asset class - and if so, why?
16:10 - 16:40 Community forum: Fundraising Snapshot Performance Case Studies
Hear the 5 minute snapshot story of this year's vanquishers! Find out where the capital flow is coming from, who has done well and how – plus what they’re focusing on come 2015.
Hollyport Capital
John Carter
PartnerHollyport Capital
16:40 - 17:10 Industry Insight: The Dos and Don’ts of Fundraising : A Dual Perspective
Don’t get caught out – the 2014 tick list to ensure you stand the best chance of successfully competing in the 2000 global fundraising scramble.
Abedeen Asset Management
Graham McDonald
Head of Private EquityAbedeen Asset Management
17:10 - 17:50 Community forum: Industry future - How will funds create value and market themselves in five years?
Changing LP/GP relationships, the evolution of fundraising post-2008 and the maturing of Private Equity as an asset class - what should firms hoping to fundraise successfully in the future be doing? How can you compete in demonstrating value creation, and what’s different this time?
