Capital Creation 2014 (past event)
08 - 10 September, 2014
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Main Conference Day 2 -
09:30 - 10:00 Morning coffee and networking
10:00 - 10:10 Chair's Welcome Address and 5 minute business card exchange Chair required
10:10 - 10:40 Panel Discussion: ESG Experts Panel: If you don’t pay attention to ESG, you leave money on the table
- How is money to be made through ESG? The time has come to recognize the financial benefits and dividends
- Private equity – best-in-class ESG practices so far
- For what other reasons should you pay attention to ESG? (Transparency, risk management, reporting, due diligence and branding blinding, among other reasons)
- What do the nuts and bolts of ESG implementation look like for LPs and GPs?
- Private equity – best-in-class ESG practices so far
- For what other reasons should you pay attention to ESG? (Transparency, risk management, reporting, due diligence and branding blinding, among other reasons)
- What do the nuts and bolts of ESG implementation look like for LPs and GPs?
10:40 - 11:10 Community forum: Private debt - Focus on investment
- Assessing the advantages and disadvantages of senior vs. unit vs. mezzanine investment
- Examining the main differences between private debt in the US vs. Europe
- Exploring primary vs. secondary deal flow moving forward
- Examining the main differences between private debt in the US vs. Europe
- Exploring primary vs. secondary deal flow moving forward
11:10 - 11:40 Morning networking and refreshment break
11:40 - 12:10 Community forum: Private debt and credit - What’s essential to know for 2014?
Moderator:
Blair Jacobson Managing Director, Private Debt Group Ares Capital Managment
Speakers:
Benoit Durteste Head of European Mezzanine Intermediate Capital Group
Michael J Forestner Partner Mercer
Tristan Parisot Managing Director, Head of France European Capital
Peter Schwanitz Managing Director Portfolio Advisors
Blair Jacobson Managing Director, Private Debt Group Ares Capital Managment
Speakers:
Benoit Durteste Head of European Mezzanine Intermediate Capital Group
Michael J Forestner Partner Mercer
Tristan Parisot Managing Director, Head of France European Capital
Peter Schwanitz Managing Director Portfolio Advisors
- Which private debt products are seeing the most activity, and how it’s impacting the wider market?
- What will the banks do? Is direct lending a short-lived fad?
- Is there too much money and are there too many players in the private debt and credit space?
- For how long will investors be interested in this space? What are the key factors?
Mercer
- What will the banks do? Is direct lending a short-lived fad?
- Is there too much money and are there too many players in the private debt and credit space?
- For how long will investors be interested in this space? What are the key factors?
Michael J Forestner
PartnerMercer
12:10 - 12:40 Community forum: Evolving investor approaches to debt financing, shifting business models and what it will take to succeed in the buoyant debt markets
- Will the banks come back in to the debt world or wont they? Does it actually matter?
- How are institutional investors approaching debt financing and shifting business models?
- What are institutional investors looking for in a lending manager?
- How are institutional investors approaching debt financing and shifting business models?
- What are institutional investors looking for in a lending manager?
12:40 - 13:00 Industry Insight: Blue Sky Thinking: Bitcoin & deciphering what it means for today's financial markets
Bitcoin was the best performing asset class of 2013. Despite this success, relatively few people understand what Bitcoin is and and what it means for global financial markets. 20 years ago, it was nearly impossible to predict what impact the internet would have on financial markets, but Bitcoin has great potential as a disruptive technology and platform for capital allocation. It is not simply money for the internet; rather, Bitcoin is the internet of finance.
Coinfloor
Mark Lamb
CEO,Coinfloor