Event Overview
The Institutional and Alternative Lending Conference returns to New York in 2018, bringing together the most senior industry players in direct lending to the US mid-market.
Direct lending continues to be big business for North America’s leading alternative asset managers and private equity firms. According to Preqin, the asset class soared in size from USD 33Bn in 2008 to USD 100Bn in 2016. 200 new funds have launched since 2009 and last year 58 percent of institutional investors said they would increase allocations to US mid-market lending funds in the next one or two years.
But can the market sustain this growth? Competition is heating up; pricing and liquidity is compressing; leverage and dry power is rising; and covenants are receding. In a world of rising interest rates, equity market uncertainty, and the ever-pervasive ‘Trump factor’, will direct lending funds remain on top of the private debt universe? Will the growth in nonsponsored transactions lead to a decline in credit quality as we reach the end of the credit cycle? Are LPs’ priorities going to change in this new environment?
As the only conference dedicated exclusively to the US direct lending asset-class, this definitive gathering brings together LPs and GPs in equal measure, giving you unparalleled networking opportunities and access to first class content and thought-leadership.
If you would like to join a panel session or your direct lending fund is looking to distinguish itself in front of a conference of LPs, register your interest in a speaking position with George Khachadourian, conference manager at george.khachadourian@euromoneyplc.com or call +44 (0) 20 7779 8060.
Speakers
Keynote Speaker Thomas Quaadman Executive Vice President U.S. Chamber Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness
Joanna Komoszewska Berg
Executive Director Morgan Stanley
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Silas Brown
Private Debt Reporter GlobalCapital
James Burron
President Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies and Assets
Huy Cao
Director, Corporate Credit Caisse De Dépôt et Placement du Québec
Clark Cheng
Chief Investment Officer Merrimac Corp
Charlie Corbett
Editorial Director Euromoney Conferences
Graeme Delaney-Smith
Head of European Direct Lending and Mezzanine Alcentra
Elliot Ganz
General Counsel LSTA
