Key Takeaways
- • iConnections announced a speaker line-up for its flagship Global Alternatives Conference ('Global Alts '23'), held January 30 to February 2, 2023 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, with close to 3,000 delegates including over 900 institutional allocators.
- • The event is expected to enable more than 12,000 one-on-one meetings between allocators and managers, according to iConnections.
- • Confirmed speakers include Marc Lasry (Avenue Capital Group), Edwin Conway (BlackRock Alternative Investors), Michael Novogratz (Galaxy Digital), Michael Arougheti (Ares), John Zito (Apollo Global Management) and CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger.
- • Agenda themes include emerging manager alpha, PE secondaries, private markets in an inflationary environment, distressed debt, global real estate, LP-focused sessions and digital asset custody.
- • CEO Ron Biscardi said allocators and managers want to meet in person to address inflation at a 40-year high, the war in Europe and the 'latest crypto winter.'
Summary
iConnections, described as the investment industry's leading capital introductions platform, has announced a speaker line-up for its flagship Global Alternatives Conference, branded Global Alts '23. The event runs from January 30 to February 2, 2023 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. According to the company, the conference will gather close to 3,000 delegates, including more than 900 institutional allocators from the endowment, foundation, pension and family office sectors, alongside managers from public, private and digital markets.
The program includes Leadership Day on Tuesday, January 31, featuring panels and fireside chats with senior investment decision-makers and portfolio managers. iConnections expects the event to facilitate more than 12,000 one-on-one meetings.
Confirmed speakers include Kim Kardashian and Jay Sammons of Skky Partners, Michael Arougheti of Ares, John Zito of Apollo Global Management, Edwin Conway of BlackRock Alternative Investors, Marc Lasry of Avenue Capital Group, Michael Novogratz of Galaxy Digital, Anthony Scaramucci of SkyBridge Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya of Social Capital, Keith Rabois of Founders Fund, and Jim Chanos of Kynikos. Regulatory voices include CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger. Institutional representatives include Paul Zummo of J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management, Paul Marcussen of Norges Bank Investment Management, Amy Flikerski of CPP Investments, and Katherine Molnar of the Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System.
Agenda themes include whether emerging manager alpha remains compelling, the investment case for private equity secondaries, fueling private markets amid inflation, whether hedge funds are meeting investor expectations, impact investing trends, special situations and distressed debt, global real estate, LP-focused discussions, digital asset megatrends and crypto custody evolution.
Biscardi said allocators and managers are eager to meet face to face to address a market shaped by 40-year-high inflation, the war in Europe and the latest crypto winter, positioning the event as a venue for networking and access to the full alternatives universe.
The program includes Leadership Day on Tuesday, January 31, featuring panels and fireside chats with senior investment decision-makers and portfolio managers. iConnections expects the event to facilitate more than 12,000 one-on-one meetings.
Confirmed speakers include Kim Kardashian and Jay Sammons of Skky Partners, Michael Arougheti of Ares, John Zito of Apollo Global Management, Edwin Conway of BlackRock Alternative Investors, Marc Lasry of Avenue Capital Group, Michael Novogratz of Galaxy Digital, Anthony Scaramucci of SkyBridge Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya of Social Capital, Keith Rabois of Founders Fund, and Jim Chanos of Kynikos. Regulatory voices include CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger. Institutional representatives include Paul Zummo of J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management, Paul Marcussen of Norges Bank Investment Management, Amy Flikerski of CPP Investments, and Katherine Molnar of the Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System.
Agenda themes include whether emerging manager alpha remains compelling, the investment case for private equity secondaries, fueling private markets amid inflation, whether hedge funds are meeting investor expectations, impact investing trends, special situations and distressed debt, global real estate, LP-focused discussions, digital asset megatrends and crypto custody evolution.
Biscardi said allocators and managers are eager to meet face to face to address a market shaped by 40-year-high inflation, the war in Europe and the latest crypto winter, positioning the event as a venue for networking and access to the full alternatives universe.
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