Key Takeaways
- • News Corp VCCircle announced the India Limited Partners Summit 2017 will be held in Mumbai on March 1-2, 2017, at the Taj Lands End hotel, positioned as the country's premier alternative investments conference for Asia-focused investors.
- • The summit's headline theme, "Alternative Investment Funds in Asia: Finding the silver lining in the emerging markets," will bring together India's leading PE funds (GPs), top global and Indian limited partners (LPs), and other private equity ecosystem players.
- • Agenda topics include LP expectations from the NDA government, the effect of the Union Budget, the GP-LP roles in deals, IRR risk hedging, and the deployment dilemma facing Indian VCs.
- • Discussion will cover the ramifications of the US presidential elections, Britain's EU exit decision, the slowdown in China and Indonesia, and whether India's growth remains intact after demonetisation.
- • Speakers include senior executives from Apax Partners, The Carlyle Group, Temasek Holdings Advisors, NEA, Barclays Wealth and Investment Management-India, and Motilal Oswal Private Equity; the event has drawn over 300 speakers and 2,100 participants over the past seven years.
Summary
News Corp VCCircle announced on February 10, 2017 that the India Limited Partners Summit 2017 will take place in Mumbai on March 1-2, 2017, at the Taj Lands End hotel. The event is described by the publisher as the country's premier alternative investments conference, organized to identify global and local trends for Asia-focused investors. It is designed to bring together India's leading private equity funds, general partners (GPs), top global and Indian limited partners (LPs), and other major players in the private equity ecosystem.
The summit is titled "Alternative Investment Funds in Asia: Finding the silver lining in the emerging markets." Organizers said it will examine whether investors will be bullish or bearish toward India in light of major global, regional and local developments. Specific topics include the ramifications of the US presidential elections, Britain's decision to leave the European Union, the impact of slowing growth in China and Indonesia on investments in India, and whether India's growth prospects remain intact after demonetisation.
The agenda includes sessions on LPs' expectations from the NDA government, the effect of the Union Budget at micro and macro levels, the evolving roles of LPs and GPs in a deal, the role Indian GPs can play in attracting LPs, internal rate of return (IRR) risk and best practices to hedge it, and the deployment dilemma facing Indian venture capitalists. The two-day format will feature interactive panels, breakout sessions and keynotes.
Among the announced speakers are Vishal Tulsiyan of Motilal Oswal Private Equity, Mukul Gulati of Zephyr Peacock, Sudhir Sethi of IDG Ventures India, Simon Hopkins of Milltrust International Group, Shashank Singh of Apax Partners, Satya Bansal of Barclays Wealth and Investment Management-India, Sanjeev Aggarwal of Helion Venture Partners, Renuka Ramnath of Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Promeet Ghosh of Temasek Holdings Advisors, Neeraj Bharadwaj of The Carlyle Group, and Bala Deshpande of NEA. VLE Consultants, ARGUS Partners and Sterlite Power are sponsors, while SVCA, MVCA, ILPA and CFA Society India are partners. According to the publisher, the summit has drawn over 300 speakers and 2,100 participants over the past seven years.
The summit is titled "Alternative Investment Funds in Asia: Finding the silver lining in the emerging markets." Organizers said it will examine whether investors will be bullish or bearish toward India in light of major global, regional and local developments. Specific topics include the ramifications of the US presidential elections, Britain's decision to leave the European Union, the impact of slowing growth in China and Indonesia on investments in India, and whether India's growth prospects remain intact after demonetisation.
The agenda includes sessions on LPs' expectations from the NDA government, the effect of the Union Budget at micro and macro levels, the evolving roles of LPs and GPs in a deal, the role Indian GPs can play in attracting LPs, internal rate of return (IRR) risk and best practices to hedge it, and the deployment dilemma facing Indian venture capitalists. The two-day format will feature interactive panels, breakout sessions and keynotes.
Among the announced speakers are Vishal Tulsiyan of Motilal Oswal Private Equity, Mukul Gulati of Zephyr Peacock, Sudhir Sethi of IDG Ventures India, Simon Hopkins of Milltrust International Group, Shashank Singh of Apax Partners, Satya Bansal of Barclays Wealth and Investment Management-India, Sanjeev Aggarwal of Helion Venture Partners, Renuka Ramnath of Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Promeet Ghosh of Temasek Holdings Advisors, Neeraj Bharadwaj of The Carlyle Group, and Bala Deshpande of NEA. VLE Consultants, ARGUS Partners and Sterlite Power are sponsors, while SVCA, MVCA, ILPA and CFA Society India are partners. According to the publisher, the summit has drawn over 300 speakers and 2,100 participants over the past seven years.
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