Your access to Asia’s largest investor bases
Reconnect with Asian investors and global private debt leaders at the 2nd annual PDI APAC Forum on 13 April in Singapore. Understand how market volatility has shifted investor appetites and where opportunities lie in Asia’s private credit markets.
Join Asia’s behemoth investors to analyse APAC’s most promising growth markets in 2022.
Key conversations include:
- Vital trends changing investor outlook and private credit allocations
- Crucial considerations for Asian investors when selecting fund managers
- How global LPs are looking at return profiles of Asia-Pacific private debt compared with developed and public markets
- and much more.
Fundraise effectively. Reconnect easily. Gain an edge.
Build trusting relationships
Start your fundraising journey by getting early access to APAC investors and connecting with the private debt-focused community on the ground.
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Discuss APAC investors’ future capital allocations in roundtables and plenary sessions in-person.
Advanced and extended networking
Access Asia Pacific investors virtually one month ahead of the live event and continue to explore new opportunities five months after the live event.
2021 featured speakers
Key insights from 2021 event
Among many highlights in 2021, BlackRock, CPPIB, PAG and Sunsuper told us why the APAC region has led the new trajectory in the recovery. Many more institutional investors and strategic partners shared their perspectives through live discussions. View the highlights today.
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Our attendees include the region’s biggest allocators, top global fund managers, and strategic partners
What our attendees say
Kim, Sang Hoon
Lead Portfolio Manager / Alternative Investment, Meritz Asset Management Co., Ltd.
It was very helpful for me to understand Korea, Asia, and the global private debt market.
Tetsuya Nagamochi
Shinsei Bank
A good opportunity to connect with the market, hear market participants’ opinions and views from home.
Jayme Younghee Han
Executive Director - Asia Funds Advisory and Distribution, Jones Lang LaSalle
Great way to connect people during this unprecedented time. One of the best alternatives conferences I have participated this year – very well presented by each…
Jayme Younghee Han
Executive Director - Asia Funds Advisory and Distribution, Jones Lang LaSalle
Great way to connect people during this unprecedented time. One of the best alternatives conferences I have participated this year – very well presented by each speaker who knew their topic and held your interest.
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2021 speakers
Amit Agarwal
Head - Stressed Assets Strategy, Edelweiss Alternative Asset Advisors
Amit is a founding member of the stressed assets business in Edelweiss and has been instrumental in creating a leadership position for Edelweiss in this space in India. As the head of the stressed assets strategy in Edelweiss today, he oversees ~US$… Read full bio
Robin Blumenthal
Americas Editor, Private Debt Investor
Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal is the Americas Editor at Private Debt Investor. She spent many years covering the public markets, including 20 years as a senior editor at Barron’s magazine, where she presaged the US housing collapse and the 2008 financial… Read full bio
Cameron Bunnell
Global Director of Analytics, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Cameron Bunnell is Global Director of Analytics of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. He has 20 years finance and professional services experience with 10 years in structured finance origination and modelling. Based out of EMEA, he leads the team w… Read full bio
Raymond Chan
Managing Director, Head of APAC Credit, CPPIB Asia
Raymond leads our Asia credit business. Prior to joining CPPIB, he was a managing director at SSG Capital responsible for special situations investments and secured lending in Greater China. Previously, Raymond was the Head of Greater China at Interm… Read full bio
Manda Chan
Co-founding member of the Asia Pacific Business, Evercore Private Funds Group (PFG)
Manda Chan is a co-founding member of the Asia Pacific Business of the Evercore Private Funds Group (PFG), and is based in Hong Kong. PFG is one of the most active global placement agents focused on advising and executing capital raisings for private… Read full bio
Kei W Chua
Managing Director, Bain Capital Credit
Mr. Kei Chua joined Bain Capital Credit in 2016. He is a Managing Director based in Bain Capital Credit’s Hong Kong office and is a member of the Distressed and Special Situations team focused on special situations and portfolio investing. Previously… Read full bio
Ryan Chung
Managing Director and Head of Principal Investment, Huatai International
Ryan Chung is the head and founder of Huatai International’s private credit investment arm and manages fund portfolio of over US$1.5 billion in AUM. Ryan has over 20 years of experience in secured private debt, quasi-debt and private equity investmen… Read full bio
Mei Colani Li
Head of Private Credit, VI Asset Management
Ms Colani Li has over 20 years of experience in finance and middle market direct lending across Asia Pacific and is co-founding the Private Credit lending business at VI. Prior to joining VI, Ms Colani Li was a Partner at ADM Capital, a USD1.5 billio… Read full bio
Mike Cowell
Portfolio Manager, Credit Income, Aware Super
Mike Cowell is the Portfolio Manager of Credit Income at Aware Super (formerly First State Super), one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds. Credit Income is responsible for credit investments in the fund including offshore corporate, infrastr… Read full bio
Hemant Daga
Chief Executive Officer, Edelweiss Asset Management
Hemant Daga has 18 years of investment experience and is the CEO for Edelweiss Asset Management. As the head of the Asset Management business, Hemant is responsible for the Alternatives business and the Mutual Fund business. He has been instrumental… Read full bio
Abizer Diwanji
Partner and Head – Financial Services, EY India
Abizer is the Head of Financial Services with EY India. He was the founding partner of the Restructuring and Turnaround business for EY in India. He has 30+ years’ experience in advising in M&A advisory, Restructuring advisory, Business advisory… Read full bio
Anita Ferreira
Head - Debt Capital Markets, CredAvenue
Anita is a senior professional with close to two decades of work experience spanning domestic and international debt markets. She has worked extensively in the areas of Debt Capital Markets, Treasury, Corporate Finance and Project Finance encompassin… Read full bio
Anil Gorthy
Senior Portfolio Manager, Avenue Capital Group
Mr. Gorthy is responsible for directing the investment activities of the Avenue Asia Strategy and has over 20 years of investment experience in Asia. Prior to joining Avenue in 2014, Mr. Gorthy was a Managing Director and Partner at Pacific Alliance… Read full bio
Chris Gradel
Founding Partner, PAG
PAG’s Absolute Returns business is led by Chris Gradel, who founded PAG in 2002. Mr. Gradel has over 20 years of investment experience across Asia. Prior to founding PAG, Mr. Gradel led several investments for the Marmon Group in China and was an eng… Read full bio
Jayme Younghee Han
Executive Director - Asia Funds Advisory and Distribution, Jones Lang LaSalle
Jayme Han, Executive Director, Asia Funds Advisory and Distribution, is responsible for JLL Asia Pacific mandates and distribution in the firm's Global Funds Advisory team. Ms Han takes on regional responsibilities focused on advisory mandates and di… Read full bio
Yuko Hara
Director, Alternative Investments Team, ORIX Life Insurance
Yuko Hara is a Director of Alternative Investment Team of Investment Department. She took this position in July 2020 and has been responsible for managing mainly Private Debt while the team is covering Private Equity, Infrastructures Real Estate. Pri… Read full bio
Lucas Hartmann
Senior Manager, Equities, Fixed Income and Alternatives, NGS Super
Lucas heads equity, fixed income, and liquid alternatives at NGS Super and for these portfolios he leads manager selection, co-investments, portfolio construction and derivative overlays. NGS Super is a $12 billion Australian profit to members Indust… Read full bio
Tsutomu Ishida
Deputy General Manager, Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance
Tsutomu Ishida is a Deputy General Manager of Alternative Investment Group. He took this position in April 2015 and has been responsible for managing alternative investment which includes investment in private equity fund, hedge fund, debt fund and r… Read full bio
Kulbhushan Kalia
Head of Private Debt, Asia and Lead – Investment Strategy and Alternatives, Asia, Allianz Investment Management Singapore
Kulbhushan is Head of Private Debt, Asia for Allianz Investment Management. He also leads investment strategy for Allianz’s Balance Sheets in Asia with an AUM of ~EUR 34bn. Kulbhushan has over 15 years of experience in the fields of asset management,… Read full bio
Takahiro Kato
Executive Officer, Head of Global Fund Investment, DBJ Asset Management
Takahiro Kato is responsible for investments in infrastructure and energy funds as a gate keeper, which includes not only global and regional universe but also Japanese domestic infrastructure mandate. Takahiro joined DBJ group in 1995, and experienc… Read full bio
Rosy Khanna
Regional Industry Director, Financial Institutions Group Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation
Ms. Rosy Khanna is the Regional Industry Director for Financial Institutions Asia Pacific at the International Finance Corporation. She has almost three decades of experience at IFC financing and investing in projects in emerging markets across the g… Read full bio
James Kirby
President and Co-founder, Deerpath Capital
James Kirby is the President and Co-founder of Deerpath Capital. He was previously a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager in credit investing at Dune Capital Management, LP and its predecessor fund at Soros Fund Management LLC from 2004-2006. He w… Read full bio
Tomoko Kitao
Managing Director – Japan Representative, Hamilton Lane
Tomoko is a Managing Director at Hamilton Lane, where she heads the firm’s Tokyo office. She is primarily responsible for client management and development of the firm’s client relationships in Japan. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2012, Tomoko wa… Read full bio
Foster Lee
Senior Director, Credit Investment and Corporate Finance, Gaw Capital Partners
Foster Lee has over 15 years’ experience in direct lending, structured finance and asset-based lending across Australia, Hong Kong, China and Japan. Foster has also worked across multiple roles including credit/risk management, deal originations, syn… Read full bio
Soo Cheon Lee
Chief Investment Officer, SC Lowy
Soo Cheon is the SC in SC Lowy and is responsible for the investment side of the business. He has been analysing distressed opportunities alongside Michel Lowy for almost 20 years, dating back to the Asian financial crisis, when they helped to build… Read full bio
Susan Lee
Partner, Hedge Fund and Private Credit Research Analyst, Albourne Partners
Susan Lee is Partner and Investment Due Diligence Analyst for Asian hedge funds and private credit funds at Albourne Partners. Previously Susan worked as Portfolio Management Analyst at Pacific Alternative Asset Management, a fund of hedge funds in I… Read full bio
Vibhor Mittal
Chief Products Officer, CredAvenue
Vibhor Mittal is Chief Products Officer, Vivriti Group. At Vivriti, Vibhor looks at new product development, structuring and execution of transactions across all group platforms – NBFC business (Vivriti Capital), enterprise debt marketplace (CredAven… Read full bio
Lillian Nunez
Executive Director – Debt Investments, IFM Investors
Lillian is responsible for joint management of key credit portfolios, credit product strategies including the IFM Specialised Credit Fund (SCF), and heads the team responsible for conducting credit analysis, due diligence, and investment recommendati… Read full bio
Haewon Park
Senior Vice President, Vogo Fund Asset Management
Haewon Park is the Vice President of Vogo Fund Asset Management. Ms. Park has c.10 years of asset management and finance experience. Prior to joining Vogo Fund Asset Management, Ms. Park was a Manager at Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management, where sh… Read full bio
Greg Racz
Co-founder and President, MGG Investment Group
Prior to co-founding MGG, Mr. Racz was President of Hutchin Hill, a multi-billion multi-strategy hedge fund. Previously, Mr. Racz co-founded Octavian Advisors, LP, a $1.4 billion multi-strategy fund and was a corporate attorney at Wachtell, Lipton, R… Read full bio
Narayan Ramachandran
Chairman, Vivriti Asset Management
Narayan Ramachandran is the Chairman and CEO of KludeIn Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) listed on NASDAQ. Narayan is also the co-Chairman of Unitus Capital, India's largest social enterprise bank. Narayan is curr… Read full bio
Yann Robard
Managing Partner, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners
Yann Robard is the Managing Partner at Whitehorse Liquidity Partners and has over 20 years of private equity experience. Established in 2015, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners is a private equity firm focused on providing structured liquidity solutions f… Read full bio
Bob Sahota
Chief Investment Officer, Revolution Asset Management
Mr Sahota is the Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer and Founder of Revolution Asset Management, a specialist investment manager established to provide institutional and high net worth investors with access to the Australian & New Zealand… Read full bio
Samarendra Singh
Principal, Equity Investment Unit, Asian Development Bank
Samarendra Singh is Principal Investment Specialist in Equity Investment Unit of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department handling the Bank’s direct equity investments. He joined ADB in November 2015. Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Singh worked for Aozo… Read full bio
Kevin Smithen
Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer, Digital Colony and Colony Capital
Kevin Smithen is Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer at Digital Colon and Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY). Mr. Smithen has over 25 years of experience in the global communications services and digital infrastructure sectors and plays a leading ro… Read full bio
Thomas Swain
Director, Private Fund Group, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong)
Thomas joined the Credit Suisse Private Fund Group in 2006 and is based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for leading PFG’s advisory and fundraising execution activities in Asia Pacific across both primary fundraisings and secondary liquidity solutions… Read full bio
Andy Thomson
Senior Editor, Private Debt Investor, PEI Media
Andy has been with PEI since 2003, working on a number of titles including as Editor of Private Equity International and Senior Editor of Infrastructure Investor. Since H2 2015, he took over responsibility for Real Estate Capital and, in the first ha… Read full bio
Bruce Tomlinson
Head of Alternative Strategies, Sunsuper
Bruce Tomlinson joined Sunsuper in October 2007. He has 30 years of investment experience, including the past 21 years as a Portfolio Manager. At Sunsuper Bruce is the Head of Alternative Strategies, which is an alternatives investment program he est… Read full bio
Bahram Vakil
Co-Founder and Senior Partner, AZB & Partners
Bahram Vakil is amongst India’s foremost restructuring, bankruptcy, infrastructure and project finance attorneys. As part of his restructuring and bankruptcy experience, Bahram has advised several distressed funds, insolvency professionals, domestic… Read full bio
Pramod Vijayasankar
Principal Investment Officer, Investment Operations, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Pramod Vijayasankar is Principal Investment Officer in the Banking team at AIIB which has responsibility for investments into equity and debt funds/platforms, capital markets & structured products, digital infrastructure, financial institutions… Read full bio
Carola Wiksten
Senior Investment Analyst - Private Debt, Aware Super
Carola Wiksten is a Senior Investment Analyst at Aware Super, formally known as First State Super. Carola joined in April 2020 and works in the Credit Income team. Carola is responsible for assessing direct credit investment opportunities in Australi… Read full bio
Isaac Wong
Executive Director of Principal Investment, Huatai International
Previously with Deutsche Bank, BAML and ANZ, Isaac Wong has over 22 years of professional experience across leverage & acquisition finance, private & structured credit and capital markets across Asia-Pacific. He has structured and deployed ov… Read full bio
Celia Yan
Head of China, Co-PM of Asia Pacific Private Credit, BlackRock
Celia Yan, Managing Director, is the Head of China, a co-portfolio manager of the Asia Pacific Private Credit, and an investment committee member. She is part of the Asian Credit leadership team to help build out BlackRock’s regional private credit p… Read full bio
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Agenda
Private Debt Investor APAC Forum 2022 - Thursday 14th
PDI Welcome and Keynote Panel
08:30 - 08:50
Registration and investor breakfast (by invitation)
08:50 - 09:00
PDI welcome and opening remarks
09:00 - 09:40
Keynote Panel: Global private debt outlook
- The pandemic has created investing opportunities not seen in over a decade. How have pricing, structures and other considerations shaped the private debt investment throughout the past year and in 2022?
- Which private debt strategies will gain most traction over the coming months with LPs?
- Sponsor vs non-sponsor backed lending: where are the opportunities?
- Where are global LPs interested across the whole credit spectrum?
- How are technology and data analytics playing a role in navigating increasingly complex portfolios?
APAC Private Debt: Markets, Sentiment & Strategies
09:40 - 10:00
Investor Panel: How do global investors view the Asia opportunity?
- Analysing allocations – what place has Asia within a global debt mandate?
- Where and why are LPs putting their money in Asia, compared with US and European markets?
- How has LP sentiment toward alternative debt strategies shifted before and after the pandemic?
- How are LPs taking into account ESG issues into the decision-making processes?
- The question of fees – is the power dynamic shifting to the LP?
10:00 - 10:30
Morning networking
10:30 - 11:10
Keynote Panel: Asian private debt in a post-covid world
- How are covid and macroeconomic factors transforming Asian private debt landscape?
- As the market begins to emerge from the covid crisis, what makes private debt in Asia a more compelling opportunity than other asset classes?
- Is the “sit and wait” still a common approach among Asian LPs? What kind of investors should take Asia private credit into consideration?
- How do GPs tackle these challenges in Asia private credit: weaker legal frameworks, fx exposure and complexity in deal execution?
11:10 - 11:50
Quick Fire: Australia, China and India under the microscope
- The macros and the dynamics
- Where are the most attractive yields in each market
- Questions from the investors
11:50 - 12:20
Presentation: Analysing the opportunity in private debt secondaries
12:20 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:40
Panel: Covid is no obstacle for real estate and infrastructure debts
- Which unique opportunities have GPs seen from the crisis in terms of market and sectors?
- How are Asian LPs’ appetites developing for real estate debt vs infrastructure debt?
- Overview of the future of office and digital infrastructure: Are these areas driving real asset debt growth?
- What changes are managers expecting to see in a post-covid landscape?
14:40 - 15:10
Presentation: Breaking down ESG in Private Debt
15:10 - 15:40
Afternoon networking
Global Private Debt: Value Hunting
15:40 - 16:20
Panel: The opportunities in global distressed debt
- To what extent have recent events created opportunities in the distressed debt and or special situations?
- Which markets and segments have the greatest potential and attract more players?
- Are Asian LPs more or less willing to commit capital for opportunistic investments than global LPs?
- Are there any potential pitfalls LPs to be wary of when considering expansion into Asia distressed space?
16:20 - 17:00
Presentation: The current state of mid-market direct lending in North America
An overview of US middle-market earnings soar compared to pre-pandemic, why opportunities in middle-market direct lending can offer more compelling yields relative to the broadly syndicated market?
17:00 - 17:30