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APAC Summit Virtual Experience 2021
21 - 22 April 2021,
Virtual Event UTC+8
Your access to Asia’s largest investor bases
Take your fundraising to new horizons at the PDI APAC Summit Virtual Experience 2021 on 21-22 April. Create new connections, discover opportunities, and engage in insightful discussions with the global private debt community.
The Summit will bring Asia’s behemoth investors into focus. Connect with global leaders to analyse Asia-Pacific’s most promising private credit markets from an LP standpoint as the region is set to offer the highest growth potential in 2021.
Key agenda highlights include:
- Why is Asia-Pacific private debt so hot right now?
- What are the impacts of covid-19 on the dynamics of the private credit market? How have Asian-focused/based GPs been identifying underlying opportunities and challenges?
- Understand how APAC LPs are constructing private debt allocations within their portfolios.
- How global LPs are looking at return profiles of private debt in Asia-Pacific, compared with developed and public markets
- and much more…
Gain exclusive insights. Build stronger connections.
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Continue your fundraising journey online by meeting regional allocators and connect with the private debt focused community.
Discuss strategies with key LPs.
Stand out from the crowd through virtual setting, discuss future capital allocations in roundtables and plenary sessions.
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The virtual format gives you increased visibility in live sessions and on-demand access to our global community.
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How the world is learning to love APAC private debt
Raymond Chan
Managing Director, Head of APAC Credit
CPPIB Asia
Chris Gradel
Founding Partner
PAG
Bruce Tomlinson
Head of Alternative Strategies
Sunsuper
Celia Yan
Head of China,
Co-PM of Asia Pacific Private Credit
BlackRock
Featured speakers
Key insights from PDI Japan Korea Week
Among many highlights in 2020, Ares Management Corporation opened the PDI Tokyo Forum, POBA told us their crisis-proven strategies. Many more institutional investors and strategic partners shared their perspectives through live discussions. View the highlights today!
Our global community members
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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.
Two unique conferences with one ticket
By securing your place at the PDI APAC Summit you will also gain access to PDI Japan Korea Week on 9-11 November – Asia’s #1 private debt fundraising conference.
Meet Japanese and Korean leading investors and global top fund managers from private debt community directly to enhance your fundraising effort.
The PDI Japan Korea Week is the #1 platform for the community to discuss the pressing issues, future strategies, and market opportunities facing Japanese and Korean LPs. Leading investors such as GPIF, Japan Post Bank, LOTTE Insurance, POBA and many more created insightful dialogues with global leaders to shape the private debt landscape.
Interested to speak at the conference? Please contact our producer, Ms. Niann Lai for more information.
Confirmed 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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2021 Agenda
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Agenda
Day 1 - Wednesday 21st
Virtual event
09:30 - 10:20
Welcome from PDI and Opening panel: Prospects for 2021: A global outlook for private debt
Robin Blumenthal,
Cameron Bunnell,
Ryan Chung,
Lillian Nunez,
Kevin Smithen
- Surviving a global crisis: How has covid-19 impacted the dynamics in global debt investment?
- Market: How do GPs summarise the private credit opportunities in China, Australia, US, relative to the other major markets?
- Transformation: How does technology support the analytic process to evaluate investment opportunities by geography or other criteria to project future trends?
- Trends: How are your firms approaching ESG broadly? What do you see the trends for 2021 and beyond?
10:25 - 11:05
Panel: The LP review: Where does exposure to Asia sit within a global debt strategy?
Manda Chan,
Mike Cowell ,
Lucas Hartmann,
Kulbhushan Kalia
- Asia is becoming an increasingly important destination for global LPs; how does Asia compare with developed markets such as the US and Europe?
- Are Asian LPs looking to redirect US and Europe allocations back into the region?
- Which managers are grabbing the attention of LP’s?
11:10 - 11:55
Panel: Future-view: Where will distressed credit and special situations sit in the post-pandemic era?
Kei W Chua,
Anil Gorthy,
Rosy Khanna,
Soo Cheon Lee,
Samarendra Singh
- Where do GPs see the opportunity set within distress and what timeframe do LPs expect to deploy?
- Why is this strategy offering downside protection in a margin of safety?
- How did the approximate actual and projected returns of these strategies change before and after the pandemic?
- Where are the next target markets in the post-pandemic world?
Rosy Khanna
Regional Industry Director, Financial Institutions Group Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation
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11:55 - 13:30
Break
13:30 - 14:10
Interactive Roundtable: Infrastructure debt vs real estate debt
Jayme Younghee Han,
Pramod Vijayasankar,
Isaac Wong,
Foster Lee
14:15 - 15:00
Spotlight on India distressed credit opportunity and legal & regulatory framework (followed by close of Day 1)
Amit Agarwal ,
Abizer Diwanji,
Bahram Vakil
- Primer on India distressed credit market and prevailing investment opportunities in the space. Overview of current legal and regulatory framework (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code) and how it has augmented the credit resolution process in India. How enforceable are prevailing regulations?
- Is the IBC well-tested in courts?
- What does it mean as far as opportunities for LPs in Indian distressed credit / special situations investments are concerned?
Agenda
Day 2 - Thursday 22nd
Virtual event
09:30 - 10:20
Welcome from PDI and Debate: Which credit strategies will offer the best risk-adjusted returns in 2021?
Thomas Swain,
Mei Colani Li,
Tas Hasan,
Greg Racz,
Yann Robard
- Why is corporate debt compelling to LPs and what are differences in investing in direct lending vs opportunistic credit?
- How has the landscape and strategies shifted in the past year?
- Is a more opportunistic or focused approach more appropriate across the private credit spectrum?
10:25 - 10:55
Panel: India credit in boom
Susan Lee,
Anita Ferreira,
Hemant Daga
- Why India is attractive in the context of wider Asia? Is the resilience of performing credit in the current environment a leading factor?
- How has the pandemic impacted the Indian private debt opportunity set, for better and worse?
- What is the outlook for private debt post-covid? India vs other major markets in Asia.
11:00 - 11:30
Presentation: Performing credit opportunity in India – the role of technology and structuring
Vibhor Mittal,
Narayan Ramachandran
- How have digitalization and technology created a powerful ecosystem to tap the performing credits?
- A gateway to access private credit space in India – what is the opportunity to broaden access to finance for enterprises?
- Innovative structured products to facilitate access to retail credit – Covered bonds & Asset Backed Securitization (ABS)
11:30 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Panel: Managing the LP/GP dynamic: The gatekeepers’ story
Tomoko Kitao ,
Takahiro Kato,
Bob Sahota
- Who do you need to know in Asia to successfully fundraise and deploy?
- What metrics do gatekeepers use to pick funds? How do they manage LP/ GP expectations?
- What are they currently observing in terms of growth trends in Asia for the next 12 months?
15:35 - 16:20
Keynote panel: How the world is learning to love private debt in APAC
Andy Thomson,
Raymond Chan,
Chris Gradel,
Bruce Tomlinson,
Celia Yan
- What is driving Asia’s growth trajectory?
- One of the key challenges in Asia is the lack of a single market culture, legal system and language – how do pan-Asia funds tackle these issues and are these challenges prohibitive to investment decisions for LPs?
- How are managers managing and mitigating downside risk?
- What are the short-term and long-term trends looking like for APAC private debt, in spite of global geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges?
16:25 - 17:00
Interactive Roundtable: LP discussion (LPs only) (followed by end of Summit)
Haewon Park,
Yuko Hara,
Tsutomu Ishida,
Carola Wiksten
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