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Japan Korea Week Virtual Experience 2021
9 - 11 November 2021,
Virtual Event UTC+9
Asia’s leading private debt fundraising conference
Connect with Japan and Korea’s leading investors at PDI Japan Korea Week on 9-11 November to create fundraising opportunities and build new relationships.
Join the PDI event community to fundraise from Japanese and Korean LPs, share global investment opportunities, and gain actionable insights on the latest trends.
Key discussions will include:
- Private debt global market outlook and key trends to keep an eye on in 2022
- Middle market direct lending in North America and Western Europe
- Japanese and Korean investors’ appetite and allocation plan in the private debt
- and many more…
2020 Key highlights
Ares Management Corporation, Benesse Group Pension Fund, POBA, The Carlyle Group, and many more shared their views on how global market responses to the uncertainty.
2020 speakers
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One Ticket. Two unique conferences.
By securing your place at PDI Japan Korea Week, you will also gain access to the PDI APAC Summit on 21 April.
The APAC 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.
Maximise your time in Asia at PDI Japan Korea Week
Invigorate your fundraising strategy by spending a week with Asia’s most influential and most active outbound institutional investors in Japan and Korea by purchasing a single ticket. Connect with leading Japanese and Korean LPs across two industry-leading events in Seoul (10 November) and Tokyo (12 November).
If you are fundraising in Asia, do not miss the chance to meet the regions’ largest LPs this November!
Key features of the Forums:
- Influential Japanese and Korean LPs in attendance across the week
- Countless hours of premium networking leading up to and across the week with institutional investors, fund managers, advisors, and strategic partners
- Unparalleled content, featuring exclusive Japanese and Korean LP insight on the private credit industry
- 1-to-1 meeting scheduler in event app to connect with key targets prior to event day
This market situation can offer a good chance for mid-market lending business to deploy the dry powder that has piled up for years, not only in the North Americ…Read full testimonial
Dong-hun Jang
Chief Investment Officer, Public Officials Benefit Association(POBA)
Dong-hun Jang
Chief Investment Officer, Public Officials Benefit Association(POBA)
This market situation can offer a good chance for mid-market lending business to deploy the dry powder that has piled up for years, not only in the North American region but also across Europe.
Strengthen and diversify your LP connections in Korea and Japan
Year-on-year attendees include:
Know your LPs through bespoke agenda and discussion
Panel: Meet the Korean LPs and gatekeepers
· Why debt is preferred by Korean insurance companies when equity yields are higher than debt
· Target returns and risks acceptable and unacceptable on private debt investments
· What due diligence do Korean LPs perform now and in the future?
Panel: Meet the Japanese LPs and gatekeepers
· Where do Japanese investors find more risk, crowding out and undervalued opportunity?
· How Japanese LPs are evaluating asset evaluations in the current environment
· The plan to deploy more, same or less capital in the market, in terms of geography, strategy, and implementation approach
Gain in-depth global market insight
Investors’ appetite for private debt strategies
Preliminary agenda now available!
View trending topics and strategies in focus at the PDI Japan Korea Week.
Tell us your preferred topics or ask your burning questions to our producer, Ms.Niann Lai (niann.l@peimedia.com)
2020 Agenda
Agenda
Day 1 - Monday 9th
Platform opens for private meetings
Agenda
Day 2 - Tuesday 10th
Platform opens for private meetings
Welcome from PDI and Keynote presentation: Ares: Is the impending downturn the greatest opportunity of greatest challenge that private debt as an asset class has ever known?
- What effect will the pandemic and subsequent downturn have on competition within the private debt market?
- Why is private debt attractive for investors relative to other asset classes?
- What changes have we seen to investor and manager behaviour in anticipation of the correction?

Panel: LP and GPs take a view on the next decade for private debt
- What is fuelling the rise in global private debt?
- What are the key learnings from the covid-19 crisis?
- Which private debt strategies have come out on top in the face of covid-19 and which have suffered?
- What are leading GPs and LPs predicting for the next decade?





Networking break
Panel: Emerging from chaos: Is the US mid-market still driving exceptional returns?
- What does the mid-market direct lending market look like now?
- Major strategies and regions providing exceptional returns
- Incentives and deterrents to deploying capital in the mid-market
‘Meet the Speakers’ & Interactive Roundtable: Private Lending Market: Comparison of 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the Covid-19 Recession
All speakers and participants may join an interactive discussion on where they are seeing the impacts from the pandemic and GFC on private debt market. Roundtables create a space for you to be directly involved in the conversation, share your thoughts on key topics and learn what other GPs and LPs are thinking in terms of future-strategy and allocations.






Lunch break
‘Meet the Speakers’ & Interactive Roundtable: Corporate debt vs real asset debt
All speakers and participants may join an interactive discussion on the private debt investing in financial vs non-financial assets. Roundtables create a space for you to be directly involved in the conversation, share your thoughts on key topics and learn what other GPs and LPs are thinking in terms of future-strategy and allocations.
Panel: Korean LPs cut to the chase: How committed are they to private debt and building new private credit manager relationships?
- How do LPs currently view private debt?
- Are LPs prepared to commit to funds without seeing managers face to face? How does restricted travel affect LP / GP relationships?
- What are the most pressing challenges facing asset allocations?
- What do Korean investors want from their global fund managers and local asset managers?
Panel: What is driving investors to commit to Asia’s credit markets?
- What opportunities and key challenges lie ahead for private debt in Asia?
- What should investors be aware of when approaching different markets across Asia?
- How are different managers approaching open-ended and closed-ended vehicles and what are potential considerations for each?
- What are the opportunities at the larger end of the market versus the mid-market?




Networking break
Keynote: Carlyle on the future of global private debt investment

Panel: Korean gatekeepers’ perspectives on private debt allocations during and after the pandemic
- What are the key private market trends viewed by Korean investment professionals?
- The role of the AMCs and securities firms in the fund manager selection and monitoring process
- Covid-19 vs GFC: what did gatekeepers learn from the lessons?




Fireside chat: Navigating a hard contraction - European mid-market lending
- What does the mid-market direct lending market look like now?
- Major strategies and regions providing exceptional returns
- Incentives and deterrents to deploying capital in the mid-market
Keynote fireside chat: POBA
‘Meet the Speakers’ & Interactive Roundtable: Which credit strategy will gain traction in Q4 onwards? (Followed by Closing remarks and the end of content sessions)
All speakers and participants may join an interactive discussion on which strategies will prove most attractive as the year closes out and into 2021. Roundtables create a space for you to be directly involved in the conversation, share your thoughts on key topics and learn what other GPs and LPs are thinking in terms of future-strategy and allocations.









Agenda
Day 3 - Wednesday 11th
Platform opens for private meetings
Agenda
Day 4 - Thursday 12th
Platform opens for private meetings
Welcome from PDI and Keynote presentation: Ares: Is the impending downturn the greatest opportunity of greatest challenge that private debt as an asset class has ever known?
- What effect will the pandemic and subsequent downturn have on competition within the private debt market?
- Why is private debt attractive for investors relative to other asset classes?
- What changes have we seen to investor and manager behaviour in anticipation of the correction?

Panel: How the investment landscape for private debt is developing in response to covid-19?
- Which markets will bounce back fastest from pandemic?
- What a private credit deal looks like today and over the multiple cycles?
- Are sponsor-backed transactions still appealing and what benefits do they offer private lenders?
Networking Lounge: Meet the Japanese investors and gatekeepers
An exclusive private meeting space where you can quickly network with a cross-section of high-quality LPs and their gatekeepers via our immersive networking experience.
Panel: Unravelling the mysteries of private debt for investors: Are LPs still hesitant to take the plunge?
- Nuances of investing in private debt – how it compares to private equity investing
- What is giving LPs the confidence to increase allocations to private debt after a pandemic?
- What is the Japanese LP’s risk appetite and geographic focus?


Hiroaki Matsunami
Senior Vice President, Global Investment Management Department, DBJ Asset Management
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‘Meet the Speakers’ & Interactive roundtable: Which credit strategy will gain traction in Q4 onwards?
All speakers and participants may join an interactive discussion on which strategies will prove most attractive as the year closes out and into 2021. Roundtables create a space for you to be directly involved in the conversation, share your thoughts on key topics and learn what other GPs and LPs are thinking in terms of future-strategy and allocations.







Koji Sugauchi
Director and General Manager, Fund Management Department, Osaka Shoko Shinkin Bank
Read bioLunch break
Panel: How investors are addressing risk during the pandemic
- How is risk assessment and management changing in response to Covid-19?
- How does the risk-return profile compare in private debt vs alternative asset classes?
- What lessons to take forward from Covid-19, what to do if a pandemic strikes again?
Panel: What is driving investors to commit to Asia’s credit markets?
- What opportunities and key challenges lie ahead for private debt in Asia
- What should investors be aware of when approaching different markets across Asia?
- How are different managers approaching open-ended and closed-ended vehicles and what are potential considerations for each?
- What are the opportunities at the larger end of the market vs the mid-market?




Networking break
Global LP keynote fireside chat: Zurich Insurance
Panel: Prepare to ride the wave of distressed and special situations
- Where are the pockets of opportunity in this vast market?
- How can distressed funds make the current environment work for them?
- What can accelerate or derail future growth?




Panel: Navigating a hard contraction - European mid-market lending
- What does the mid-market direct lending market look like now?
- Major strategies and regions providing exceptional returns
- Incentives and deterrents to deploy capital
Panel: Japanese LPs cut to the chase: How committed are they to private debt and building new private credit manager relationships?
- How do LPs currently view private debt?
- Are LPs prepared to commit to funds without seeing managers face to face? How does restricted travel affect LP / GP relationships?
- What are the most pressing challenges facing asset allocations?
- What do Japanese investors want from their global fund managers and local asset managers?





Takeshi Ito
Senior Investment Officer & Chief Operation Officer, AISIN Employees' Pension Fund
Read bio‘Meet the Speakers’ & Interactive Roundtable: Looking beyond 2020 - Private debt opportunities in developed markets or emerging markets (followed by Closing remarks and end of content sessions)
All speakers and participants may join an interactive discussion on where they are seeing the next big opportunities in the private credit space. Roundtables create a space for you to be directly involved in the conversation, share your thoughts on key topics and learn what other GPs and LPs are thinking in terms of future-strategy and allocations.

Ari Druker
Director, Loan Origination - Real Estate, Investment Banking Coverage, Deutsche Securities
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Agenda
Day 5 - Friday 13th
Platform opens private meetings
Private meetings open until Friday 13th November, networking continues and on-demand access to session content until 31st December 2020
2020 Speakers
View the 2020 speaker line-up below. Interested in speaking at the Forum? Please contact Ms Niann Lai at niann.l@peimedia.com.

Trevor Castledine
Senior Director, Private Markets, bfinance

Byung Kyu Cheon
Chief Investment Officer, DGB Life insurance

Kipp deVeer
Director, Partner, Head of Credit Group, Ares Management Corporation

Ari Druker
Director, Loan Origination - Real Estate, Investment Banking Coverage, Deutsche Securities

Ming Eng
Managing Director, Olympus Capital Asia Credit

Jiroo Eoh
Team Head, ABL Life Insurance

Benjamin Fanger
Managing Partner and Founder, ShoreVest Partners

Jayme Younghee Han
Executive Director - Asia Funds Advisory and Distribution, Jones Lang LaSalle

Tas Hasan
Partner and Head of the Investment Team, Deerpath Capital

Tsutomu Ishida
Deputy General Manager, Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance

Takeshi Ito
Senior Investment Officer & Chief Operation Officer, AISIN Employees' Pension Fund

Ian Jackson
Managing Director and Co-Head of Carlyle Strategic Partners, The Carlyle Group

Kanchan Jain
Managing Director, Head of India Credit, Baring Private Equity Asia

Rakesh Jain
Partner – Global Head of Private Credit, Pantheon Ventures (US)

Dong Hun Jang
Chief Investment Officer, Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA)

Mark Jenkins
Managing Director and Head of Global Credit, The Carlyle Group

Seung-ki Jeong
Manager, DGB Life Insurance

Yoshi Kiguchi
Chief Investment Officer, West Japan Machinery Pension Fund

Adalla Kim
Reporter, Private Debt Investor

Sang Hoon Kim
Lead Portfolio Manager, Meritz Asset Management

Masao Konomi
President, Konomi Inc

Sakura Koumi
Senior Investment Officer, Asset Management One Alternative Investments

Damon Krytzer
Managing Director, Probitas Partners

Janghwan Lee
Managing Director, Financial Investment Group Head, LOTTE Insurance

Daniel Leger
Managing Director, MGG Investment Group

Brad Marshall
Senior Managing Director, GSO Capital Partners

Patrick Marshall
Head of Private Debt and CLOs, Federated Hermes

Hiroaki Matsunami
Senior Vice President, Global Investment Management Department, DBJ Asset Management

Sandra Lee Montgomery
Partner, Proskauer

Kazuo Nishimura
Chief Product Strategist, Nomura Funds Research and Technologies

Dalit Nuttall
Principal, West Valley Capital

Robert O’Sullivan
Managing Partner, Comvest Credit Partners

Noriko Ogawa
Investment Director, Benesse Group Pensiom Fund

Brian Olvany
Head of Private Debt - Investment Management, Zurich Insurance Group

Masashi Ono
Deputy General Manager, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company

Carol Lee Park
Managing Director, CLSA Capital Partners (HK)

Haewon Park
Senior Vice President, Vogo Fund Asset Management

Wan Sun Park
Deputy General Manager, Fubon Hyundai Life Insurance

Robert Petty
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Fiera Capital

Greg Racz
Co-founder and President, MGG Investment Group

David Ross
Managing Director and Head of Private Credit, Northleaf Capital Partners

Ken Shimasaki
Executive Director, Portfolio Manager, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments

Jiro Shimpo
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tasku Advisors

Andrew Shin
Head of Investments (Korea), Willis Towers Watson

Kwangjin Sim
Head of Multi-financial Products Team, Kiwoom Securities

Koji Sugauchi
Director and General Manager, Fund Management Department, Osaka Shoko Shinkin Bank

Thomas Swain
Director, Private Fund Group, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong)

Andy Thomson
Senior Editor, Private Debt Investor, PEI Media

Edward Tong
Managing Director, Head Private Debt Asia, Partners Group

KyuHuhn Yeon
Head of Global Alternative Investments, Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management

Ramesh Yesodharan
Head - Credit Strategy, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank

Ji Hye You
Partner, Proskauer
Pre-Event Resources
Creating valuable connections and unlimited fundraising opportunities
As we all continue to search for ways to maximise business efficiency and returns during the covid-19 pandemic, Private Debt Investor is committed to connecting the global private debt community so the business can continue as normal as possible.
To deliver on this commitment of creating valuable connections and fundraising for the asset class, PDI Japan Korea Week is now available as a virtual experience, alongside the live conferences in Tokyo and Seoul.
You can navigate the virtual experience through one-click access from the comfort and safety of your time zone available on your device and on-demand, with real-time content on 10 and 12 November and extended networking running from 9-13 November.
Private networking without borders
Launch your fundraising campaign in Japan and Korea through the extensive networking platform which allows you to book unlimited 1-on-1 video meetings with Japanese and Korean LPs speakers and global attendees in virtual meeting rooms. Risk-free, safe connections to advance your business plans.
Talk to headline speakers
Learn the strategies, investment preferences, and more from our headline speakers by joining Live Q&A sessions with keynotes, major Japanese and Korean LP speakers, and global leaders of private debt.
Themed discussions with specialists
Moderated by private credit leaders, Infrastructure Investor brings you opportunities to join in-depth discussions focused on trends, strategies, assets and many more. Knowledge-share with regional leaders and advance your investment and fundraising strategies.
Communicate without language barriers
All premium content will be bilingual –Korean and English or Japanese and English– to ensure you gain the maximum insight available. With virtual pass, you can access the content after the event until the end of the year.
First access to industry-shifting Insights
Access headline speakers’ presentations directly after the sessions to enact the learnings from the session straight away.
Early access to bespoke LP profiles
Platinum subscribers can download LP profile before the conference and know their appetite ahead of connecting with them in our virtual face-to-face networking.
Maximise your time, maximise your returns
By going virtual, you can build the same personal connections with Japanese and Korean LPs whilst saving yourself valuable time that ensures you are only focusing on what is most important to your business.
All content on-demand, when you need it
Replay the agenda items most relevant to you at your convenience to ensure you don’t miss a second of the content no matter which time zone you are in.
Your access to Japanese and Korean outbound investors
The Week will connect you to leading Japanese and Korean LPs across a unique three-day programme on 9-11 November. Joininvitation-only sessions to intimately connect with most active LP allocators to the strategies that interest you.
Your ticket also allows you access to Pan-Asia investors at the PDI APAC Summit on 21-22 April. Discover new opportunities in Asia-Pacific markets and how LPs are currently allocating to private credit strategies.
Broaden your LP connections
“A good opportunity to stay connected to market
participants and hear their opinions remotely.”
Tetsuya Nagamochi
Shinsei Bank
Learn how to fundraise with Japanese and Korean LPs
LPs cut to the chase
LPs share their outlook for the post-pandemic private debt.
Gatekeepers’ view
Learn the secrets and tactics of managing LP relationships from regional placement agents and gatekeepers.
Interactive networking
Discuss diversified strategies and dive deeper into trending topics in the networking programme.
“We did not expect a black swan event like covid. However, our private debt portfolio was resilient.”
Dong Hun Jang
CIO, POBA
Partner with the PDI Japan Korea Week
The PDI Japan Korea Week will offer a unique opportunity for organisations to raise their profile among senior private debt decision-makers across the world.
For exclusive sponsorship package for the PDI Japan Korea Week, please contact sponsorship team at asiasponsorship@peimedia.com, call +852 3704 4624.
Preliminary agenda now available!
View trending topics and strategies in focus at the PDI Japan Korea Week.
Tell us your preferred topics or ask your burning questions to our producer, Ms.Niann Lai (niann.l@peimedia.com)
Agenda
Day 1 - Tuesday 9th
Korean Investor Day – LP Roundtables
- Each 20-min session, leading by a facilitator, create a space for participants to be directly involved in the conversation, share thoughts on key topics and learn what other GPs and LPs are thinking in terms of strategy and allocations.
- Topic(s): Global private debt trends / distressed and special situations / infrastructure debt / real estate debt / asset-backed lending / remote due diligence and post-covid challenges.
Korean Investor Day – LP Roundtables
- Each 20-min session, leading by a facilitator, create a space for participants to be directly involved in the conversation, share thoughts on key topics and learn what other GPs and LPs are thinking in terms of strategy and allocations.
- Topic(s): Global private debt trends / distressed and special situations / infrastructure debt / real estate debt / asset-backed lending / remote due diligence and post-covid challenges.
Agenda
Day 2 - Wednesday 10th
Breakfast workshop: The A-Z of private debt
- Designed for LPs who are new to private debt investment and interested to understand basic principles, different fund structures and key terms
- What makes private debt popular?
- An interactive approach for participants ask questions directly to the private debt expert
Welcome from PDI and opening remarks
Opening panel: Global outlook on credit markets and fundraising
- The dynamics shaping private credit markets — deal activity, leverage metrics, spread levels – and what it all means for LPs.
- Which markets and strategies will be resilient through the next 24 months?
- The future of fundraising post-pandemic.
Panel: Hot strategies in focus
- What are the most popular private debt strategies among Asian investors today: Senior debt, mezzanine and distressed?
- How do you view prospects for the next 12-24 months?
- How are distressed debt players viewing the deal market and the recovery curve post-pandemic?
Japanese session: Panel: Gatekeepers in the driving seat of Japanese overseas allocations
- What is the preference of Japanese LPs in private market investment now, in short-term and long-term?
- What are the hottest overseas credit products among collateralised loan obligation (CLO) trances, bank loan funds and asset-backed lending?
- What are the merits of having a direct agent in Japan, in terms of reporting, monitoring and tax issues?
Korean session: Panel: Going behind the investment scene with Korean LPs
- The pandemic caused unprecedented market volatility in 2020, what is driving LP allocations, what’s keeping them awake at night, and what further appetite shifts can we expect by investors in 2022?
- What are focused strategies in terms of capital, asset type and geography?
- Where are the next target markets in the post-pandemic world?
- What do Korean LPs consider vital in choosing a private debt fund manager?
Break
Japanese session: Panel: How Japanese LPs are preparing for unpredictable markets?
- The pandemic caused unprecedented market volatility in 2020, what is driving LP allocations, what’s keeping them awake at night, and what further appetite shifts can we expect by investors in 2022?
- What are focused strategies in terms of capital structure, asset type, and geography?
- Where are the next target markets in the post-pandemic world?
- What do Japanese LPs consider vital in choosing a private debt fund manager?
Korean session: Panel: The inside view with Korean asset managers and securities firms
- Analysis of the key opportunities to emerge from the pandemic.
- How do Korean gatekeepers view the possible additional regulation of the private debt industry?
- What is your advice to investors who are considering private credit in the current credit cycle?
Case studies: Is the APAC corporate debt the next frontier?
- Deep dive on three GP investment case studies – each gives 10 minutes presentation of case study, leading by a facilitator and joining by LPs to understand the covenant quality and potential pitfalls LPs that need to be wary of.
- View on Australia / China / India / or other Asian market as an attractive hub for debt funds. What should investors take into account when allocating their capital into APAC private debt markets?
Panel: Middle market direct lending in developed markets
- How does private lending look in the North America and Western Europe?
- Which markets are proving more resilient since the pandemic and downturn started?
- What are some of the key differences, merits and challenges of sponsored vs non-sponsored transactions?
- How do the upper and lower middle markets compare for deals, returns and terms?
Closing keynote speech: What is the motivation for turning towards private debt now?
Agenda
Day 3 - Thursday 11th
Japanese Investor Day – LP Roundtables
- Each 20-min session, leading by a facilitator, create a space for participants to be directly involved in the conversation, share thoughts on key topics and learn what other GPs and LPs are thinking in terms of strategy and allocations.
- Topic(s): Global private debt trends / distressed and special situations / infrastructure debt / real estate debt / asset-backed lending / remote due diligence and post-covid challenges.
Japanese Investor Day – LP Roundtables
- Each 20-min session, leading by a facilitator, create a space for participants to be directly involved in the conversation, share thoughts on key topics and learn what other GPs and LPs are thinking in terms of strategy and allocations.
- Topic(s): Global private debt trends / distressed and special situations / infrastructure debt / real estate debt / asset-backed lending / remote due diligence and post-covid challenges.