Fund Finder Middle East ALTS

Ritz Carlton DIFC, Dubai

April 30th, 2024 - 8:30am to 2pm

Fund Finder Middle East Workshops aim to help you efficiently select your Investment Products.

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What can you expect from this event?

Format

A concise and targeted half day event in a pressure free, relaxed, and educational environment.

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Speakers & Topics

A maximum of 7 selected sponsors present their strategies & products to fund selectors from across the GCC.

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Audience

A specialized event designed to expose fund selectors to new investment products whilst enabling them to exchange ideas and network with their peers from across the region.

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Fast, efficient workshop format

The workshops will take place at the Ritz Carlton DIFC and will see 5 sponsors each presenting 3 times over the course of a half day.

3 rooms, 3 moderators, 10-12 fund selectors per room. Sponsors present once in each room for half an hour.

This is an event where sponsors are invited to present on overall strategies or on specific investment products.

When not presenting, sponsoring groups are welcome to sit in on other presentations, or network in the lobby.

YUNUS SELANT

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ROBERT ERICH POLSTERER

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OSCAR ORELLANA-HYDER

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Neutral market experts moderate the workshops

Speakers & Topics

Austin Neri

Vice President, Alternatives Capital Formation, Private Credit

Private Credit: Successfully Navigating Higher for Longer

While higher rates have harkened a prolonged period of strong risk-adjusted returns in private credit, they have also put pressure on legacy vintages that were underwritten with the guise of a different macro environment. Managers will be evaluated on their underwriting, prudence in the revived competition with traditional bank financing and ability to restructure and recover.

Austin is a Private Credit Specialist in the Alternatives Capital Formation group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, focused on fundraising, business development and product strategy for senior direct lending, namely the BDC complex, across all distribution channels including institutional, third party and high net worth investors. He joined Goldman Sachs as an analyst and was previously a member of the insurance institutional sales team.

Austin received a BBA in Finance and Real Estate from Villanova University.

Barry Miller

Partner in the Ares Secondaries Group & CEO of the Ares Private Markets Fund

Opportunities in Private Equity Secondaries

We believe Private Equity Secondaries should be a core part of investors’

portfolios. We will explain the fundamentals of the asset class and how

partnering with firm, like Ares, that has a strong, cycle-tested, track record

and deep origination capabilities can deliver strong risk adjusted returns

within HNW investors’ portfolios.

Mr. Miller is a Partner in the Ares Secondaries Group, where he focuses on

private equity secondaries. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Ares

Private Markets Fund. Additionally, Mr. Miller serves as a member of the Ares

Secondaries Group & Private Equity and Infrastructure Investment

Committees and the Ares Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. Prior to

joining Ares in 2021, he was a Partner in the Landmark Partners Private

Equity Group, where he focused on transaction origination, underwriting and

negotiation of private equity investments. Previously, Mr. Miller was Head of

Private Equity at the New York City Retirement Systems, where

he served on the LP Advisory Boards of more than 40 private equity funds. In

addition, he was a Partner at Pomona Capital, where he focused

on sourcing and executing secondary transactions and was a member of the

Pomona Capital Investment Committee. Prior to joining Pomona, he was a

Senior Investment Manager at AXA Private Equity, where he was also Head

of the New York office and served on the Global Investment Committee of AXA Private Equity. Mr. Miller currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Robert Toigo Foundation, an organization devoted to diversity in the investment management business and is a member of the Tulane School of Liberal Arts Deans & Advisory Council. Mr. Miller previously served as a member of the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Limited Partner

Advisory Council.

Mr. Miller holds a B.A. from Tulane University in Economics.

Jeremy Marchat

Principal, Private Wealth

Capitalizing on Private Credit: The Growing Opportunity Set in Direct Lending

We’ll explore the opportunity set within Direct Lending as well as the competitive landscape in Private Credit. Most importantly, we’ll assess the benefits of adding Private Credit within a portfolio context.

Jeremy Marchat is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the International Private

Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on the expansion of Blue Owl’s private wealth

business across EMEA, and supporting client relationships for all Blue Owl

strategies.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Jeremy was leading the Client Coverage Team at Credit

Suisse AG out of Geneva, where he was promoting Credit Suisse Liquid

Alternatives Globally, with a strong focus on Middle East and the Swiss market.

Jeremy received his M.Sc. in Financial Engineering from the University of

Lausanne, Switzerland in 2010 and is a CAIA Charterholder.

Antonio Borgonovo

Founder and CEO

YELDO Real Estate: the Golden Age of Private Debt

Real Estate Private Debt is living its Golden Age as banks are reducing their lending facilities, creating opportunities for alternative credit solutions.

YELDO Real Estate Private Debt Fund offers professional investors a diversified portfolio strategy: it focusses on a resilient asset class and tragets senior and mezzanine investment tranches, ensuring investor protection thanks to strong guarantees and Real Estate collaterals.

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George Cotton

Portfolio Manager

Unwrapping the Black Box – A Pragmatic Approach to Commodity Investments

George Cotton will discuss long only investment solutions in commodities.

- Introduce the importance of commodity futures markets in the real economy

and the role of investors in this fascinating asset class.

- Highlight unique and often overlooked aspects about commodity markets.

- Use these insights to derive key principles in commodity strategy design,

which have driven consistent and strong performance in J. Safra Sarasin’s

commodity offering.

George Cotton has been a Portfolio Manager of the Asset Management &

Institutional Clients division of Bank J. Safra Sarasin Ltd since 2017, he is a UK

Citizen and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Investment

Banking and received a Master of Science in Investment Management from Henley

Business School.

A hand-picked group of fund selectors

The Audience

Investment professionals from Global & Local Banks - Family Offices. UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar.

Invited fund selectors

Delegate passes will be issued on a strict invitation-only basis, where only key decision makers are able to attend.

Free flights and accommodation

All delegates from outside of Dubai are entitled to free flights and accommodation. Up to 25 non-Dubai delegates are flown over for each event.

In Partnership with AllFunds

All of Fenwick Media's events and projects in the Middle East are done in partnership with Allfunds.

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