IPEM GLOBAL 2026

Event Agenda

Sed cautela nimia in peiores haeserat plagas, ut narrabimus postea, aemulis consarcinantibus insidias graves apud Constantium, cetera medium principem sed siquid auribus eius huius modi quivis infudisset ignotus, acerbum et inplacabilem et in hoc causarum titulo dissimilem sui
September 8, 2026
09:00
09:00 - 17:00
LP Congress Plenary Room
09:00 - 09:10
LP Congress | Welcome to the LP Congress
Presented by Antoine Colson
AntoineCOLSON (IPEM)
09:10 - 09:40
LP Congress | Rethinking illiquidity, and active portfolio management
Illiquidity, up until now a fundament feature of private markets, is being reframed. The maturing secondary market is providing a new tool for active management; allowing LPs to sell on a programmatic cadence and recycle capital into better vintages. Does this mean private allocations are moving towards similar treatment as liquid portfolios? What are the consequences for private markets in an allocation? Are there risks to long-term patient capital becoming more impatient?
GabrielMollerberg (GOLDMAN SACHS ALTERNATIVES)
09:40 - 10:00
LP Congress | Views on asset allocation
As companies stay private for longer and liquidity solutions evolve, how do investment offices adopt the right approach to asset allocation? What role do private markets now play? Do ongoing rolling shocks demand a more agile approach?
AndreaAuerbach (CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES)AaronFilbeck (CAIA ASSOCIATION)
10:00
10:00 - 10:30
LP Congress | What does a new era of partnership look like?
The case for being bolder and more creative with GP relationships. LPs trend towards fewer, deeper partnerships with their managers. What are they looking for? Why did they take the decision? How do you make it a success?
JoanaRocha (NEUBERGER BERMAN)
10:30 - 10:50
LP Congress | A safe pair of hands? Understanding the risk-return relationship in PE
Oliver presents new research on how risk is related to performance in PE and how LPs can diagnose the specific risk mitigation skills of a GP
OliverGOTTSCHALG (GOTTSCHALG ANALYTICS)
10:50 - 11:30
LP Congress | How to manage the tension between primaries and secondaries
Now that the secondary market is so large (and continuing to mature), we explore what tension it may create with making primary commitments. After all, the secondary market gives the optionality for vintage diversification, faster deployment and visible NAV. How do you balance both primary with secondary commitments within the same programme? Have secondaries have become so attractive on a risk-adjusted basis that they're cannibalising primary appetite?
KaseyJi (OMERS)
11:20
11:20 - 11:30
LP Congress | Morning Break
11:30 - 16:15
LP Congress Breakout Room 1
11:30 - 16:15
LP Congress Breakout Room 2
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | Benchmarking private debt returns
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | What to look for in the lower mid-market
Addressing the trend towards outperformance among lower mid-market buyout. Performance dispersion is greater. What does the research say?
MichaelELIO (STEPSTONE GROUP)
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | Who pays the price for liquidity?
12:00
12:00 - 12:30
LP Congress | Our journey: Manager Search & Selection
12:00 - 12:30
LP Congress | Private debt - the road to 2030
On private debt, 29% of allocators have a somewhat worse view on opportunities in the asset class compared to last year - the lowest approval rating across all private asset classes. Performance disperson could be to blame, as managers are being tested by their ability to manage credit risk in the face of market uncertainty. Yet the addressable market continues to grow and premium to liquid credit remains a fundamental allocation driver. In this session, we challenge speakers to take a long-term view on where the market is headed and what will determine it’s future.
JamesReynolds (GOLDMAN SACHS ALTERNATIVES)
12:05 - 12:40
LP Congress | How to diligence a CV
ValerieHANDAL (HARBOURVEST PARTNERS)
12:30 - 14:00
LP Congress | VIP Lunch
by invitation only
14:00
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | Engaging with GPs about the demands of retail and institutional capital
Framing the conversations that allocators and distributors are having with managers about greater access for individual investors in private markets. How can institutional investors look to protect their privileged access? What do distributors view as an outlook?
GretaTeot (MEDIOBANCA)ValentinPillet (Société Générale Private Banking (SGPB))BrianDIGNEY (STANDARDS BOARD FOR ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS)CyrilDEMARIA-BENGOCHEA (BANK JULIUS BAER)
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | LP Engagement in Private Markets: From Monitoring to Influence
As portfolio rotation remains slow, how can LPs use engagement to reduce vulnerabilities, protect long-term value, and make their capital more intentional?This breakout will help asset owners compare practical approaches to GP engagement, beyond reporting and governance, across climate, resilience, social risks, and portfolio-company exposure.
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | Our journey: Liquidity solutions
14:30 - 15:00
LP Congress | Where diversification goes next
The mantra of being diversified, but not too diversified, has long been the key to success for many private market allocators. Which is why it was surprising just how concentrated software is within portfolios. Geographical diversification has also become more challenging. Not only is the world bifurcating into geopolitical power blocs, but the debate about sovereignty of capital being deployed within the same borders is becoming more prevalent. What is this doing to challenge the principles of how to build a diversified portfolio? Software may have been the first, but will not be the last to face AI disruption - are there other sectors now to prioritise or rotate out from?
JessicaSellam (ROTHSCHILD & CO)EllenVan Den Broek (LGPS CENTRAL POOL)AndersStrömblad (AP-FONDEN 2)
15:00
15:00 - 15:15
LP Congress | Afternoon Break
15:15 - 15:45
LP Congress | Evergreens for institutions - are LPs too closed-minded?
15:15 - 15:45
LP Congress | Getting emerging managers past the IC
The proliferation of spin-out teams continues. Great talent, with strong track record, setting out on their own to offer something different. For some, it’s hard to get comfortable with the risk profile, yet the outperformance is hard to ignore. How have LPs convinced the IC?
Taffi AyodeleTaffi Ayodele (OFFICE OF THE NYC COMPTROLLER)BettySALANIC (ACCELERATE INVESTORS)DiegoAlaimo (GENERALI ASSET MANAGEMENT)DeeSharma (NORTHERN TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT)
15:45 - 16:30
LP Congress | Agentic allocators - the reality of AI implementation in LP investment offices
Blue-sky session examining how AI is transforming the job of being an allocator.
VictoriaSienczewski (ALLOCATEAI)
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | Community 4
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | How to spot when there’s too much leverage in private markets?
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | What’s in the CIO’s inbox?
CIOs are having to navigate investment strategy as the world economy is being rewired by disruption and rewritten by geopolitics. What do they see on the horizon? Strong returns in public markets are mirrored by spluttering private markets. What are the priorities in the year ahead within their own investment programmes? What role does private markets play five years from now?
RogerVINCENT (SUMMATION CAPITAL)GarvanMcCarthy (MERCER)MarkBaumgartner (UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA INVESTMENT CORPORATION)
16:25
16:25 - 16:45
LP Congress | The big summary
Wrap-up session concluding the key trends that have been observed across the day, taking the temperature of where private markets are at and informing LP-GP dialogue over the next two days of IPEM Global 2026.
16:45 - 17:00
LP Congress | Closing Remarks
AntoineCOLSON (IPEM)
19:00
19:00 - 22:00
IPEM Global 2026 Opening Reception
Open to all!

Conference Room

Full Program
Plenary Room
Sep 9, 2026
9:30 AM5:00 PM

Plenary Room Day 1

Full Program

Summits

Full Program
Summit Room 3
Sep 9, 2026
9:30 AM1:00 PM

Independent Sponsors Summit

Chairperson:
LS
Laura Shen
HEADWAY CAPITAL PARTNERSCo-Founder and Managing Partner

Cascadia Capital

HEADWAY CAPITAL PARTNERS

TritonLake

Full Program

Event Agenda

Sed cautela nimia in peiores haeserat plagas, ut narrabimus postea, aemulis consarcinantibus insidias graves apud Constantium, cetera medium principem sed siquid auribus eius huius modi quivis infudisset ignotus, acerbum et inplacabilem et in hoc causarum titulo dissimilem sui
September 8, 2026
09:00 - 09:10
LP Congress | Welcome to the LP Congress
Presented by Antoine Colson
AntoineCOLSON (IPEM)
09:00 - 17:00
LP Congress Plenary Room
09:10 - 09:40
LP Congress | Rethinking illiquidity, and active portfolio management
Illiquidity, up until now a fundament feature of private markets, is being reframed. The maturing secondary market is providing a new tool for active management; allowing LPs to sell on a programmatic cadence and recycle capital into better vintages. Does this mean private allocations are moving towards similar treatment as liquid portfolios? What are the consequences for private markets in an allocation? Are there risks to long-term patient capital becoming more impatient?
GabrielMollerberg (GOLDMAN SACHS ALTERNATIVES)
09:40 - 10:00
LP Congress | Views on asset allocation
As companies stay private for longer and liquidity solutions evolve, how do investment offices adopt the right approach to asset allocation? What role do private markets now play? Do ongoing rolling shocks demand a more agile approach?
AndreaAuerbach (CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES)AaronFilbeck (CAIA ASSOCIATION)
10:00 - 10:30
LP Congress | What does a new era of partnership look like?
The case for being bolder and more creative with GP relationships. LPs trend towards fewer, deeper partnerships with their managers. What are they looking for? Why did they take the decision? How do you make it a success?
JoanaRocha (NEUBERGER BERMAN)
10:30 - 10:50
LP Congress | A safe pair of hands? Understanding the risk-return relationship in PE
Oliver presents new research on how risk is related to performance in PE and how LPs can diagnose the specific risk mitigation skills of a GP
OliverGOTTSCHALG (GOTTSCHALG ANALYTICS)
10:50 - 11:30
LP Congress | How to manage the tension between primaries and secondaries
Now that the secondary market is so large (and continuing to mature), we explore what tension it may create with making primary commitments. After all, the secondary market gives the optionality for vintage diversification, faster deployment and visible NAV. How do you balance both primary with secondary commitments within the same programme? Have secondaries have become so attractive on a risk-adjusted basis that they're cannibalising primary appetite?
KaseyJi (OMERS)
11:20 - 11:30
LP Congress | Morning Break
11:30 - 16:15
LP Congress Breakout Room 1
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | What to look for in the lower mid-market
Addressing the trend towards outperformance among lower mid-market buyout. Performance dispersion is greater. What does the research say?
MichaelELIO (STEPSTONE GROUP)
11:30 - 16:15
LP Congress Breakout Room 2
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | Who pays the price for liquidity?
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | Benchmarking private debt returns
12:00 - 12:30
LP Congress | Private debt - the road to 2030
On private debt, 29% of allocators have a somewhat worse view on opportunities in the asset class compared to last year - the lowest approval rating across all private asset classes. Performance disperson could be to blame, as managers are being tested by their ability to manage credit risk in the face of market uncertainty. Yet the addressable market continues to grow and premium to liquid credit remains a fundamental allocation driver. In this session, we challenge speakers to take a long-term view on where the market is headed and what will determine it’s future.
JamesReynolds (GOLDMAN SACHS ALTERNATIVES)
12:00 - 12:30
LP Congress | Our journey: Manager Search & Selection
12:05 - 12:40
LP Congress | How to diligence a CV
ValerieHANDAL (HARBOURVEST PARTNERS)
12:30 - 14:00
LP Congress | VIP Lunch
by invitation only
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | Engaging with GPs about the demands of retail and institutional capital
Framing the conversations that allocators and distributors are having with managers about greater access for individual investors in private markets. How can institutional investors look to protect their privileged access? What do distributors view as an outlook?
GretaTeot (MEDIOBANCA)ValentinPillet (Société Générale Private Banking (SGPB))BrianDIGNEY (STANDARDS BOARD FOR ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS)CyrilDEMARIA-BENGOCHEA (BANK JULIUS BAER)
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | LP Engagement in Private Markets: From Monitoring to Influence
As portfolio rotation remains slow, how can LPs use engagement to reduce vulnerabilities, protect long-term value, and make their capital more intentional?This breakout will help asset owners compare practical approaches to GP engagement, beyond reporting and governance, across climate, resilience, social risks, and portfolio-company exposure.
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | Our journey: Liquidity solutions
14:30 - 15:00
LP Congress | Where diversification goes next
The mantra of being diversified, but not too diversified, has long been the key to success for many private market allocators. Which is why it was surprising just how concentrated software is within portfolios. Geographical diversification has also become more challenging. Not only is the world bifurcating into geopolitical power blocs, but the debate about sovereignty of capital being deployed within the same borders is becoming more prevalent. What is this doing to challenge the principles of how to build a diversified portfolio? Software may have been the first, but will not be the last to face AI disruption - are there other sectors now to prioritise or rotate out from?
JessicaSellam (ROTHSCHILD & CO)EllenVan Den Broek (LGPS CENTRAL POOL)AndersStrömblad (AP-FONDEN 2)
15:00 - 15:15
LP Congress | Afternoon Break
15:15 - 15:45
LP Congress | Getting emerging managers past the IC
The proliferation of spin-out teams continues. Great talent, with strong track record, setting out on their own to offer something different. For some, it’s hard to get comfortable with the risk profile, yet the outperformance is hard to ignore. How have LPs convinced the IC?
Taffi AyodeleTaffi Ayodele (OFFICE OF THE NYC COMPTROLLER)BettySALANIC (ACCELERATE INVESTORS)DiegoAlaimo (GENERALI ASSET MANAGEMENT)DeeSharma (NORTHERN TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT)
15:15 - 15:45
LP Congress | Evergreens for institutions - are LPs too closed-minded?
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | What’s in the CIO’s inbox?
CIOs are having to navigate investment strategy as the world economy is being rewired by disruption and rewritten by geopolitics. What do they see on the horizon? Strong returns in public markets are mirrored by spluttering private markets. What are the priorities in the year ahead within their own investment programmes? What role does private markets play five years from now?
RogerVINCENT (SUMMATION CAPITAL)GarvanMcCarthy (MERCER)MarkBaumgartner (UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA INVESTMENT CORPORATION)
15:45 - 16:30
LP Congress | Agentic allocators - the reality of AI implementation in LP investment offices
Blue-sky session examining how AI is transforming the job of being an allocator.
VictoriaSienczewski (ALLOCATEAI)
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | Community 4
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | How to spot when there’s too much leverage in private markets?
16:25 - 16:45
LP Congress | The big summary
Wrap-up session concluding the key trends that have been observed across the day, taking the temperature of where private markets are at and informing LP-GP dialogue over the next two days of IPEM Global 2026.
16:45 - 17:00
LP Congress | Closing Remarks
AntoineCOLSON (IPEM)
19:00 - 22:00
IPEM Global 2026 Opening Reception
Open to all!

Event Agenda

Sed cautela nimia in peiores haeserat plagas, ut narrabimus postea, aemulis consarcinantibus insidias graves apud Constantium, cetera medium principem sed siquid auribus eius huius modi quivis infudisset ignotus, acerbum et inplacabilem et in hoc causarum titulo dissimilem sui
September 8, 2026
09:00
09:00 - 17:00
LP Congress Plenary Room
09:00 - 09:10
LP Congress | Welcome to the LP Congress
Presented by Antoine Colson
AntoineCOLSON (IPEM)
09:10 - 09:40
LP Congress | Rethinking illiquidity, and active portfolio management
Illiquidity, up until now a fundament feature of private markets, is being reframed. The maturing secondary market is providing a new tool for active management; allowing LPs to sell on a programmatic cadence and recycle capital into better vintages. Does this mean private allocations are moving towards similar treatment as liquid portfolios? What are the consequences for private markets in an allocation? Are there risks to long-term patient capital becoming more impatient?
GabrielMollerberg (GOLDMAN SACHS ALTERNATIVES)
09:40 - 10:00
LP Congress | Views on asset allocation
As companies stay private for longer and liquidity solutions evolve, how do investment offices adopt the right approach to asset allocation? What role do private markets now play? Do ongoing rolling shocks demand a more agile approach?
AndreaAuerbach (CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES)AaronFilbeck (CAIA ASSOCIATION)
10:00
10:00 - 10:30
LP Congress | What does a new era of partnership look like?
The case for being bolder and more creative with GP relationships. LPs trend towards fewer, deeper partnerships with their managers. What are they looking for? Why did they take the decision? How do you make it a success?
JoanaRocha (NEUBERGER BERMAN)
10:30 - 10:50
LP Congress | A safe pair of hands? Understanding the risk-return relationship in PE
Oliver presents new research on how risk is related to performance in PE and how LPs can diagnose the specific risk mitigation skills of a GP
OliverGOTTSCHALG (GOTTSCHALG ANALYTICS)
10:50 - 11:30
LP Congress | How to manage the tension between primaries and secondaries
Now that the secondary market is so large (and continuing to mature), we explore what tension it may create with making primary commitments. After all, the secondary market gives the optionality for vintage diversification, faster deployment and visible NAV. How do you balance both primary with secondary commitments within the same programme? Have secondaries have become so attractive on a risk-adjusted basis that they're cannibalising primary appetite?
KaseyJi (OMERS)
11:20
11:20 - 11:30
LP Congress | Morning Break
11:30 - 16:15
LP Congress Breakout Room 1
11:30 - 16:15
LP Congress Breakout Room 2
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | Benchmarking private debt returns
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | What to look for in the lower mid-market
Addressing the trend towards outperformance among lower mid-market buyout. Performance dispersion is greater. What does the research say?
MichaelELIO (STEPSTONE GROUP)
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | Who pays the price for liquidity?
12:00
12:00 - 12:30
LP Congress | Our journey: Manager Search & Selection
12:00 - 12:30
LP Congress | Private debt - the road to 2030
On private debt, 29% of allocators have a somewhat worse view on opportunities in the asset class compared to last year - the lowest approval rating across all private asset classes. Performance disperson could be to blame, as managers are being tested by their ability to manage credit risk in the face of market uncertainty. Yet the addressable market continues to grow and premium to liquid credit remains a fundamental allocation driver. In this session, we challenge speakers to take a long-term view on where the market is headed and what will determine it’s future.
JamesReynolds (GOLDMAN SACHS ALTERNATIVES)
12:05 - 12:40
LP Congress | How to diligence a CV
ValerieHANDAL (HARBOURVEST PARTNERS)
12:30 - 14:00
LP Congress | VIP Lunch
by invitation only
14:00
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | Engaging with GPs about the demands of retail and institutional capital
Framing the conversations that allocators and distributors are having with managers about greater access for individual investors in private markets. How can institutional investors look to protect their privileged access? What do distributors view as an outlook?
GretaTeot (MEDIOBANCA)ValentinPillet (Société Générale Private Banking (SGPB))BrianDIGNEY (STANDARDS BOARD FOR ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS)CyrilDEMARIA-BENGOCHEA (BANK JULIUS BAER)
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | LP Engagement in Private Markets: From Monitoring to Influence
As portfolio rotation remains slow, how can LPs use engagement to reduce vulnerabilities, protect long-term value, and make their capital more intentional?This breakout will help asset owners compare practical approaches to GP engagement, beyond reporting and governance, across climate, resilience, social risks, and portfolio-company exposure.
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | Our journey: Liquidity solutions
14:30 - 15:00
LP Congress | Where diversification goes next
The mantra of being diversified, but not too diversified, has long been the key to success for many private market allocators. Which is why it was surprising just how concentrated software is within portfolios. Geographical diversification has also become more challenging. Not only is the world bifurcating into geopolitical power blocs, but the debate about sovereignty of capital being deployed within the same borders is becoming more prevalent. What is this doing to challenge the principles of how to build a diversified portfolio? Software may have been the first, but will not be the last to face AI disruption - are there other sectors now to prioritise or rotate out from?
JessicaSellam (ROTHSCHILD & CO)EllenVan Den Broek (LGPS CENTRAL POOL)AndersStrömblad (AP-FONDEN 2)
15:00
15:00 - 15:15
LP Congress | Afternoon Break
15:15 - 15:45
LP Congress | Evergreens for institutions - are LPs too closed-minded?
15:15 - 15:45
LP Congress | Getting emerging managers past the IC
The proliferation of spin-out teams continues. Great talent, with strong track record, setting out on their own to offer something different. For some, it’s hard to get comfortable with the risk profile, yet the outperformance is hard to ignore. How have LPs convinced the IC?
Taffi AyodeleTaffi Ayodele (OFFICE OF THE NYC COMPTROLLER)BettySALANIC (ACCELERATE INVESTORS)DiegoAlaimo (GENERALI ASSET MANAGEMENT)DeeSharma (NORTHERN TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT)
15:45 - 16:30
LP Congress | Agentic allocators - the reality of AI implementation in LP investment offices
Blue-sky session examining how AI is transforming the job of being an allocator.
VictoriaSienczewski (ALLOCATEAI)
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | Community 4
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | How to spot when there’s too much leverage in private markets?
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | What’s in the CIO’s inbox?
CIOs are having to navigate investment strategy as the world economy is being rewired by disruption and rewritten by geopolitics. What do they see on the horizon? Strong returns in public markets are mirrored by spluttering private markets. What are the priorities in the year ahead within their own investment programmes? What role does private markets play five years from now?
RogerVINCENT (SUMMATION CAPITAL)GarvanMcCarthy (MERCER)MarkBaumgartner (UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA INVESTMENT CORPORATION)
16:25
16:25 - 16:45
LP Congress | The big summary
Wrap-up session concluding the key trends that have been observed across the day, taking the temperature of where private markets are at and informing LP-GP dialogue over the next two days of IPEM Global 2026.
16:45 - 17:00
LP Congress | Closing Remarks
AntoineCOLSON (IPEM)
19:00
19:00 - 22:00
IPEM Global 2026 Opening Reception
Open to all!

Event Agenda

Sed cautela nimia in peiores haeserat plagas, ut narrabimus postea, aemulis consarcinantibus insidias graves apud Constantium, cetera medium principem sed siquid auribus eius huius modi quivis infudisset ignotus, acerbum et inplacabilem et in hoc causarum titulo dissimilem sui
September 8, 2026
09:00
09:00 - 17:00
LP Congress Plenary Room
09:00 - 09:10
LP Congress | Welcome to the LP Congress
Presented by Antoine Colson
AntoineCOLSON (IPEM)
09:10 - 09:40
LP Congress | Rethinking illiquidity, and active portfolio management
Illiquidity, up until now a fundament feature of private markets, is being reframed. The maturing secondary market is providing a new tool for active management; allowing LPs to sell on a programmatic cadence and recycle capital into better vintages. Does this mean private allocations are moving towards similar treatment as liquid portfolios? What are the consequences for private markets in an allocation? Are there risks to long-term patient capital becoming more impatient?
GabrielMollerberg (GOLDMAN SACHS ALTERNATIVES)
09:40 - 10:00
LP Congress | Views on asset allocation
As companies stay private for longer and liquidity solutions evolve, how do investment offices adopt the right approach to asset allocation? What role do private markets now play? Do ongoing rolling shocks demand a more agile approach?
AndreaAuerbach (CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES)AaronFilbeck (CAIA ASSOCIATION)
10:00
10:00 - 10:30
LP Congress | What does a new era of partnership look like?
The case for being bolder and more creative with GP relationships. LPs trend towards fewer, deeper partnerships with their managers. What are they looking for? Why did they take the decision? How do you make it a success?
JoanaRocha (NEUBERGER BERMAN)
10:30 - 10:50
LP Congress | A safe pair of hands? Understanding the risk-return relationship in PE
Oliver presents new research on how risk is related to performance in PE and how LPs can diagnose the specific risk mitigation skills of a GP
OliverGOTTSCHALG (GOTTSCHALG ANALYTICS)
10:50 - 11:30
LP Congress | How to manage the tension between primaries and secondaries
Now that the secondary market is so large (and continuing to mature), we explore what tension it may create with making primary commitments. After all, the secondary market gives the optionality for vintage diversification, faster deployment and visible NAV. How do you balance both primary with secondary commitments within the same programme? Have secondaries have become so attractive on a risk-adjusted basis that they're cannibalising primary appetite?
KaseyJi (OMERS)
11:20
11:20 - 11:30
LP Congress | Morning Break
11:30 - 16:15
LP Congress Breakout Room 1
11:30 - 16:15
LP Congress Breakout Room 2
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | Benchmarking private debt returns
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | What to look for in the lower mid-market
Addressing the trend towards outperformance among lower mid-market buyout. Performance dispersion is greater. What does the research say?
MichaelELIO (STEPSTONE GROUP)
11:30 - 12:00
LP Congress | Who pays the price for liquidity?
12:00
12:00 - 12:30
LP Congress | Our journey: Manager Search & Selection
12:00 - 12:30
LP Congress | Private debt - the road to 2030
On private debt, 29% of allocators have a somewhat worse view on opportunities in the asset class compared to last year - the lowest approval rating across all private asset classes. Performance disperson could be to blame, as managers are being tested by their ability to manage credit risk in the face of market uncertainty. Yet the addressable market continues to grow and premium to liquid credit remains a fundamental allocation driver. In this session, we challenge speakers to take a long-term view on where the market is headed and what will determine it’s future.
JamesReynolds (GOLDMAN SACHS ALTERNATIVES)
12:05 - 12:40
LP Congress | How to diligence a CV
ValerieHANDAL (HARBOURVEST PARTNERS)
12:30 - 14:00
LP Congress | VIP Lunch
by invitation only
14:00
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | Engaging with GPs about the demands of retail and institutional capital
Framing the conversations that allocators and distributors are having with managers about greater access for individual investors in private markets. How can institutional investors look to protect their privileged access? What do distributors view as an outlook?
GretaTeot (MEDIOBANCA)ValentinPillet (Société Générale Private Banking (SGPB))BrianDIGNEY (STANDARDS BOARD FOR ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS)CyrilDEMARIA-BENGOCHEA (BANK JULIUS BAER)
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | LP Engagement in Private Markets: From Monitoring to Influence
As portfolio rotation remains slow, how can LPs use engagement to reduce vulnerabilities, protect long-term value, and make their capital more intentional?This breakout will help asset owners compare practical approaches to GP engagement, beyond reporting and governance, across climate, resilience, social risks, and portfolio-company exposure.
14:00 - 14:30
LP Congress | Our journey: Liquidity solutions
14:30 - 15:00
LP Congress | Where diversification goes next
The mantra of being diversified, but not too diversified, has long been the key to success for many private market allocators. Which is why it was surprising just how concentrated software is within portfolios. Geographical diversification has also become more challenging. Not only is the world bifurcating into geopolitical power blocs, but the debate about sovereignty of capital being deployed within the same borders is becoming more prevalent. What is this doing to challenge the principles of how to build a diversified portfolio? Software may have been the first, but will not be the last to face AI disruption - are there other sectors now to prioritise or rotate out from?
JessicaSellam (ROTHSCHILD & CO)EllenVan Den Broek (LGPS CENTRAL POOL)AndersStrömblad (AP-FONDEN 2)
15:00
15:00 - 15:15
LP Congress | Afternoon Break
15:15 - 15:45
LP Congress | Evergreens for institutions - are LPs too closed-minded?
15:15 - 15:45
LP Congress | Getting emerging managers past the IC
The proliferation of spin-out teams continues. Great talent, with strong track record, setting out on their own to offer something different. For some, it’s hard to get comfortable with the risk profile, yet the outperformance is hard to ignore. How have LPs convinced the IC?
Taffi AyodeleTaffi Ayodele (OFFICE OF THE NYC COMPTROLLER)BettySALANIC (ACCELERATE INVESTORS)DiegoAlaimo (GENERALI ASSET MANAGEMENT)DeeSharma (NORTHERN TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT)
15:45 - 16:30
LP Congress | Agentic allocators - the reality of AI implementation in LP investment offices
Blue-sky session examining how AI is transforming the job of being an allocator.
VictoriaSienczewski (ALLOCATEAI)
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | Community 4
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | How to spot when there’s too much leverage in private markets?
15:45 - 16:15
LP Congress | What’s in the CIO’s inbox?
CIOs are having to navigate investment strategy as the world economy is being rewired by disruption and rewritten by geopolitics. What do they see on the horizon? Strong returns in public markets are mirrored by spluttering private markets. What are the priorities in the year ahead within their own investment programmes? What role does private markets play five years from now?
RogerVINCENT (SUMMATION CAPITAL)GarvanMcCarthy (MERCER)MarkBaumgartner (UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA INVESTMENT CORPORATION)
16:25
16:25 - 16:45
LP Congress | The big summary
Wrap-up session concluding the key trends that have been observed across the day, taking the temperature of where private markets are at and informing LP-GP dialogue over the next two days of IPEM Global 2026.
16:45 - 17:00
LP Congress | Closing Remarks
AntoineCOLSON (IPEM)
19:00
19:00 - 22:00
IPEM Global 2026 Opening Reception
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