IPEM GLOBAL 2026

Plenary Room Day 1

Sep 9, 2026 — 10:00 am - 5:30 PM
Plenary Room

Agenda

10:00 AM10:30 AM

Mastering the course

Remember the good old days? The era of easy leverage, multiple expansion and benign macro feels like ancient history. Today, new risks and disruption obscure the path ahead. In this keynote session,...

10:30 AM11:00 AM

Is private markets dancing to a new rhythm?

If history tells us anything, it’s that private assets always perform well during periods of dislocation. Leaning in when public markets retrench is how the industry has outperformed. However, the...

11:00 AM11:30 AM

Bringing together public and private - culture clash or future blueprint?

Welcome to the platform era. Traditional asset managers continue to reshape the private assets landscape. The case for consolidation makes sense. Strategic M&A offers access to attractive margins...

11:30 AM12:00 PM

Software ate the world, now AI is back for dessert

Private equity has been dining out on software returns for decades. Scalable, high margin businesses, with recurring, sticky revenues kept sponsors coming back for more. Now, investors are asking...

12:00 PM12:30 PM

Rolling with the punches - how Europe and US mid-market fights on

Private markets has its roots in supporting high growth mid-market companies. That’s why it remains a core source of alpha. Yet these businesses are also having to confront the pressures of AI...

12:30 PM1:00 PM

Allocator outlook

Private equity legends

The music has changed. Private equity is having to learn how to move to a different beat. The flywheel of fundraising, investment, growth and exits has spluttered in recent years. How do we get it...

Building the ultimate one-stop shop

Is bigger always better? Judging by the growth of large multi-asset managers, some believe so. The past decade has seen a significant consolidation of AUM among large-scale alternative managers that...

Rewiring the portfolio company

Illiquidity, it ain’t what it used to be

The traditional secondaries model was designed for a market that has shifted. Blind pool capital committed to a 10-year fund, with returns generated at terminal exit of the underlying portfolio....

New assets, new risks?

Private credit continues to expand into new asset types that have traditionally been the foray of public markets or bank balance sheets. Commercial and corporate finance, infrastructure and project...

How to exit in 2027

Things will be better next year. The recent software sell-off shelved exit pipeline of many tech and software portfolio companies, as PE sellers are unwilling to put strong, performing assets on the...

Software ate the world, now what?

Private equity has been dining out on software returns for decades. Scalable, high margin businesses, with recurring, sticky revenues kept sponsors coming back for more. Now, investors are asking...

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