Apex Invest Middle East 2026
Apex Invest Middle East 2026 is an organiser-published event for investors, managers and advisers working across private markets and alternative investments.
About this event
Cutting edge content – 2 days of insightful keynotes, engaging panels and thought-provoking fireside chats.
Productive meetings - Schedule in-person, back-to-back meetings with vetted, interested parties via the apexinvest.io platform - optimising your time and efforts.
Networking opportunities - Network with investors and industry peers at breakfast, lunch, and evening receptions.
Bespoke meeting facilitation – Access apexinvest.io platform, utilising proprietary algorithms to target your fund with the most relevant allocators.
Brand exposure - Amplify your brand with bespoke sponsorship and partner opportunities.
Digital asset programming - Access the rapidly emerging digital asset class through education and networking with vetted service providers and managers.
Source: organiser materialsAgenda
Monday, 9 November 202611 sessions
Opening Remarks – Apex Invest Middle East
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- Where Sovereign Capital Is Moving in 2026: Strategic sectors, AI, energy, defense, and cross-border flows.
Keynote: Post-Election Shock - Tariffs, Sanctions & Capital Controls
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- How tax regimes, capital restrictions, and geopolitical fragmentation are reshaping allocations.
Capital Re-Routing in a Fragmented World
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- Rebalancing from the U.S. | China exposure recalibration | India flows shifting towards GIFT City | European capital moving to UAE and Switzerland, and GCC outbound capital corridors
Defense, Space & Strategic Technologies – The New Sovereign Allocations
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- Defence modernisation, space infrastructure, cybersecurity, dual-use technologies, and national security capital
Energy & Infrastructure in a New Strategic Capital Cycle
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- Power systems, energy transition, logistics, industrial infrastructure
Fireside Chat: Abu Dhabi as a Global Capital & Liquidity Hub
Workshop A: Liquidity Creation in Private Markets: Secondaries, Structured Exits & Direct Deals
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- How sovereigns and large institutions are managing liquidity across private portfolios.
Workshop B: Tokenized Funds & Digital Distribution: Building the Next Generation of Capital Markets
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- Institutional tokenisation, digital asset custody, and regulated market infrastructure
Workshop C: Energy Transition, AI and Power Infrastructure as Strategic Investments
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- The intersection of compute, energy, and industrial infrastructure in the new capital cycle
One-on-one meetings
Evening Reception
Tuesday, 10 November 20269 sessions
Keynote: The Middle East in the Next Global Cycle
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- Positioning the region as a hub for sovereign liquidity, digital markets, and cross-border allocation.
Private Markets Reset – What The 22-26 Cycle has Taught Allocators
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- What was promised vs what was delivered: DPI vs TVPI, Exit delays, repricing in secondaries, NAV financing, continuation strategies
Institutional Liquidity & Structure Solutions
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- Beyond IPOs. Secondaries, hybrid capital, structured exits, and sovereign-scale liquidity platforms
Global Capital Corridors: Where Sovereign and Capital is Moving
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- • USA: Technology, private credit and infrastructure
• Europe: Energy Transition, industrial assets, and strategic sectors
• Asia: Manufacturing, digital infrastructure, and growth capital
• Intra-GCC capital flows: Domestic strategies, AI, energy and industrial development
- • USA: Technology, private credit and infrastructure
Digital Assets, Stablecoins & Tokenised Cash
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- Institutional use cases, regulated custody, and sovereign digital strategy
Workshop D: AI & Compute Infrastructure: Investing Across the Hardware, Energy and Data Stack
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- Semiconductors, data centers, energy systems, and sovereign-scale compute strategies
Workshop E: Co-Investments & Secondaries in Practice – Governance, Pricing & Execution
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- How sovereigns and large family offices are structuring direct deals and managing liquidity
Workshop F: AI Inside Asset Management – How allocators are Using AI for Due Diligence, Portfolio Construction & Risk Monitoring
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- Practical applications of AI across institutional investment processes
One-on-one meetings
Who attends
- 300LPs
- 2,000Fund managers