Private Equity Wire US Summit 2026
Private Equity Wire US Summit 2026 is an organiser-published event for investors, managers and advisers working across private markets and alternative investments.
About this event
The Private Equity Wire® US Summit is a hub for decision-makers in the private markets ecosystem to explore innovation along three fronts:
How the industry can deliver more flexibility, liquidity and stronger returns to a rapidly expanding and diversifying base of investors
How private investments are driving transformation in companies, sectors and economies through increasingly sophisticated value creation strategies
How an evolving suite of services and systems can create efficiencies and help organisations streamline their entire investment lifecycle
This unmissable summit features illustrious keynotes, curated boardrooms, workshops for managers, allocators and service providers, equity and credit content streams, intimate roundtables, pre-arranged meetings and vibrant networking sessions.
Our mission is to showcase how private markets are among the most effective forces for progress and transformation in the world.
Source: organiser materialsAgenda
Thursday, 12 November 202648 sessions
Private Credit
CPO & Co-Founder at qashqade
CPO & Co-Founder at qashqade
Welcome Note
Keynote: A Maturing Industry: Costs, Revenue and Alpha in Private Markets
Head of Portfolio Allocation at Carlyle
Panel: Macro Watch: Forces at Play in 2026
Partner at Kleinberg Kaplan
Fireside Chat: The Evolving Mechanics of Evergreens
Fireside Chat: The Evolving Mechanics of Evergreens
Fireside Chat: The Evolving Mechanics of Evergreens
Workshops
Partner at Anchin
Welcome Note
As traditional bank balance sheets continue to retreat, asset-based finance is emerging as a defining pillar of the modern credit ecosystem. Leading practitioners examine the opportunity set and the underwriting rigour it demands.
Welcome Note
Panel: Unpacking the Private Credit Competitive Landscape
Head of Content at Private Equity Wire®
Stories of Transformation: Value Creation in Volatility
Managing Director at SS&C Technologies
Fireside Chat: Asset-Based Financing and the Future of Lending
Managing Director, Operations & Strategy at OMERS Private Equity
Compounding conviction: AI and the deal pipeline
CEO at metal.ai
CEO at metal.ai
Fireside Chat: Real Asset Debt: Lending Across Infrastructure and Real Estate
Managing Director, Head of Origination at Deerpath Capital
Panel: AI and Investments: From Firm to Asset
Portfolio Manager and Head of Private Real Estate Credit at Wellington Management
Panel: Credit Secondaries: Matching Loan Maturity
Managing Director, Co-Head Technology Finance Group at Monroe Capital
Panel: PE Ops: Valuations, Liquidity, Democratisation and More
Senior Vice President of Business Development at UMB Fund Services
Fireside Chat: Credit Ops: Sourcing, Monitoring and Valuations in Today's World
Panel: PE Ops: Valuations, Liquidity, Democratisation and More
Panel: Secondaries Watch: The GP-led Charge
The operational backbone of private credit is under greater scrutiny as portfolios scale and regulators sharpen their focus on mark practices. Practitioners discuss what best-in-class looks like across the full credit lifecycle.
Panel: The State of Direct Lending
Partner and Global Head of Private Equity Secondaries at Pantheon
Fireside Chat: Retail Audiences: Education and Media Risk
Head of Defined Contribution at Partners Group
Head of Defined Contribution at Partners Group
Closing Fireside Chat: Capital Access: In Pursuit of Permanent Capital
Managing Director at Bain Capital
Closing Panel: Inside the Allocator's Mind
Closing Panel: Inside the Allocator's Mind
Closing Panel: Inside the Allocator's Mind
Private Equity Wire® Awards
Who attends
- 100+LPs
- 250+GPs
- 25Investment professionals