Capital Creation 2008
Europe’s Leading Private Equity Networking Event
Continuing to Deliver Alpha in Times of Exceptional Volatility is the core focus for Capital Creation 2008 as we examine how the private equity industry can maintain investor confidence and add exceptional value to their portfolio. Taking place in the excusive location of Monte Carlo, Capital Creation will host over 250 GPs and LPs from across private equity's most successful mid-market and sector specific firms.
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Benefits of attending Capital Creation 2008:
For GPs:
Fundraising During Increasingly Challenging Market Conditions:
Meet over 80 LP's in a stunning informal networking environment, listen to their concerns and expectations to better position your organisation as a preferred partner.
How to Deliver Exceptional Returns During A Global Economic Downturn and Correctly Identifying the Right Opportunities and Areas of Growth:
Be briefed by the most successful GP's in Europe on emerging markets and sectors such as real assets and commodities, and how to stand out in an ever crowded mid, small and venture market.
The Impact of Spiral Energy Costs:
Hear from cutting edge Horizon investigator David Strahan on the evidence and implications of a peak oil-crisis. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage your peers on the implications of intractable inflationary trends in the energy costs upon the success or likely collapse of key industry sectors.
Evaluating Routes to Exit:
Take part in an active panel discussion with some of Europe's most renowned General Partners and benchmark strategies for late stage value addition.
For LPs:
Evaluation:
Learn how to access funds and General Partners that are positioned to thrive in the current bear market whilst evaluating so called "recession proof industries"
Future:
What are the prospects for the private equity, secondary, and venture capital funds? Should investors cut potential losses now or go long in order to realise potentially exceptional returns in the longer term.
Emerging Markets:
Where are the opportunities for making substantial returns by investing in emerging or mature Asian economies during a downturn?
Hear From Over 60 Leading-Industry Executives Including:
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Bjarne Graven Larsen, Chief Investment Officer, ATP Denmark |
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Rod Selkirk, Chief Executive Officer, Hermes Private Equity |
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Peter McKellar, Chief Investment Officer, Standard Life Private Equity |
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Jon Moulton, Managing Partner, Alchemy |
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John Barber, Partner, Bridgepoint Capital |
Attend Capital Creation 2008 and you will hear key themes including
- Managing and monitoring private equity interests to effectively hedge against risk in an increasingly volatile market
- The current risk-return profile of different private equity sectors and regional prospects during a bear market
- Achieving fundraising objectives strategy by understanding investor motivations and requirements
- Effectively addressing the LP/GP relationship by discussing current concerns in order to realign investment interests and objectives
- How to keep current interim returns in perspective in order to focus on the long-term opportunities the current environment presents
If you are a service provider and would like to sponsor the conference or take advantage of our networking and business development packages, please contact:
Paul Meredith, Sponsorship Manager
T: +44 (0) 207 368 9495
F: +44 (0) 207 368 9401
E: paul.meredith@wbr.co.uk












