The Summer Series
The 2024 Asante Capital Summer Series includes four roundtable discussions featuring private markets experts. These industry leaders come together to share some of the top trends, considerations, and challenges surrounding today’s market.
This year, Asante focused on the latest trends in private equity, including the emergence of a fundraising recovery, as well as how GPs and LPs can best navigate the market. The roundtables dive into topics ranging from Alpha generation in the current environment to existing LP perspectives in GP-led transactions. Join our experts below to learn about the factors driving private equity fundraising and deal activity, and how investors are looking to the second half of 2024 and beyond.
In this final episode of the Asante Capital Summer Series, Sam Cantor moderates a panel of industry experts, analyzing the evolving dynamics of the private equity secondary market. Panelists dive into the increasing prominence of GP-led transactions and their implications for market trends. This discussion provides valuable insights into emerging transaction structures, the critical role of intermediaries and the strategic partnerships that are shaping the future of private equity secondary markets.
For our third installment of the Asante Capital Summer Series, Kelly Phelan, Managing Director, hosts a fireside chat with Tom Lenehan of the Wallace Foundation, to discuss the evolving deal environment and the Foundation’s alpha-focused investment strategy. Together, Tom and Kelly address the impact of geopolitics and inflation on the market, emphasizing the importance of a diversified and alpha-led investment approach.
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In the second installment of the Asante Capital Summer Series, Managing Director Jared Davidson moderates an expert panel on the state of private markets, focusing on early signs of a fundraising recovery as well as broader trends. Key themes addressed include rising investor confidence and industry optimism driven by public equity market rebounds, alongside stabilized interest rates and steady capital deployment.
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For our first Asante Capital Summer Series conversation, Partner and Head of Asia-Pacific, Ricardo Felix, moderated an expert panel discussing current fundraising strategies and the challenges and opportunities LPs and GPs face in today’s market environment.
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