In the face of the world’s most challenging economic crisis in decades, Europe’s elite private equity community needs to map out a direction to not only ensure private equity’s attraction as an asset class, but to crucially identify investment strategies for the next 12-24 months that will deliver optimum returns.  Monte Carlo will therefore play host to Europe’s foremost gathering of senior-level private equity professionals to address how the industry can thrive in a post-recession climate.

An intimate group of leading private equity players, including The Carlyle Group, F&C Investments, Universities Superannuation Scheme and ATP PEP, will be meeting in Monte Carlo on the 15^th-17^th September 2010 to detail key priorities for the industry and highlight the most appropriate strategies for investment in 2011.  Contributing to the debate will be a selection of world-renowned law firms and service providers including Proskauer, Dechert and Global Private Equity, who will be providing thought leadership and analysis in an interactive format.

Celebrating its 10^th anniversary, this year’s Capital Creation will comprise keynote addresses, industry-led panel debates and peer-to-peer roundtable discussions, focusing on the most important issues surrounding private equity.  Running this event over the past decade, we have witnessed peaks and troughs in the market, but nothing quite as challenging as the past two years.  Therefore now more than ever, with fundraising at a low, institutional investors remaining cautious and regulation threatening the very essence of private equity, ensuring returns on private equity as an asset class is firmly the focus of the industry.

With this in mind, the Capital Creation agenda this year truly reflects the challenges and issues at the forefront of the private equity community, beginning with the essential Fundraising Forum, taking place on Wednesday 15^th September.  Attendees will hear first-hand from the likes of Northwestern Mutual, Alliance Trust Equity Partners and The Blackstone Group as they focus not only on how GPs can ensure their survival and revival in the current climate, but also how LPs should apply the ILPA (Institutional Limited Partners Association) guidelines to increase transparency with GPs.

Driving the debate during the main conference on the 16^th and 17^th September will be an exclusive speaker faculty including the likes of EQT Partners, Fortis Investments and Partners Group as we emphasise how the industry is going “back to basics” to emerge from the financial crisis.  Focused on optimising investment strategies for 2011 and beyond, the panel discussions and presentations will highlight investment potential across emerging markets, the evolving secondaries market as well as analysing how the forthcoming AIFM (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) Directive will impact upon the private equity industry.

Bringing together over 250 attendees, the event will prove an intimate environment for networking and relationship development.  Neil Harper, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley AIP, who will be a panellist at this year’s meeting, recently commented: “It will bring together a targeted community of mostly mid-lower market players which is different to other meetings on the calendar.  It therefore will be a very useful way to catch up with industry peers and have meetings with managers with whom we may partner in the future”.  We are therefore very excited about this year’s meeting and look forward to brining everyone together for a hard-working and rewarding three days.

Remember, Finroad members are entitled to an exclusive 10% discount off the current conference price which means that you can save up to £800 if you book before Friday 25th June for the Main Conference and essential Fundraising Focus Day.  Quote 11718.004_FIN

Capital Creation 2010

15 - 17 September, 2010

Le Meridien Beach Plaza, Monte Carlo

W: www.capitalcreation.com

T: +44 (0) 207 368 9465

E: capitalcreation@wbr.co.uk