April 16 & 17, 2025 - Renaissance, Chicago, USA
Exclusive connections for the worldʼs #1 private capital market
Who will attend Pensions&Investments x IPEM Private Markets 2025?
300+
decision-makers
1:1
LP to GP ratio
2024 Attendees by firm type
1. Limited Participation
2. North American Focus
3. Facilitated Meetings
Program Overview
Stay tuned as we announce speakers for Pensions&Investments x IPEM Private Markets 2025!
CONFERENCES
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
🟣 The Times They Are A-Changin’: Disruptors that Will Dictate Private Markets Investing
🟣 Assessing Portfolio Health: Private Equity
🟣 LP Fireside Chat
🟣 Define, Refine & Shine! How to Execute on Private Credit
🟣 Track I: Private Credit
◆ Identifying Good Deals Credit Manager Selection
◆ Feeling Distressed about Opportunistic Credit? Let’s Look at the Underlying Assets
◆ Asset-Based Finance: Generalists vs. Specialists
🟣 Track II: Private Equity
◆ Optimizing Your Private Equity Allocation: Targeting Middle & Lower Market Focused Funds
◆ Sports Investing: What’s Your Gameplan?
◆ Sector Investing – AI: Not Just a Tech Play
🟣 Track III: One-on-One Meetings
◆ Use this time to network with peers.
🟣 Alternative Exits – How are GPs Realizing Liquidity in a Slow IPO Market?
Thursday, April 17, 2025
🟣 The Ramifications of Tighter Capital Markets: How GPs are Working with LPs
🟣 Track I: Real Assets
◆ Getting Real with Real Estate: Will 2025 Be a Strong Vintage Year?
◆ AI: The Infrastructure Play
🟣 Track II: Private Equity & Credit
◆ Gaining Exposure to the Lower Middle Market through SBICs: A Case Study
◆ Around the World in 45 Minutes?
🟣 Track III: One-on-One Meetings
◆ Use this time to network with peers.
🟣 The LP Panel: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
🔵 Breaking Concepts
🔵 Concurrent Breakouts: Portfolio Assets in Focus
(Attendees can join one of two breakout tracks or 1:1 Networking)
Thursday, April 17, 2025
🔵 Emerging Manager Session
🔵 Concurrent Breakouts: Portfolio Assets in Focus
(Attendees can join one of two breakout tracks or 1:1 Networking)
NETWORKING BREAKS
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
🟠 P&I Trivia & Networking Break
🟠 Networking Lunch
🟠 Networking Break
Take the time to reconnect with peers and forge new relationships!
🟠 Networking Reception & The $10,000 Private Markets Pyramid
Thursday, April 17, 2025
🟠 Networking Breakfast
🟠 Private Breakfast for Family Offices with Crain Currency
🟠 Networking Break
Take the time to reconnect with peers and forge new relationships!
🟠 Closing Remarks, Private Markets Trivia Results & Lunch
For LPs & Investment Consultants
LPs & Investment Consultants receive complimentary access to the conference!
Want to know if you qualify as an LP?
The IPEM Experience
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Complimentary Limited Partner Pass Eligibility
IPEM defines Limited Partners as investment professionals whose principal activity involves the primary fund selection/ analysis and/or management.
The Limited Partner category includes: institutional investors (pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, and DFIs), Single Family Offices (SFOs), and private wealth professionals.
1. Is your firm’s strategy focused on direct investments and not fund investments?
YES – Please email investor@ipem-market.com for further review as this does not qualify under the initial pre-screen.
NO – You can proceed with question 5.
2. Are you actively involved in other investment activities apart from your role in the Limited Partner firm you are applying with?
YES – Please email investor@ipem-market.com for further review as this does not qualify under the initial pre-screen.
NO – You can proceed with question 5.
3. Are you a private investor or HNWI/UHNWI?
YES – If you are not part of an established Single Family Office, unfortunately, you do not qualify for a complimentary pass. You may attend on a fee basis as an IPEM visitor.
NO – You can proceed with question 5.
4. Are you applying with an investment firm (i.e. pension fund, insurance firm, Single Family Office) but your role is focused on direct or secondary or co-investment strategies?
YES – Please email investor@ipem-market.com for further review as this does not qualify under the initial pre-screen.
NO – You can proceed with question 5.
5. Is your firm an institutional investor or an established Single Family Office focused on primary fund investments?
YES – You are eligible for a complimentary pass.
NO – Please email investor@ipem-market.com for further review as this does not qualify under the initial pre-screen.
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