Agenda
7th October
Welcome Dinner at Upstairs at Caroline
8th October
Registration
Opening remarks & welcome
Product overview
Come hear about the evolution of the Backstop product over the past 12 months and over the next few quarters. You get the inside scoop on active initiatives, key areas of development and service focus, and a front row seat to Backstop's trajectory.
Backstop data: a new era and ethos
State of the market
Continued uncertainties surrounding interest rates, evolving tariff developments, macroeconomic policies and exit prospects have meant that private markets will need to adapt to a ever-shifting landscape. This panel session will provide a broad overview of various segments across private markets including private equity, private credit and infrastructure and discuss how GPs and LPs are preparing for the year ahead.
- What have been the main drivers of deal flow in the US, and where are the opportunities and challenges across the various asset classes?
- How are private markets practitioners building out new capabilities in a bid to create more value, and how are they focusing on operational transformation?
- Has market consolidation continued to take place, and what are the pros and cons?
- What is the outlook for private markets in the year ahead?
Networking break
Client Showcases
What's the big Deal? New product spotlight: Deal Management in Backstop
Networking lunch
Please select a track
GP Top Gems
In today's ever-changing environment, it is crucial for GPs to effectively track leads, optimize capital-raising and streamline processes. Join us as we unveil Backstop's latest innovations tailored to meet the specific needs of GPs.
Make Backstop yours
Capital Raising | Investor Relations
Leverage new capabilities across Backstop to dial in your experience for optimal efficiency and effective team collaboration. Come ready to refine your Backstop experience with knowledge to help propel your team forward.
LP Top Gems
It is crucial for allocators to stay up to date on due diligence, optimized portfolio tracking, investment research, stakeholder reporting, and be on the lookout for new asset class opportunities on the horizon. Join us as we delve into the latest capabilities of Backstop tailored to meet the unique needs of LPs.
Research with quantitative insights
Illuminate your research efforts with quantitative insight from owned or client assets. See how you can use the latest innovations to target your efforts, inform your team, and stay within policy.
Return to main room
Coffee break
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Work smarter with Backstop latest capabilities
This session will highlight new capabilities designed to help you work smarter including enhanced entity views, review workflows, and standardized locations. See how Backstop users can take advantage of these capabilities as a value-add tool for raising capital and servicing clients.
Master insights through activity innovations
This session will focus on provide smarter, more actionable insights from interactions and correspondence in the field with investors, prospects, and counterparties, tailored to meet the unique needs of GPs. Deepen your understanding of your team's engagement in lightning speed using the newest Activity capabilities.
Work smarter - entity connectivity and workflows
This session will highlight new capabilities designed to help you work smarter including enhanced entity views, connected fund and company universes, review workflows, standard classifications, and linked locations. See how Backstop users can leverage these capabilities for more efficient data inputs and value-added insights on new and existing manager relationships.
Master insights through activity innovations
This session will focus on provide smarter, more actionable insights from interactions and correspondence in the field with managers and counterparties, tailored to meet the unique needs of LPs. Deepen your understanding of your team's engagement in lightning speed using the newest Activity capabilities.
Return to main room
Champagne Roundtable Discussions (limited to 8 participants each)
Come ready to propose, discuss, and debate with other conference attendees around topics of interest while connecting after the official conference sessions over champagne.
-LP roundtable: Connect with peers around what is top of mind
-GP roundtable: Connect with peers around what is top of mind
-Integrating Backstop with your information enterprise architecture
-Leveraging Backstop across your team: Strategies for learning, training and driving engagement
-Deal management: How is your team handling it, and how Backstop can help
Cocktails
Dinner at Franklin Barbecue
Transportation: Private transportation will be provided. Please note, pick-up is at 6:15 PM from the main entrance of the Four Seasons Hotel Austin
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