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LP allocations: Seeking differentiation in an evolving market
Investors are reassessing how to allocate across the credit spectrum, balancing yield, liquidity, and downside protection while navigating uneven recovery across sectors and regions. Capital is increasingly flowing toward strategies that offer structural protection, pricing power, and flexibility. This panel explores how institutional investors are developing their credit portfolio, where they are finding conviction, and how allocation decisions are shifting in response to changing market dynamics.
- Where are you finding investment conviction today: scale, specialisation, or niche strategies?
- What’s driving LP interest in evergreen, semi‑liquid and hybrid structures?
- What are LPs prioritising when selecting or reupping with managers?
- To what degree should LPs diversify their private debt exposure away from direct lending and into opportunistic credit?
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SpeakersPhilip Kam CEO APLMA
Vincent Hui Managing Director, APAC Credit CPP Investments
Anthony Chan CEO Isola Capital
Catherine Mooney Partner New Peak Partners
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Philip was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the APLMA in October 2025. He is a former investment banking Managing Director, having completed a 15‑year tenure at HSBC, during which he served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Banking Division for Asia Pacific. In that capacity, he led the COO function, with responsibility for operational infrastructure, governance frameworks, and risk controls across the Global Banking business in 18 countries. Earlier in his career, he held positions at Bank of America in Hong Kong and CIBC in Toronto. He later served as Chief Institute Development Officer at the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers prior to joining the APLMA.
Philip holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and is a Canadian Chartered Accountant.
Based in Hong Kong, Vincent focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and managing credit investments across the Asia Pacific region. Vincent was previously a member of the Americas and European Credit groups in the Toronto and London offices of CPP Investments, respectively. Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2010, Vincent worked at Credit Suisse in Los Angeles. Vincent holds a BA in Business Administration (Hons) from the Ivey Business School at Western University.
Anthony is Chief Executive Officer of Isola Capital.
Anthony has extensive experience in asset management across private equity, venture capital, private credit and liquid secondary strategies. Anthony enjoyed a career in investment banking before transitioning to private investments and family office wealth management. He has broad investment expertise across a broad range of consumer, agricultural, industrial and technology sectors.
Anthony attained a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Economics) from The University of Sydney and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from The University of Sydney Law School. He is also a graduate of The College of Law (Sydney) and was admitted to the High Court of Australia and Supreme Court of NSW. Anthony completed the Financial Engineering Program of Stanford University and attended the Stanford Executive Institute.
He is a Responsible Officer for Type 1 (Dealing in Securities), Type 4 (Advising on Securities) and Type 9 (Asset Management) activities licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. Anthony is Vice Chairman of Pacific Basin Economic Council and Co-Chair of Cyberport Investors Network Growth Portfolio Sub-Committee, a member of the HK Trade Development Council Technology and Digital Innovation Advisory Committee, a member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Taxation Committee, a member of the HKVCA LP Committee and the Family Office Committee. He is an Advisory Board member of Hex Trust. He was previously appointed as a member of the Market Misconduct Tribunal.
Anthony is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. He is a keen tennis player, golfer, wine enthusiast and Formula One fan.
Catherine Mooney is a Partner at New Peak Partners.
Prior to that, she was Managing Director at Assured Asset Management and Director at Asante Capital Group, working across New York and Hong Kong to advise clients on fundraising and capital solutions. Earlier in her career, Catherine was Vice President at MVision Private Equity Advisers, having worked in both London and Hong Kong, and held investment banking roles at UBS and Goldman Sachs in London and Sydney, respectively.
Catherine holds a Master of Science in Data Science from City University of Hong Kong and a Master of Economics from UNSW.