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Latham & Watkins on natural problem solversTroutman Pepper Locke on keeping up the pace in secondariesStepStone Group on private markets’ analytics revolutionHarbourVest on Asia-Pacific’s next chapterLPs rethink value-add strategy to broaden risk profileArdian: Natural capital progresses from niche to necessityKPMG on making the AI roll-out countUBS Asset Management: Growing complexity and industry shiftsPantheon on why size matters in secondariesSchroders Capital on the significance of specialismSmall LPs use GP-led secondaries to accelerate private markets allocations, OCIOs sayNIIF’s second infra fund raises $2 bn from local, global LPs to hit first closeNational Investment and Infrastructure FundEQT Closed Its Combination With Coller Capital and Brought Secondaries Onto the Platforma16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fundAndreessen HorowitzAres Closes Fifth Japan Logistics Real Estate Development Fund at ¥612 Billion (US$4 Billion), Hitting Hard CapSouth Africa’s Mamor Capital Lands $18.8m First Close for Debut Tech FundOld Ironsides, EnCap Flatrock agree Brazos Midland sale to ONEOK for $4.4bnAon Buying KKR-Backed USI In $17B Middle-Market PushVentures Platform closes Fund II at $84M amid global venture slowdownBlackSun’s $1bn first close shifts more sports teams into fundsCrow Holdings aims for largest ever capital raise with $3.3B fundSentinel Capital Partners sells Revenew to Bernhard Capital PartnersMitsui Fudosan, Axil Capital launch ¥7B life sciences CVC fundLinden Capital Partners Acquires ArtesRxArcline Completed Its Take-Private of AstroNova at $29 a ShareNIIF Raises Rs 19,000 Crore For Second Infrastructure FundAlistithmar CapitalSLB Buying Kelvion In $4.1B Data Center Cooling DealHealthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: KKR to Acquire IntegerSteve Baxter's defence tech VC firm Beaten Zone closes debut fund at $26 millionNIIF targets $3.2 billion infrastructure fund as global investors eye India’s growth story: ReportIMRF assigns $320m to real assets, PE fundsAccrual Equity Partners, Dansons Capital Group acquire Shasta PoolsOn the Move: August 2026 Hires and PromotionsRelation Insurance ServicesKainos Capital Adds Three and Promotes TwoFort Point’s NewBold Technologies Acquires Spencer TechnologiesVector Building Products Acquires Prestige DistributionCentre Lane PartnersThe Pipeline: StepStone’s secondaries haul, MEAG’s new infra head, Apollo’s $10bn FBO dealWeil Adds Private Equity Attys From Dechert, Kirkland In SFApollo Put Up $9 Billion of Minority Equity Behind ONEOK’s $4.425 Billion Brazos Midland BuyCapula Opened a Quant Commodities Book With Room for $2 Billion to $3 BillionPublic Evergreen Funds: Big Opportunity, Bigger Execution ChallengeLincoln Property Co sets sights on third-party capital - peiEx-Kirkland Private Funds Lawyer Joins Greenberg TraurigInvestment Funds When Regulations Meet Relationships: The Modern Private Fund - Fall 2026Vinson & Elkins LLPVenture Capital: Taiwan-based Hive Ventures targeting third and fourth deals in MalaysiaWhat Is a NAV Loan? A Technical Primer for Family OfficesThe Week in Private Credit - August 28, 2026Cox Capital PartnersIndia PE/VC fundraising hits record USD23.7 bn in 2026 so far, July investments rise 52% MoM: EY-IVCAPick the wrong PE manager at your peril, warns FinCapPrivate credit - not all funds are created equalHedge fund shifts $300M+ from crypto mining to AI infrastructure with multi-billion dollar contracts.Granite Creek’s Pete Pacelli on private equity, agribusiness and military serviceKorea Venture Investment Corp. Wins First Fund Management License in Singapore; K-Global Venture Fund to Launch in H2BNK Financial and Busan City launch 50 billion won venture fund to boost growth - CHOSUNBIZBuying the Platform Does Not Buy You LiquidityVictory CapitalRahul Seth's Industrial47 marks first close of debut fund at Rs 85 crore to invest in frontier tech startupsVijay Pande on Leaving a16z’s $4B Bio Fund to Bet Small: ‘We’re Not Doing 30 Bets a Year’Andreessen HorowitzGenNx360 scores $865m Fund IV close after $1.3bn of realisations in past yearStepStone raises $1.7bn for first dedicated infrastructure secondaries fund, already 50% deployedLGT Capital Partners beats target with €850m European small buyout fund closeCrescent lands $232m for second CLO equity funda16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’Andreessen HorowitzBridgeInvest raises $612m for US speciality RE credit fundMassMutual Ventures launches $150m second climate fund as strategy incorporates AI, real assetsPermanent Capital Ventures scales to $200m Fund II, two years after launchWindjammer Exits IPS Group in $350 Million Sale to NayaxTrinity Hunt invests in management consulting firm Fisher Management PartnersEinride founders launch Navisalma to blend VC with private equity-style company buildingL&G and WTW gain FCA approval for private credit LTAFLegal & GeneralEx-Citadel Trader’s $1bn Agave hedge fund posts strong start in London
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TUESDAY, SEP 1
12pm ETFrom Origination to Execution: A 360-Degree View of the ABL Transaction LifecycleSecured Finance Network · VirtualSep 1–2McGuireWoods Emerging Manager Conference: Beyond BuyoutsMcGuireWoods · Dallas, TX12:45pm ETPrivate Markets Update and a Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester M. PeirceMorgan Lewis · Virtual · FreeWEDNESDAY, SEP 2
5pm ET100WF New York MidCareer: The Road to Managing Director — What It Takes100 Women in Finance · New York, NYTHURSDAY, SEP 3
11:30am ETACG Atlanta: The Hidden Cost of Messy FinancialsACG Atlanta · Atlanta, GA12pm ETNSCP Investment Adviser Forum - SeptemberNational Society of Compliance Professionals · Virtual1pm ETPreparing for the SBA's New Quality of Earnings RequirementWithum · Virtual · FreeWEDNESDAY, SEP 9
12pm ET100WF Washington DC: Prediction Markets — Where Trading and Real Life Events Collide100 Women in Finance · Washington DC · Free12:30pm ET14th Annual Tax-Efficient Investing ForumKatten · New York, NY · FreeSep 9–102026 Great Lakes Capital ConnectionACG Great Lakes Capital Connection · Indianapolis, IN9am PTAdvancingVC SummitAdvancingVC · San Francisco, CASep 9–10ALTSSF: Alternative Investment Forum San FranciscoMarkets Group · San Francisco, CA11am ETIndustry Insights and Emerging Trends in Transfer AgencyDeloitte / NICSA · Virtual · Free1pm ETR&D Credits: What the IRS Is Challenging and How Taxpayers Can RespondMcDermott Will & Schulte · Virtual11am EDTThe New Standard for Cybersecurity Oversight in Private EquityACA Group · VirtualTHURSDAY, SEP 10
All day13th Annual New England Institutional ForumMarkets Group · Boston, MA1:45pmCAIA Canada West: 3rd Annual Calgary Alternative Investment ForumCAIA Association · Calgary, AB9am ETFFA University 2.0: USFund Finance Association · New York, NY1pm ETGeopolitical Risks and Private Funds: Structuring Funds and Investments Around National Security RestrictionsBARBRI · VirtualAll dayJ.P. Morgan Global Macro Conference 2026J.P. Morgan · New York11am ETNAIC Webinar: Building for Scale - Strategic Talent and Leadership ArchitectureNational Association of Investment Companies · Virtual · Free12pm ETNY-ALT The Investment Table: Physical AI & Opportunities for the Middle MarketNew York Alternative Investment Roundtable · Virtual