Anita Karppi

Pension funds, insurers, and multi-asset allocators are navigating the trade-offs between capturing illiquidity premiums and meeting increasing demands for liquidity and flexibility. With market conditions shifting, the ability to manage quarterly vs daily pricing, stress-test portfolios, and rebalance across asset classes is becoming a defining skill for long-term success.

In this session, we will explore how top allocators are designing resilient liquidity frameworks, managing semi-liquid and evergreen vehicles, and executing cross-portfolio adjustments under pressure.

Structured credit solutions, including private credit CLOs, NAV lending, and asset-backed finance, are rapidly reshaping capital deployment across Europe and the U.S. This panel will explore the strategic drivers, evolving investor demand, and key structuring innovations fuelling this growth.

Gain clear insights into how to incorporate structured credit into diversified portfolios, enhancing both risk management and return potential.

Credit markets are entering a new phase where the lines between active and index strategies are becoming increasingly blurred. Smarter indices, enriched by real-time pricing and inventory data, are reshaping the toolkit for investors seeking both liquidity and precision in fixed income allocation. Meanwhile, technology is enabling a new generation of credit products that expand access without compromising performance. 

This session will explore how smarter data, evolving index design, and product innovation are expanding investor access to credit markets globally and what this means for balancing liquidity, transparency, and long-term returns.

The once-clear boundaries between syndicated loans, high yield, and direct lending are breaking down, with different regions approaching convergence in unique ways. In the U.S., private credit is intersecting with liquid markets through securitisation and bank retrenchment. In Europe, regulatory reform and bank disintermediation are spurring semi-liquid and structured solutions. Across Asia, private credit is filling financing gaps in infrastructure and SMEs, often through cross-border capital flows.

This session will explore how regional trends, regulatory frameworks, and investor demand are driving convergence globally and what that means for allocation, risk management, and product innovation.