Mark O'Hare

CEO
Preqin

Preqin is a leading source of data and intelligence for the alternative assets industry.Mark was one of the founders of Preqin in 2003, and is responsible for the company's strategic development. He is a point of contact for other companies and organisations wishing to form strategic partnerships with Preqin.

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Day 2

Friday, March 9th, 2018

08:55 Opening remarks from the Chairperson and business card exchange

09:20 DISCUSSION PANEL: Genuine fund differentiation-What do European funds need to offer to stand out and survive in Europe’s private equity market?

What makes your strategy unique within the PE space?
Where do you see most of your investment opportunities today and in the future?
What does true differentiation constitute for your investors?
Evaluating the balance between high fees and full transparency- with a quality manager, where is the balance for the investor and how does this impact on fund choice?
Where can investors find these funds and how accessible are they to get into? What are the investment realities?
Are you seeing signs of GP strategy drift in a competitive market? Is there once again a bifurcation between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’?

13:50 Chairperson’s opening remarks

15:00 DISCUSSION PANEL: What does value creation really mean to you?

An outline of LP’s criteria for what good value creation is for them
How do they evaluate value add and what is really important? Sustainability, profitability- what mix is needed
Real examples of the dream vs. reality -How has the attitude towards ESG changed and how integrated into current due diligence and value add is it now?
How has asset allocation changed in reflection to real value add?
How do GP’s differentiate value creation strategies in practice?
What role does leverage play in value creation in today’s market?
How do GPs create growth in a low growth environment?

16:20 INTERVIEW: How is the growing appetite for co-investments influencing fundraising strategies?

How are GPs dealing with increased requests for co-investments?
What are the conflicts of interest that need to be identified and addressed?
How central is that promise of co-investments becoming to get funds raised?
How are GPs managing co-investment requests once investors are in the fund?
What is the reality of GPs forced to do deals given increasing pressures in co-investments and how does this impact returns?

16:45 THE INVESTOR STORY: Evaluating how co-investments have changed the attitude and behaviour of investors towards private equity

What are the returns being seen in the co-investment market in Europe?
How have reduced fees changed attitudes to more expensive private equity deals?
Evaluating what opportunities cost investments has provided regarding further deal opportunities and exposure to other markets
Discovering how can capital deployment be increased with fund managers and how this reduces the J-curve effect with private equity investing
Overcoming concerns of FoFs and GPs to do co-investments

Capital Creation 2016 (past event)