Richard Howell

Partner
PAI Partners

Richard heads the Investor Team at PAI Partners, one of the top 30 global GPs by AUM and is the leading private equity investor in the French market. He is responsible for managing all interactions with the Firm's investors as well as its debt financing activities and has been involved in managing and advising dedicated private equity funds with a total equity value of over €7 billion. Over the last decade, PAI has led 45 transactions in 8 European countries for a value of more than €30 billion.

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Day 2

Friday, March 9th, 2018

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 DISCUSSION PANEL: How are investors’ attitudes towards debt funds evolving and how does this impact current allocations and future investments?

What are the long term investment opportunities with debt structures?
Evaluating the risks and merits of different debt strategies and products: How can the debt industry provide attractive offerings and can this cost structures be supported?
What is the reality of private debt vs private equity returns and how is this changing allocation of the two?
How have allocations changed and what are the predicted allocations for 2017
How is the secondary private debt landscape developing and where are the transactions being found?
How can you ensure that the debt funds have the necessary exposure in the market and can find good deals
What type of funds and capital structures are investors are investing in? Mezzanine, senior debt etc.