UNC Chapel Hill’s Institute for Private Capital is hosting its 12th annual Alternative Investments Conference this week, providing a snapshot of the latest themes and trends in private equity, hedge funds, real assets, venture capital and other alternative investment types.

Held March 28 at the Carolina Inn, the conference’s content is centered around the theme, “Generating Sustainable Returns,” focused on positioning portfolios for the late-stage cycle environment.

The day consists of roundtables and panel discussions with private sector leaders, academic researchers and experts, institutional investors and managers—covering everything from investment diversification, socially responsible investing, techniques for preserving private equity outperformance, private credit allocations, due diligence, risks and opportunities of real asset investments, venture capital, diversity within the alternatives industry and themes encountered by CIOs.

Keynotes will cover portfolio construction principals, alternative asset management and financial innovation in private capital. The keynote speakers include Commonfund CEO and CIO Mark Anson, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System CIO Andrew Palmer, Citigroup Chairman of Global Alternative Assets Brad Coleman, Carlyle Group Head of Investment Solutions Lauren Dillard, and Chilton Investment Company CEO and CIO Richard Chilton.

Shawn Munday, director of the Institute for Private Capital, says organizers are expecting a turnout of around 225 people.

“The attendees this year are a broad cross-section of global institutional allocators, investment managers and family offices,” Munday adds.

The annual Alternative Investments Conference began in 2008 with a program highlighting trends in hedge fund management. Since then, the event has evolved its scope to address a range of timely topics influencing the direction of the alternative investments industry.

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The Institute for Private Capital (IPC), housed in the Kenan-Flagler Business School and an affiliated center of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, heads several programs and events aiming to broaden understanding on the role of privately held capital in the global economy.

The IPC has built a wide base of member financial institutions such as Ernst & Young, Texas Municipal Retirement System, the Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Northern Trust and other stakeholders.

Its research initiatives include the Commercial Real Estate Data Alliance and the Private Equity Research Consortium—both of which are currently accepting papers for their 2019 research symposiums in October and November, respectively. The institute also hosts the Active Management Research Alliance, which focuses on the impact of alternative investment adoption on the investment management process.

The IPC has built a network of academic researchers from business schools across the country to develop new research on this field. Around 50 scholarly projects have been produced by IPC to date, according to Munday.

The latest research will be presented later this week at IPC’s Spring Research Symposium on March 29, the day following the Alternative Investments Conference.

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