The Global Investor Summit
NEXUS is an electrifying convergence of global private equity’s most influential investors and managers.
Connect with capital allocators and decision makers on March 10-12 in Orlando for three days of world-class content, curated meetings and exclusive networking opportunities.
Book now and save to be in the room where relationships are forged, investments are made, and deals get done.
Investors
Unlock new avenues for growth and opportunities to increase private market returns.
Managers
Build new, and foster old, investor relationships and understand where capital will flow in 2025.
Solution Providers
Discover fresh business opportunities firsthand amidst a vibrant networking environment.
The NEXUS agenda is built to maximize networking time while hearing from the brightest minds in private equity.
The preliminary agenda has just been released.
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2024's speaking faculty included
Highlights from 2024
The NEXUS agenda is built to maximize networking time while hearing from the brightest minds in private equity.
The preliminary agenda has just been released.
Download here
Agenda at a glance
For any agenda inquiries please contact the program director, Jenna Williams at jenna.w@pei.group.
Connect with the right people at the right time
Ready to take your networking to the next level?
NEXUS is built on a premium, sophisticated networking program that will ensure you connect with the right people at the right time.
Our unique matching technology and on-site networking team will introduce you to the best investors, managers, and solution providers that fit your goals for attending the event.
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Grand opening gala reception
Hear from A-list keynotes on the PEI Main Stage and use the dedicated networking lounge to book 15-minute meetings with the investors or managers that match your profile via the meetings app.
“The greatest benefit for me is the networking and the opportunities that you can get involved in. It’s all about the people that you meet here.”
Winston Hubbard, ZSP Capital Group
Networking Escapades
Enjoy activities geared around the gorgeous grounds of the Ritz-Carlton hotel. Relax on the golf course or let your competitive spirits fly on the pickleball court.
The NEXUS agenda is built to maximize networking time while hearing from the brightest minds in private equity.
The preliminary agenda has just been released.
Download here
Agenda at a glance
For any speaking inquiries please contact Jenna Williams at jenna.w@pei.group.
Our esteemed speaker lineup
NEXUS builds its speaker roster from the brightest minds in private equity.
For any agenda inquiries please contact the program director, Jenna Williams at jenna.w@pei.group.
Chris Eckerman
Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of Co-Investments, State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB)
Matthew Liposky
Chief Investment Operating Officer, Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (MassPRIM)
Steven Meier
Chief Investment Officer and Deputy Comptroller, New York City Comptroller’s Bureau of Asset Management
Robert "Vince" Smith
Deputy State Investment Officer and Chief Investment Officer, New Mexico State Investment Council
Lamar Taylor
Interim Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, State Board of Administration of Florida
Get a taste of the NEXUS difference
David Mussafer with Madeleine Farman
Advent International’s chairman and managing partner, David Mussafer, sat down with PEI Group’s Madeleine Farman for a wide-ranging chat on the final day of NEXUS 2024.
They cover Advent’s approach to deal-making over the last 12-18 months, the firm’s dialogue with LPs in the current environment and Mussafer’s wider predictions for investments and exits in 2024.
Orlando Bravo & MK Flynn keynote discussion
Orlando Bravo, co-founder and managing partner of Thoma Bravo, joined PEI Group’s MK Flynn on the NEXUS 2024 main stage.
Orlando revealed that Thoma Bravo had one of its best years for realizations in 2023, handing more than $13 billion back to investors. He noted that the firm’s largest exits were to strategic buyers. You can watch their session on demand by clicking the image on the right.
Determine how private equity fits in your portfolio
Institutional
Join investor-only sessions and networking activities for frank discussions with your peers on strategies delivering results.
Family Office
Build relationships with partners that can play a role in a sophisticated private markets portfolio.
Private Wealth + RIA
Meet the trailblazers of private equity and build a deeper foundation of trust with top-tier fund managers.
NEXUS is built for investors to have honest, off-the-record conversations with peers about hot private markets strategies and which partners to work with or avoid.
The Summit is the best place for you to exchange expertise and perspectives to uncover high-quality investment opportunities through mutual exploration and discourse.
Meet the managers – established and emerging – investing across a diversified mix of private equity strategies to craft a sophisticated portfolio that meets your objectives.
Qualified investors are eligible for complimentary attendance at NEXUS 2025.
Apply for a complimentary pass
The NEXUS agenda is built to maximize networking time while hearing from the brightest minds in private equity.
The preliminary agenda has just been released.
Download here
Agenda at a glance
For any speaking inquiries please contact Jenna Williams at jenna.w@pei.group.
Determine how private equity fits in your portfolio
Learn how your peers are maximizing returns and strengthening portfolio resilience through an extensive networking program that puts your needs at the forefront.
Join investor-only sessions and networking activities for frank discussions on which strategies your peers are pursuing, which managers and suppliers are worth working with or avoiding, and create a tailored meeting plan aligned to your priorities.
NEXUS is your only opportunity to hear directly from the most influential global managers about their investment priorities and strategic plans. Build meaningful new relationships with leading GPs and engage with your current managers to understand how your capital is being put to use.
Qualified investors are eligible for complimentary attendance, apply now.
Connect with emerging managers
NEXUS 2025 will bring the most noteworthy emerging managers into one room. Meet the emerging managers who can diversify your portfolio and are looking to collaborate with LPs in unique ways.
“Great sessions, amazing panelists and cutting edge topics.”
Chetan Mallikarjunaiah, RBC
Networking
Networking is at the heart of NEXUS. Our unique matching technology will suggest the best peers and managers for you to schedule meetings with. Our on-site networking team will also be available to make introductions.
Highlights from 2024
Protect and grow multi-generational wealth
NEXUS brings together an elite group of family offices to connect with managers – established and emerging – that are investing across a diversified mix of private equity strategies.
Family Office decision-makers can connect with institutional and private wealth investors to privately discuss which strategies they are pursuing and which managers and suppliers are worth working with or avoiding.
Create a tailored meeting plan aligned to your priorities to build relationships with partners that can play a role in a sophisticated private markets portfolio that meets your objectives.
Qualified family offices are eligible for complimentary attendance, apply now.
Private Wealth Forum
As capital allocated from Family Offices and HNWIs to private equity strategies continues to increase, meet the major managers that are building platforms dedicated to your needs as an investor. This is a discussion that addresses the broader opportunities for Family Offices and private wealth managers in private markets.
“Amongst the very best events I have attended during my decade at CAIA. A must in 2025!”
William J Kelly, CAIA
Limited Partners council
Exclusively for LPs, the peer-to-peer Investor Council will comprise strategy-building sessions that deep dive into contract negotiation tactics, gaining transparency, and re-analyzing portfolio construction/due diligence approaches to partnerships.
“Great sessions, amazing panelists and cutting edge topics.”
Chetan Mallikarjunaiah, RBC
Networking
Networking is at the heart of NEXUS. Our unique matching technology will suggest the best peers and managers for you to schedule meetings with. Our on-site networking team will also be available to make introductions.
Highlights from 2024
Connecting HNWI RIAs with leading private equity managers
NEXUS will connect RIAs with leading asset managers to skyrocket returns for HNW clients through private equity.
Connect with private equity’s elite to gain a greater understanding of how the asset class can fit within your portfolio.
Ensure you are delivering the best outcomes for your clients through peer discussion that breaks down successful strategies already being implemented by leading RIAs.
Join NEXUS to rub shoulders with the best of the best. Qualified RIAs are eligible for complimentary attendance, apply now.
Connect
Meet major fund managers building platforms dedicated to the needs of RIAs and private wealth managers.
Understand
Examine the fund structures and platforms private equity firms are building that align with your client’s needs.
Deploy
Participate in peer discussion to plan how to successfully incorporate private equity and benchmark your practice.
Private Wealth Forum
As capital allocated from Family Offices and HNWIs to private equity strategies continues to increase, meet the major managers that are building platforms dedicated to the needs of RIAs with discretionary access to private equity and private credit.
The preliminary agenda has just been released.
Download here
“I made many incredibly valuable connections with fellow attendees that are highly relevant for me and my company.”
Joachim Bader, CFGI
Networking
Networking is at the heart of NEXUS. Our unique matching technology will suggest the best peers and managers for you to schedule meetings with. Our on-site networking team will also be available to make introductions.
Highlights from 2024
Take your firm higher
NEXUS will connect the most influential investors in private markets with fund managers driving the asset class to new heights.
Through a networking and content program that can be tailored exactly to your needs, the Summit is your opportunity to connect with, and learn from, people that you won’t see anywhere else.
Book now and save
The NEXUS agenda is built to maximize networking time while hearing from the brightest minds in private equity.
The preliminary agenda has just been released.
Download here
Agenda at a glance
For any speaking inquiries please contact Jenna Williams at jenna.w@pei.group.
Matching institutional capital to emerging managers
NEXUS will connect decision-makers at institutional investors with Buyouts Insider qualified emerging managers.
Tailored networking opportunities and matching technology levels the playing field for emerging managers and highlights their unique strategies to institutional investors.
Take your private equity portfolio to the next level and build relationships with a vetted audience of emerging managers and institutional investors at NEXUS 2025.
Qualified emerging managers are eligible for discounted attendance, book now to maximize your savings.
Book now and save
Emerging Manager Forum
“Amongst the very best events I have attended during my decade at CAIA. A must in 2025!”
William J Kelly, CAIA
Networking
Networking is at the heart of NEXUS. Our unique matching technology will suggest the best investors for you to schedule meetings based off your profile. Our on-site networking team will also be available to make introductions.
Highlights from 2024
The NEXUS agenda is built to maximize networking time while hearing from the brightest minds in private equity.
The preliminary agenda has just been released.
Download here
Agenda at a glance
For any speaking inquiries please contact Jenna Williams at jenna.w@pei.group.
Elevate your presence at NEXUS
NEXUS puts you in front of a hard to reach audience to showcase your vision, build new, and foster old, relationships with partners, and elevate awareness of your firm.
Sponsorship gives you:
– VIP access
– Thought-leadership opportunities
– High-profile branding
– And much more…
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact Jimmy Kurtovic by emailing jimmy.k@pei.group or calling +1 646 356 4504.
Discover fresh business opportunities
Elevate your firm’s stature as a symbol of expertise and influence in the industry at NEXUS.
Connecting the entire private equity industry under one roof, NEXUS is the most effective and efficient way to meet investors and fund managers to drive your future success.
With a second-to-none speaking faculty and an agenda built for networking, there is no better place to elevate your thought-leadership and brand visibility among key decision-makers in private equity.
Book now
Sponsor
Stand out from the crowd at NEXUS
A limited number of solution providers have the opportunity to bolster their brand presence to captivate industry leaders through sponsorship.
Learn more
“Very wide ranging topics and a good number of very informed viewpoints. Good chance to widen one’s circle.”
Michael Aronstein, Antiquity
Networking
Networking is at the heart of NEXUS. Our unique matching technology will suggest the best investors for you to schedule meetings based off your profile. Our on-site networking team will also be available to make introductions.
The NEXUS agenda is built to maximize networking time while hearing from the brightest minds in private equity.
The preliminary agenda has just been released.
Download here
Agenda at a glance
For any speaking inquiries please contact Jenna Williams at jenna.w@pei.group.
A location built for networking
The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes
4012 Central Florida Parkway
Orlando, FL 32837, United States
There is a preferential nightly rate offered to all event attendees with a limited number of rooms available.
Save money and book your room in the PEI Group room block:
Book your room
Please contact customer services if you need assistance at customerservices@pei.group
Elevate your experience with:
Our esteemed speaker lineup from 2024
Lamar Taylor
Interim Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, State Board of Administration of Florida
Elizabeth Burton
Managing Director and Senior Client Investment Strategist, Client Solutions Group, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Marion N. Chebet, MBA
Senior Portfolio Manager, Director of Impact Investing, Johnson Financial Group
Chris Eckerman
Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of Co-Investments, State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB)
Dr. Indermit Gill
Senior Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank Group
Lori Hall-Kimm
Senior Managing Director & Head of Global Private Equity, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
Milwood Hobbs Jr.
Managing Director and Head of North American Sourcing & Origination, Oaktree Capital Management
Eneasz Kądziela
Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of Private Equity, Office of the New York City Comptroller’s Bureau of Asset Management
Matthew Liposky
Chief Investment Operating Officer, Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (MassPRIM)
Tadasu Matsuo
Managing Director, Head of Global Alternative Investments, Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST)
Adebisi Oje
Sales Director Data, Advanced Analytics & Artificial Intelligence US Financial Services, Microsoft
Anne Philpott
Managing Director, Junior Capital & Private Equity Solutions, Churchill Asset Management
Paul Sanabria
Senior Managing Director & Global Co-Head of Secondaries, Manulife Investment Management
Andrew Siwo
Director of Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions, New York State Common Retirement Fund
Robert "Vince" Smith
Deputy State Investment Officer and Chief Investment Officer, New Mexico State Investment Council
Powering the growth of private wealth in private equity
NEXUS 2025 will connect HNW RIAs with leading private equity managers to build partnerships for the $80 trillion private wealth opportunity.
The Private Wealth Forum will help you understand what RIAs need from a private equity partner and how asset managers are adapting their fund structures to align with the needs of private wealth managers.
Connect
Meet major fund managers and RIAs navigating the $80 trillion private wealth opportunity for private equity.
Understand
Examine the fund structures and platforms private equity firms are building that align with HNW client needs.
Deploy
Participate in discussions to plan how to successfully grow the impact of private wealth in private equity.
Who should attend?
RIAs
Understand how private equity firms are adapting their fund structures and platforms to align to your needs
Heard at NEXUS 2024
“Product design is the key to unlocking the $80 trillion individual investor opportunity.”
Jon Gray, Blackstone
Why you should be in the room
- Find out why the RIA strategy is mobilizing. Why private equity, why now?
- Discover successful private equity strategies already being deployed by RIAs representing HNWIs.
- Blueprints on incorporating private equity into a HNWIs portfolio through new fund structures and platforms.
- Link with the right partners whose ethos aligns with your needs, risk profile and return expectations.
- Shape the conversation of the future of private wealth in private equity.
Networking
Diversifying a private wealth portfolio with private equity can skyrocket returns and NEXUS will provide the best opportunity for family offices and RIAs to connect with leading fund managers in exclusive networking and expert-led discussion.
Sponsorship gives you
- Engagement and thought leadership with RIAs leading the way for HNW clients
- Better understanding of the evolving needs of RIAs
- Participation in curated networking
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact Jimmy Kurtovic by emailing jimmy.k@pei.group or calling +1 646 356 4504.
Where emerging funds and investors converge
As large institutional investors are increasingly mandated to invest in emerging managers, NEXUS 2025 is the place to connect with rising funds that can deliver outsized returns.
The Emerging Managers Forum will elevate emerging managers to simplify connections with allocation decision-makers.
Who should attend?
Emerging Managers
Engage with LPs actively seeking to allocate funds to emerging managers
Institutional Investors
Gain alpha in your portfolios by investing early in emerging talent
Why you should be in the room
- Understand how LPs approach first time secondaries funds, sector specialization standards, challenging distribution rates, and exit activities.
- Gain insights on generating liquidity in private equity and the ability of emerging managers to deliver sustained returns over time.
- Hear from the experts on fine-tuning investor relations and enhancing your story.
- Connect with emerging managers who align with strategy preferences and portfolio needs.
Networking
Early investment in emerging funds can supercharge an LP portfolio and NEXUS will provide the best opportunity for emerging managers and investors to take part in exclusive networking and expert-led discussion.
The Future of PE Lunch
Gathering promising individuals in the industry for high level networking and discussions over lunch on the first day of Nexus 2025.
- Match profiles with managers to streamline investment preferences
- Share best practices with peers and stars in the industry
Sponsorship gives you
- Engagement and thought leadership with rockstar firms of the future
- Better understanding of the evolving needs of emerging managers
- Participation in curated networking
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact Jimmy Kurtovic by emailing jimmy.k@pei.group or calling +1 646 356 4504.