European Private Debt Forum

June 28th | 09.15 - 17.15

• 08.30

  Breakfast session: getting up to speed with the variety of products

  Hosted by the Main Partners: Rabobank, ABN AMRO, Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy & Standard & Poor’s

• 09.15

  Opening by moderator: Arnold Gast, Chief Investment Officer, Actiam

  • Arnold Gast ACTIAM N.V.
• 09.30

  Lift off! Are global rates markets at an inflexion point?

  • Richard McGuire Rabobank
• 10.00

  Investor expectations before and after investment

  Moderated by Geert Arlman

  • Geert Arlman S&P Global Ratings
  • Eric Verret NN Investment Partners
  • Emilie Bensimon Amundi Asset Management
  • Laura Parrott Nuveen
  • Calum Macphail Legal & General Investment Management
  • Simon Fretwell M&G Investments
• 10.30

  Break

• 11.00

  Round table sessions

  Choose the two discussion topics of your choice, 40 minutes each.

  Round 1: 11.00 – 11.40

  Round 2: 11.45 – 12.30

• 11.00

  Schuldschein market – Living up to high expectations

  • Gernot Netinger ÖBB-Holding AG
  • Evertjan Manuels Rabobank
  • Michael Bures Raiffeisen Bank International
• 11.00

  What if… a deal gets tough? Things don’t go according to plan?

  • Cristina Weidner Clifford Chance
  • Melissa Coakley Clifford Chance
• 11.00

  USPP market still going strong, with record 2017 volume

  • Laura Parrott Nuveen
  • Shawn Robinson Barings
  • Ewan Macaulay MetLife Private Capital Investors
  • Jeroen Piket Wereldhave
  • Sebastiaan Weeda Stedin Group
• 12.30

  Lunch break

• 13.30

  Learn from game-changing case studies

  Choose between stream A or stream B:

  Stream A

  1. 1. Pon Private Placement Programme
  2. 2. NSI – PP as new funding instrument: diversifying its funding sources while securing long term funding

  Stream B

  1. 1. Swedish 350 MW onshore windpark – a new funding structure
  2. 2. WDP Green Finance Framework
  • Rudolf Nieweg Pon
  • Shawn Robinson Barings
  • Suresh Hegde NN Investment Partners
  • Simone van Gendt Rabobank
  • Hein Tonnaer Clifford Chance
  • Mickael van den Hauwe WDP
  • Bernd Stahli NSI
  • David de Weerd ABN AMRO
• 14.30

  Break

• 15.00

  Panel: Impact investing & green financing

  Moderated by Arnold Gast

  • Arnold Gast EUPPA
  • Emanuele Fanelli Aegon Asset Management
  • Manuel Adamini Climate Bonds Initiative
  • Jessica Williams S&P Global Ratings
• 15.30

  Fintech / blockchain solutions for private debt

  • Phil Smith Allen & Overy
  • Avtar Sehra Nivaura
• 16.00

  An issuer’s perspective on alternative financing options

  Moderated by Herald Top

  • Herald Top Rabobank
  • Andre Bouwman IMCD N.V.
  • Adam Richford Renewi
  • Sebastiaan Weeda Stedin Group
• 16:30

  Keynote: Is the ‘King of Debt’ destroying America?

  Depends on who you ask!

  • Michiel Vos US Correspondent
• 17.00

  Closing remarks by the chairman

• 17.15

  Drinks to celebrate 5 years of the European Private Debt Forum