NYU Private Capital Strategies Symposium

Limited Tickets Available for Purchase

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Private Capital Strategies Symposium, hosted by the Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance, will be held at the NYU Stern School of Business on Thursday, September 18, 2025. This program will gather senior professionals in investment management—including general partners, limited partners, fund principals, and strategic liquidity providers—to examine GP stakes and liquidity solutions in the real asset sector.

The program features plenary presentations and roundtable discussions led by acquisitions professionals from leading GP-stakes funds, partners and principals from strategic liquidity providers, and institutional investors sharing LP perspectives on product alignment and governance. Sessions will probe emerging GP-stakes structures, novel liquidity products—from continuation vehicles and preferred equity to bespoke credit facilities—and quantitative frameworks for navigating volatility in today’s real asset markets.

Attendees will sharpen their understanding of private capital strategies by acquiring practical frameworks for evaluating and executing liquidity mandates, benchmarking transaction structures against industry best practices, and deepening insights into risk management, regulatory compliance, and governance. Closed to the press, interactive sessions will emphasize candid peer-to-peer dialogue and professional connections.

We look forward to welcoming you to NYU,

Sam Chandan, PhD

Founding Director, NYU Stern Chen Institute

Participation in the Symposium is principally by invitation to Chen Institute sponsors and partners. A limited number of tickets are available for purchase. The program is not open to members of the press.

• AXA
• Bain Capital
• Barings
• Bessmer Trust
• BlackRock
• Blue Owl
• Brookfield Asset Management
• Center Capital Partners
• Corebridge Financial
• Criterion Real Estate Capital
• FrontRange Capital Partners
• GID
• Hodes Weill & Associates
• JLL
• Landmark Properties
• LGT Capital Partners
• Mercer
• Nippon Life Global Investors Americas
• NYC Office of the Comptroller
• Prudential Financial
• Silverpeak
• StepStone Group
• Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• William Blair & Company

Info: Industry leaders will discuss the underwriting process, valuation approaches, assessment of the alignment of interests, and the strategic benefits of acquiring GP stakes and seeding investment management platforms.

Moderator, Gina Spiegel, Partner and Co-Head of Real Assets, Acrtos Partners
Melvin Hibberd, Chief Investment Officer, Hunter Point Capital
Jason Howard, Founder and Managing Partner, New Catalyst
Michael Shedosky, Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Azimut Alternative Capital Partners (AACP)

Info: Partners and principals will discuss tools for mature and emerging managers to access liquidity while supporting growth of their strategies and overall platforms.

Moderator, David Hodes, Founder and Co-Managing Partner, Hodes Weill & Associates
David Robertson, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, FrontRange Capital Partners
Andrew Silberstein, Partner, Managing Director, and Member of the Investment Committee, Almanac Realty Investors
Ira Shaw, Partner and Co-Head of Real Assets, Arctos Partners

Info: A discussion with institutional investors who will share perspectives on liquidity solutions, management company interest sales, manager mergers and acquisitions, and the broader private environment.

Moderator, Dev Subhash, Partner, StepStone Group
Anthony Liparidis, Managing Director and Head of Real Assets, Bessemer Trust
Tina Suo, Head of Alternative Credit, NYC Office of the Comptroller
Andrew Rynsky, Investment Vice President, Prudential Financial

Info: Robert Engle, PhD, Professor of Finance, NYU Stern; Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics

Host or Publisher NYU Stern Chen Institute