APAC Credit Refresh 

Morning Session on 28 October 2026

Join the Alternative Credit Council (ACC), AIMA's private credit affiliate, at A&O Shearman in Hong Kong on 28 October 2026 for APAC Credit Refresh, a focused conference on the forces reshaping private credit across the Asia-Pacific region. The programme will bring together leading managers, allocators and advisers to examine market conditions, regional developments and the next phase of growth.Join the Alternative Credit Council (ACC), AIMA's private credit affiliate for APAC Credit Refresh, a focused conference on the forces reshaping private credit across the Asia-Pacific region. The programme will bring together leading managers, allocators and advisers to examine market conditions, regional developments and the next phase of growth.

Key discussions will include:

• Separating global private credit headlines from the APAC opportunity
• Market developments across Australia, India and Southeast Asia
• Opportunities beyond direct lending, including asset-backed finance
• The next pools of capital for private credit in the region

ACC APAC Credit Refresh brings together asset owners, investment managers and advisers to debate the future of private credit, share practical insights and strengthen industry collaboration. As the sole global association for private credit, the ACC supports the industry’s growth and development throughout the year.

Agenda 

8:30 am | Opening Remarks

Jack Inglis

Chief Executive Officer, AIMA

 

8:35 am | Panel One: Mapping the Global Private Credit Opportunity Set – Europe and the U.S.

Jiří Król

Deputy CEO, Global Head of Government Affairs, AIMA

Jonathan Bowers

CEO, Acer Tree Investment Management

Ty Farmer

General Manager and Global Head of Professional Services, Broadridge Sentry

Ling Chen

Lead Tax Partner, Asset Management, KPMG

 

9:15 am | Panel Two | Private Credit in Asia: Growth Through the Noise

Separating global headlines from regional realities, this session examines deal flow, underwriting, risk and where private credit is finding durable growth across Asia.

Annalisa Di Chiara

Senior Vice President, Moody’s

Daniel Tan

Partner, A&O Shearman

Celia Yan

Partner and Co-Head of APAC Credit and Hybrid, Apollo Global Management

William Young

Head of Lending & Credit funds, CapPru

Ming Eng

Managing Partner, Libra Hybrid, Granite Asia

Sharad Bajpai

COO, Ares Management

 

10:00 am | Market Pulse: Australia

Jason Denisenko

Partner, A&O Shearman

Atiya Habib

Managing Partner & Investment Committee, Privity Credit

 

10:20 am | Market Pulse: India

Sabita Prakash

Managing Director, ADM Capital

Rishi Aswani

Managing Director, Mumbai, Houlihan Lokey

 

10:40 am | Market Pulse: SEA

Kher Sheng Lee

Managing Director, Co-Head of APAC and Deputy Global Head of Government Affairs

Melody Lim

Executive Director, Tikehau Capital

 

11:00 am | Panel Three | The Next Pools of Capital: Insurers, Wealth and Long-Term Savings

How insurers, private wealth and long-term savings could become the next sources of capital, and what regulation and product design must enable.

Hannah Cassidy

Partner, A&O Shearman

Joe Millward

Founding Partner, Epsilon Direct Lending & Chair of the Australian ACC

Christophe Lee

Asset and Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs

Thibaut Ferret

Head of Investment Solutions, HSBC Asset Management

Roger Zhang

Managing Director and Co-Head of Asia, Oaktree Capital Management

Paul Colwell

Managing Director, Managing Director, Investments Head of Portfolio Advisory, Asia, WTW

 

11:45 am | Closing Remarks

Michael Bugel

Managing Director, Co-Head of APAC, AIMA

 

ROOM TWO: Portfolio Risk Management

TBC