BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cbdf4b1323433149b3265bf494171f2934 CATEGORIES:Past Events SUMMARY:SAIA's 9th Annual Alternative Investment Summit DESCRIPTION:
Dear SAIA Community,< /span>
We are thrilled to host our 9th Annual Alternative Investment Summit in person on Wednesday, December 1st! It’s been an unprecedented 24 months since the last SAIA Annual Alternative Investment Summit. Over this time, the world has endured a pandemic that began with a precipitous declin e in equity markets, followed by a sharp rebound. Many would argue that thi s chain of events served as a much-needed catalyst to disrupt financial mar kets and reset investment opportunities for alternative investment managers .
As such, SAIA is pleased to have David Matter, Co-CIO of BlackRock
Alternative Advisors, and Peter Duncan, Portfolio Manager and Managing Dire
ctor at Silver Creek Capital, share their insights at a fireside chat. Plea
se join us as they discuss broad-based topics including the ongoing impact
of Covid on capital markets, areas of concern and potential investment oppo
rtunities for alternative strategies. They will be taking questions as well
, so come armed.
We look forward to seeing you in person soon!<
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For more details about the event, our speakers, and to register
, please see below:
**In accordance with the King County guidelines, COVID-19 rela
ted protocols will be in place to create a safe and comfortable experience
for all attendees. Attendees are required to be fully vaccinated and will n
eed to attest to their status upon registration. Attendees will be required
to wear masks while not actively eating and drinking, in compliance with s
tate and local standards. We kindly request that you do not attend if you a
re feeling a fever or any COVID-19 symptoms.
All of this would
not be possible without our members and sponsors. We are thankful for your
continued support in building and fostering a premier investment community
in the Pacific Northwest area!
David Matter, CFA, Managing Director, is the Co-Chie f Investment Officer of BlackRock Alternative Advisors (BAA), the firm's He dge Fund Solutions team. Mr. Matter is Chair of the BAA Investment Committe e, a member of the BAA Management Committee, and a member of BAA's Co-Inves tment Portfolio Management Group. He is also a portfolio manager and is res ponsible for sourcing, evaluating, and monitoring hedge fund managers and h edge fund-sponsored co-investments.
Mr. Matter's service with the fir
m dates back to 1998, including his years with Quellos Group, LLC, from whi
ch the alternative investment management business was acquired by BlackRock
in 2007. At Quellos, he served as a Principal responsible for management o
f Absolute Return Strategy portfolios and Investment Research. From 1994 to
1998, Mr. Matter was involved in the funding and operation of four start-u
p companies. Mr. Matter began his career as a financial analyst with Banker
s Trust and the American Funds-Capital Group.
Mr. Matter earned
a BA degree with a concentration in international relations from the Unive
rsity of Pennsylvania in 1991, an MBA degree, with honors, and an MA degree
in international studies, both from the University of Washington in 1998.<
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Peter Duncan is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director at Silver Creek. Mr. Duncan’s responsibilities include serving as the Portfolio Manager for the firm’s private credit offerings and serving a s a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Duncan has over 18 years of direct investment experience in distressed and alternative assets. Mr. Duncan spent over six years with Fortress Investment Group, a leading globa l alternative asset manager where he was a Vice President on the private eq uity investment team. His roles at Fortress included a diverse array of inv estment experience on portfolio companies including; European distressed de bt strategies, securitization businesses in the US and Europe, and the reca pitalization and IPO of a leading German residential real-estate company. P rior to Fortress, Mr. Duncan worked with the Archon Group, a Goldman Sachs subsidiary, where he assisted in the underwriting, acquisition, financing, and workout of distressed real estate and distressed debt in Mexico, Brazil , Japan, Korea, and Thailand. He holds a B.A. in government from Harvard Un iversity.