SuperReturn, the global conference series for private equity and venture capital, will host three of its flagship events in New York City on November 16–18, 2026, at Convene 360 Madison Avenue. The co-location of SuperReturn Private Credit North America, SuperReturn Strategic Technology and SuperReturn Secondaries North America is more than a scheduling convenience. It reflects a structural shift in private markets, where credit, secondaries and technology investing are increasingly intertwined, and where limited partners and general partners must navigate overlapping strategies to deploy capital effectively.
SuperReturn Private Credit North America, now in its 11th year, will anchor the program as the largest of the three events, with more than 450 senior decision makers expected. Panel sessions and presentations will cover direct lending, asset-backed finance, private credit secondaries, evergreen structures, the private wealth channel and global allocations. A new Asset-Backed Finance Summit on November 16 will examine trends shaping asset-backed deployment, performance and capital allocation. The scale of the private credit event underscores how central the asset class has become to institutional portfolios seeking yield and diversification.
SuperReturn Strategic Technology, a one-day conference on November 16, will connect LPs and GPs investing thematically across critical technology sectors. Sessions will explore structural shifts in technology investing, AI and data centers, institutional investor perspectives, deep tech, quantum and defense technology. The focus on AI and data centers signals where institutional capital sees long-term growth, while deep tech and defense technology point to areas where geopolitical and security considerations are reshaping investment theses.
SuperReturn Secondaries North America, returning as a two-day gathering on November 17–18, will bring together more than 250 secondaries decision makers. Top LPs and GPs will examine the forces shaping the North American market, the continued maturation of GP-led secondaries, emerging trends in LP-led secondaries, continuation vehicles, portfolio rebalancing and private credit secondaries. The inclusion of private credit secondaries in the secondaries agenda highlights how credit and secondaries strategies are converging, creating new liquidity solutions for investors.
The speaker roster includes senior figures from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Meketa Investment Group, Barings, New York Life Investments, Invesco, Schroders, Alumni Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Welara, New York Common Retirement Fund, Coller Capital, HarbourVest Partners and Adams Street Partners, among others. Their participation indicates that the conferences are designed for decision makers rather than observers, with discussions likely to shape allocation strategies for the coming year.
Dr. Dorothy Kelso, Global Head of SuperReturn, said the co-location creates a forum where investors can examine distinct but increasingly connected areas of private markets. The three events give LPs and GPs an opportunity to deepen relationships, compare perspectives and identify where the next generation of private capital opportunities may emerge. That framing matters because private markets are no longer neatly segmented. Credit managers are exploring secondaries, secondaries firms are moving into credit, and technology investors are competing for the same institutional capital.
The conferences are supported by sponsors and partners across the three sectors. SuperReturn Private Credit North America sponsors include Principal AI Partner AlphaSense Technology, Principal Law Firm Partner Latham & Watkins, Co-Sponsors Barings, KBRA and Main Street Capital, and Associate Sponsors such as Apollo, Cerberus Capital Management, Coller Capital, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Deerpath Capital, DLA Piper, DWS International, Fidelity Investments, Fitch Ratings, Invesco, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and S&P Global Market Intelligence. SuperReturn Strategic Technology is supported by Associate Sponsor Founders Future. SuperReturn Secondaries North America is sponsored by Blue Earth Capital, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, CrossWork, Equity Shift, Founders Circle Capital, London Stock Exchange, Neuberger, PPM America, Revelation Partners and Second Alpha Partners.
For journalists, a single press pass can be requested for all three events. More information about SuperReturn's broader private capital platform is available at https://informaconnect.com/private-capital/. The convergence on display in New York may well preview how private markets organize themselves in the years ahead.
