About the Event

SuperReturn Private Credit North America is the premier private debt conference in North America, held from 16 to 18 November 2026 at Convene, Madison Avenue in New York. Organised by Informa Connect as part of the SuperReturn series, the event draws 550+ senior decision-makers including 200+ LPs and 250+ GPs, facilitating 10,000+ meetings across three days. The programme opens on 16 November with the Asset-Backed Finance Summit, a dedicated specialist day covering asset-backed and specialty finance, real estate and venture debt, structures, pricing, liquidity, and risk. Two full main conference days follow on 17 and 18 November, featuring plenary sessions, LP-only closed-door discussions, hosted roundtable discussions, a Women in Private Credit networking lunch, and a 10th anniversary celebration drinks reception. Qualifying LPs attend free of charge. The event is CPD certified and curated by the SuperReturn LP Council.

Audience and Attendees

The event draws the most senior private credit decision-makers in North America and globally, spanning pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds on the LP side, and direct lenders, asset-backed finance managers, distressed credit specialists, and niche finance managers on the GP side. LP attendees have included Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, Korea Investment Corporation, Manulife Investment Management, New York Common Retirement Fund, Liberty Mutual Insurance, AustralianSuper, State of Michigan Retirement Systems, MetLife, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Guardian Life, Cornell University Office of University Investments, and UBC Investment Management. GP attendees have included Apollo Global Management, Accel-KKR, Cerberus Capital Management, Arcmont Asset Management, Carlyle, Strategic Value Partners, and Rithm Capital. Speakers at the 2025 edition represented organisations including CPP Investments, CDPQ, Hamilton Lane, Bain Capital, Invesco, Allianz Global Investors, Coller Capital, Pantheon, Antares Capital, Davis Polk, Akin Gump, Kirkland and Ellis, and Fitch Ratings.

Programme Structure

The Asset-Backed Finance Summit on 16 November provides a dedicated half-day for LPs, GPs, and advisors focused on asset-backed and specialty finance, covering real estate debt, venture debt, pricing, liquidity, risk, and market outlook going into 2027. Main Conference Day One on 17 November opens with an LP-only breakfast, followed by main stage sessions on the private credit landscape, AI's application in credit investing, middle market dynamics, the next wave of private credit, LP capital allocation, the evolution of direct lending, asset-backed lending strategies, distressed credit opportunities, real estate debt, and niche finance plays, with hosted roundtable discussions and an anniversary drinks reception closing the day. Main Conference Day Two on 18 November covers geopolitics and deglobalisation as credit risk factors, AI and labour market disruption in the middle market, private credit secondaries, a Preqin market data update, NAV lending strategies, the sustainability of the private credit boom, fundraising strategy adaptation, cross-border capital flows, the private wealth and family office investor landscape, and lower middle market alpha generation.

Main Topics

The agenda spans the full breadth of the North American private credit market. Key themes include the evolving definition and scope of the private credit landscape in a maturing cycle; direct lending market dynamics including middle market consolidation and sponsor relationships; asset-backed and specialty finance covering aviation, real estate, and consumer assets; distressed credit and opportunistic strategies amid market dislocation; real estate debt from high yield to distressed; niche and specialty finance including infrastructure debt and resource-intensive private credit; LP allocation priorities and portfolio construction frameworks for private debt; AI and its application to credit underwriting, origination, and risk management; private credit secondaries as a maturing liquidity mechanism; NAV lending governance and deal structuring; the convergence of public and private credit markets and its implications for LP due diligence; cross-border capital flows and international private credit opportunities; fundraising strategy in a changing LP commitment environment; and the democratisation of private credit through private wealth and family office channels.

Closing Session

SuperReturn Private Credit North America 2026 concludes on 18 November with the chair's closing remarks at 3:55pm, following the final afternoon sessions on lower middle market alpha generation and cross-border capital flows. The two main conference days bring together 10,000+ meetings facilitated through the ConnectMe networking app, capping three days of insight, deal-making, and community-building across the full North American private credit ecosystem.

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