Private Markets: a core asset class in a diversified portfolio
Private markets have become an essential component of modern investment strategies, offering unique opportunities beyond traditional public markets. This intensive one-day course provides a clear and practical overview of private equity, private debt, venture capital, and real assets, equipping participants with the knowledge to navigate and leverage these dynamic sectors.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- understand private markets, including their operational structure, strategies, and the role they play in investment portfolios;
- understand the basic features of private equity, private debt, infrastructure and real estate;
- assess the key differences between public and private markets;
- understand the growing importance in a strategic asset allocation;
- assess the key quantitative and qualitative criteria in the selection process;
- know how to select the top quintile performing private market funds.
Total price *
Members: € 550
Non-members: € 650
Partners/ BZB: € 550
Incompany: tailor-made, prices on request
* Price: service in the context of continuing professional training, exempt from VAT
CPD Hours Banking: 6h sector specific
Continuing Professional Development
Please let us know you're interested in this training should there be no date available, the planned date does not suit you and/or this session is full. As soon as about 5 people are registered on the interest list, we will propose a new course date. Your registration on the interest list is free of charge and without any obligation.
Target group
The training course can be followed by various target groups:
- Investment professionals;
- Financial analysts;
- Portfolio managers;
- Risk management officers;
- Professionals seeking insights into private equity, venture capital, and private debt;
- ...
Required prior knowledge
Advanced level training: this training requires a general basic knowledge of the subject.
Programme
CONTENU
- Private Markets
- Introduction to private markets
- Public versus private
- Global strategic & industry trends
- Key global and European players
- Selection & Due Diligence in private markets
- Key fundamental, quantitative and operational considerations
- Fee structures
- Sustainability in private markets
- Private Equity Basics
- (Leveraged) Buyouts
- Venture Capital
- Growth strategies
- Sustainable & Impact strategies
- Private Credit Basics
- Real Estate Basics
- Infrastructure Basics
- Role of Private Markets in a portfolio
- Part of the broader Alternatives asset class
- Risk/return drivers
- Diversification
- Growth versus Income
- Regions/sectors/themes
- Operational setup & liquidity
- Fund wrappers
- Fund of funds, secondaries, co-investments
- Investment Process
- How do general partners add value?
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Duration: 1 day of training (6 class hours)
- Hours: 09:00 to 17:00
- Location: Febelfin Academy: Phoenix building, Koning Albert II-laan/Boulevard du Roi Albert II 19, 1210 Brussels
- Language: This training will be given in English
Methodology
You follow a ‘Classroom training’ face-to-face in a group. You, the other participants and the teacher are all present in the same classroom at an agreed time. There is an opportunity for interaction and feedback, both from the participants to the teacher and vice versa. The teaching material consists as a basis of a presentation via the MyFA learning platform, supplemented with various other items (such as digital syllabus, presentation, audiovisual fragments, etc.).
Teaching materials: PowerPoint presentation (slides)
Teachers
Stephan Francis Desplancke
Private banking & asset management
Durability
