Panel: Raising Capital in a Higher-for-Longer Environment

After more than a decade of near-zero interest rates, the capital-raising environment of 2025–2026 requires a fundamentally different playbook. Family offices are more selective. Institutional LPs are sitting on overallocations from the 2021 vintage. And the deals that used to sell themselves need a much more compelling thesis to close.

This panel brings together active GPs and fund managers who are still raising — and closing — in this environment. They share the unvarnished version of what's working and what isn't, without the spin.

Key discussion topics: how to position your fund when your 2021 or 2022 vintage returns are underwater; what family offices are actually looking for in a GP relationship in 2026 (it's not the deck); the investor-relations cadence that builds LP trust before the ask; preferred equity and debt structures that are closing when equity raises stall; how to compete with larger GPs for the same LP capital; the role of co-investment rights in attracting anchor LPs; and real stories of raises that almost failed — and why they didn't.

This is a practitioner panel, not a theory session. Every panelist is actively in market in 2026. Moderated Q&A with audience questions accepted throughout the second half. 1.5 CE credits.