Join us for a focused workshop on the key trends shaping today’s investment and operating environment. Investment and operational leaders from our Investor Chapter and Signatory communities will discuss market developments, private market and liquidity considerations, and findings from the SBAI Endowment & Foundation Survey.
The session encourages practical peer exchange on how institutions are adapting portfolios, governance, and operating models amid growing complexity.
Agenda:
10:30: Registration
Geopolitical landscape: tariffs, sanctions, and evolving trade and industrial policy
Outbound investment trends and regulatory considerations
Currency exposures and hedging considerations for global allocations
Scenario planning and portfolio positioning implications
12:00: Lunch
The rise of evergreen funds: opportunities, risks, and structural considerations
Liquidity tools in private markets: secondaries, continuation vehicles, and NAV-based facilities
Governance and investor experience considerations
The role of due diligence in protecting investment portfolios
The role of industry standards and the evolving regulatory landscape
Diversification across publics and alternatives
Operational complexity of private markets and manager oversight
Technology gaps, integration challenges, and automation priorities
Governance frameworks versus portfolio complexity
Growing use of AI in investing and operations
14:00: SBAI Update & Closing Remarks
14:15: Session Finishes
More Speakers to be announced soon



Registered Foreign Lawyer, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Alice Huang concentrates her practice on private investment funds, advising registered and unregistered investment advisers based in the United States and in the Asia Pacific region on the formation, structure, and ongoing management of investments in global markets. Alice also represents institutional investors in negotiating operating and side letter agreements for investments in global private funds.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Alice practiced at a top regional law firm, resident in Hong Kong, and before that she worked at other top US law firms focusing on private investment funds and cross-border transactions. From 2012–2014, she served as general counsel for an Asia Pacific private equity fund based in Hong Kong, where she managed the companywide legal, compliance, and tax functions with respect to the company’s operations and investments in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Tokyo, and the United States.
Prior to practicing law, Alice was a senior tax manager with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Los Angeles, where she advised clients on inbound and outbound tax transactions. She also spent a year in Shanghai assisting multinational clients in China with cross-border and China tax and regulatory issues, including mergers and acquisitions, structuring, feasibility studies, transfer pricing and foreign exchange.

Research and Content Director, SBAI
Brian Digney joined the SBAI in March 2023 in the role of Research and Content Director. He is responsible for content development and co-ordination of the ongoing and future working groups on a wide variety of topics, including valuation of private assets, ESG & carbon footprinting, governance, insurance linked strategies, digital assets, asset management regulation and compliance as well as new topics to be determined in the future.
Prior to joining the SBAI, Brian was the Head of Due Diligence & Governance Oversight at Innocap Global Investment Management (Ireland) Ltd (2018-2023) in Dublin, a subsidiary of Innocap Investment Management Inc., a US$50bn hedge fund platform. He acted as Designated Person for Operational Risk Management, a regulated role by the Central Bank of Ireland. He also sat on Innocap’s Irish Risk Oversight and Valuation Committees. In 2017, Brian joined Albourne Partners in London as a Senior Operational Due Diligence Analyst. From 2015 to 2017 he was employed as an Operational Due Diligence Analyst at Mercer Sentinel in London. From 2010 to 2015 he held various Associate level roles at Decura LLP, Morgan Stanley and Citi.
Brian holds an LLB Hons in Law with Criminology and an M.Sc. in Management and Corporate Governance from University of Ulster. Brian is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
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