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SuperReturn US West 2026: What to Expect

PE Firm Index Editorial · September 5, 2026 · 7 min read

SuperReturn US West 2026 runs September 14-15, 2026 at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills in Los Angeles. The organiser describes the format as 350+ private market leaders, 100+ LPs and 150+ GPs across two main conference days, with LP-only sessions, roundtables and a single-family-office breakfast running alongside the main stage.

Everything below is compiled from the event organiser’s own public pages, current as of publication. Agendas and speaker rosters change; treat this as a planning aid rather than a final programme, and check the official pages before you build your schedule.

The shape of the programme

Two themes dominate the published agenda. The first is liquidity - DPI over IRR, GP-led continuation vehicles, secondaries, and the 2021/2022 vintage overhang. The second is operations and AI: how much of the return now has to be manufactured inside the portfolio rather than through multiple expansion, and where AI actually changes deal sourcing, diligence and portfolio company economics.

For anyone working on the value-creation side of private equity, the operating-heavy sessions cluster on Day One late morning and Day Two morning.

Day One - Monday, September 14

  • 08:00 Registration, welcome coffee and networking. An invitation-only LP breakfast runs in parallel.
  • 09:05 Keynote panel: the private markets pulse check - trends shaping 2026 performance, fundraising and deployment.
  • 09:45 Ownership: when operations determine the outcome. Longer holds, leverage and cash generation.
  • 10:05 Keynote LP panel: building resilience - allocator strategy in volatile markets.
  • 11:15 Mid-market momentum: driving growth and value creation, including the lower mid-market.
  • 11:55 GP-led continuation vehicles and liquidity solutions. An LP-only session on the 2021/2022 overhang runs at the same time.
  • 12:35 The consolidation of private credit: is the market too crowded?
  • 14:20 LATAM opportunities: nearshoring, reshoring and industrial growth.
  • 14:55 Resource security as an asset class: energy, water and national defence.
  • 15:50 Is the grass evergreen? Permanent capital versus traditional fund structures.
  • 16:30 The private wealth surge: democratising private markets.
  • 17:05 The geopolitics of growth: trade deficits, tariffs and the USMCA review.

Day Two - Tuesday, September 15

  • 08:00 Registration and networking, with a single-family-office breakfast alongside.
  • 09:05 Keynote panel: redefining private equity success through AI integration.
  • 09:45 Keynote: agentic AI - from efficiency tool to investment thesis.
  • 10:05 Keynote LP panel: DPI vs. IRR and the mandate for realised distributions.
  • 11:15 Sports and entertainment: unlocking growth in rising-valuation sectors.
  • 11:50 Roundtables: SaaS valuations, technology in secondaries, underwriting in a recession-wary market, scaling lower-middle-market businesses, and co-investment.
  • 12:35 Lunch, plus a women in private markets networking lunch.
  • 13:40 The emerging manager dilemma: competing for capital in a risk-averse world.
  • 14:15 Fundraising survival guide. An LP-only session on the AI due diligence stack runs at the same time.
  • 14:50 Consumer sector challenges: competing in a saturated market.
  • 15:20 Healthcare resilience: biotech, drug manufacturing and the longevity boom.

Firms with confirmed speakers

The following investment firms appear on the published speaker list. Each links to its profile in the PE Firm Index directory.

Allocators and advisers on the programme include Pacific Life, Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions, Partners Capital, Wilshire Advisors, Hightower Advisors, JPMorgan Private Equity Group, J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Oppenheimer, Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Monument Group and the Tokyo University of Science Endowment.

Who is in the room

The organiser publishes a snapshot of attending institutions. On the LP side that includes Allstate Insurance, Fengate Asset Management, Hamilton Lane, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund, OMERS, Pacific Life, Partners Capital, Safra Group, Wilshire Advisors and several single family offices. On the GP side: Ardian, Aurora Capital Partners, BC Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Butterfly Equity, CF Private Equity, D1 Capital Partners, Genstar Capital, HarbourVest Partners, Leonard Green & Partners, Monogram Capital Partners, New State Capital Partners, ORIX Capital Partners, Patient Square Capital, Shamrock Capital, VMG Partners and Vivo Capital.

These are the organiser’s own published snapshots of expected participation, not a verified attendee register.

How to work the two days

  • If you are raising: Day Two, 13:40 to 15:00 is the fundraising block, and the LP keynote on DPI at 10:05 tells you what the questions will sound like.
  • If you own assets: the operating sessions - Day One at 09:45 and 11:15, Day Two at 09:05 - are where hold-period economics and AI adoption in portfolio companies get discussed concretely.
  • If you need liquidity: continuation vehicles on Day One at 11:55 and the secondaries roundtable on Day Two.
  • Sector focus: health care and consumer both close out Day Two; resource security and LATAM sit in the Day One afternoon.

Firms on the attendee list, mapped to the directory

The list below reconciles a compiled attendee roster for SuperReturn US West against the PE Firm Index directory. It is a working reconciliation of organisation names, not an official register of confirmed attendance, and it names organisations only - no individuals. Portfolio counts are companies currently mapped in the directory from public sources.

Attending firms with mapped portfolios

Attending firms already in the directory, portfolio mapping in progress

Apax Partners, Apogem Capital, Ardian, CAVU Consumer Partners, CF Private Equity, Citation Capital, Clipway, Crescent Capital Group, D1 Capital Partners, Deerpath Capital, Fortress Investment Group, Libra Value Partners, Montauk Capital, Prytaneum Partners, Temporis Capital.

Firms added to the directory from this list

These investment firms appeared on the attendee list but were not yet in the index. Each has been added from its own public website, with portfolio mapping queued: 01 Advisors, 7GC & Co., Bering Capital, Blumberg Capital, Canaan Partners, Convoi Ventures, Crescent Cove Advisors, DCVC, DTCP, Differential Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Evolution Equity Partners, Fifth Wall, Fin Capital, Foundation Capital, Gilmartin Capital, Heavybit, Incisive Ventures, Kyber Knight Capital, Lewis & Clark Partners, Motive Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Pantheon, Pillar VC, Questa Capital, Quiet Capital, Savano Capital Partners, Slauson & Co., StepStone Group, THL Partners, Third Point, TMV, US Venture Partners, UpWest, Wavemaker 360 Health, WestCap.

Limited partners, pensions, endowments, family offices, banks, placement agents, advisers and media organisations on the roster are intentionally not added to the firm directory, which covers private investment managers only.

Sources

PE Firm Index is an independent directory built from public information. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to SuperReturn, Informa Connect or any firm named above. Session times, speakers and participants are subject to change by the organiser. Spotted something out of date? Send a correction.

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