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Family offices head into 2027 as the largest allocator group in the room at alternative investment events, with the most flexible mandates and the fastest decisions. The trends to watch: they spread capital across hedge funds, private credit, and private equity rather than one bucket; th...

Emerging manager programs are dedicated allocations that institutional investors set aside for newer and smaller fund managers. They are run by public pension plans, large asset owners, funds of funds, seeders, banks and wealth platforms, and, less formally, by family offices. Each defines “emerging” differently, usually by firm size, fund number, and track record length, and...

Written by Ron Biscardi Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at iConnections

For most of the alternatives industry, iConnections means one thing:

Preqin’s private markets data will be available inside Violet, iConnections’ AI-powered capital introduction platform, to help drive networking and greater discovery for attendees of iConnections’ Global Alts events

GLADWYNE, PA — November 5, 2026 —

Fund managers reach institutional allocators through five main routes: their own network, placement agents, LP databases, conferences, and capital introduction networks. Each one is paid for differently, reaches a different slice of the market, and tells you something different about whether an allocator actually wants to meet. Most successful raises combine two or three. Thi...