[ASK2020] Private Debt: Playing Offense or Defense?

StepStone is a leading private markets firm that oversees over US$296 billion of private capital allocations, including approximately US$67 billion of assets under management. It is a global firm with 19 offices in: San Francisco, Charlotte, Cleveland, La Jolla, Toronto, New York, San Paulo, Lima, Dublin, London, Luxembourg, Rome, Zurich, Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Perth and Sydney. StepStone creates customized and targeted portfolios for the world’s most sophisticated investors using a highly disciplined research-focused approach that integrates primary, secondary and co-investments. StepStone leverages its unique global platform to optimize exposure to top performing investment managers in all strategies and geographies.

[Speakers' Biography]

Mr. Baumann is the chairman of StepStone Private Debt and StepStone Liquid Alternatives. As member of the management team he is responsible for global business development activities of private debt. He is also Co-founder of the Swiss Alternative Investments Circle (SFAMA) and acted for more than 15 years as its chairman. Before founding Swiss Capital Alternative Investments AG, Mr. Baumann was a key function holder, head of trading & sales and risk management in Switzerland for UBS. He was also a member of UBS’s global trading and sales management board in Zurich. Mr. Baumann received his MBA from the University of Zurich.