25 - 26 November 2025
Hurlingham Club, London
Farid is Chief Strategist and Investment Officer at Cooper Family Office, where he leads the firm’s London office. He advises on allocation strategy, manager selection, and due diligence across private equity, private credit, and real assets. Farid works closely with the CIO to evaluate both fund and direct opportunities, while building partnerships with GPs, and family offices networks across Europe. He began his career in investment banking with Jefferies, working on M&A, capital raising, private placements across industry sectors, including consumer, retail, fintech, and oil & renewables energy.
Strategic platform partnerships are reshaping how private market participants access investment opportunities, manage complexity, and streamline the product lifecycle. By improving operational integration and enhancing transparency across the value chain, platforms are emerging as essential infrastructure in the modern investment ecosystem. This session will explore how firms are selecting and deploying platform partners to drive distribution, improve investor experience, and unlock scalability. Discover how to integrate new platforms into existing operations, and the long-term value such partnerships can deliver for both managers and clients.
Unlocking trust and transparency in private markets increasingly hinges on the intelligent use of data. From real-time performance tracking to predictive analytics and advanced risk modelling, new tools are transforming how investors assess opportunities and make decisions. This session will explore how cutting-edge platforms are generating insights, visualising benchmarks, and enabling more consistent due diligence and portfolio monitoring. Hear how data innovation is helping to demystify private markets, enhance comparability, and equip allocators with the clarity and conviction needed to invest with confidence at scale.
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