At the Evli Alternative Investments 2026 Morning Seminar in Helsinki on Tuesday 14 April, 2026 at 11:35 CET, Abhishek Gupta, Head of Business and Product at Scientific Infra & Private Assets (SIPA), will be hosting a presentation on Benchmarking Private Equity Performance.

Evli’s traditional seminar will comprehensively review the most current themes and outlooks in alternative investment classes. The speakers will include international and domestic experts in the field, as well as Evli’s own experts, with presentations from the perspective of institutional investors, the academic world, and Evli’s portfolio managers. The event offers an excellent opportunity to obtain up-to-date information on alternative investments, exchange ideas with other investors, and network.

How does Finland’s largest institutional investor structure its alternative investments and select funds? What are the most topical themes in alternative investment classes? Is the real estate market turning upward? How should private equity funds be evaluated? We will seek answers to these and other questions at the seminar.

Preliminary program

• 08:15: Buffet breakfast
• 09:00: Opening remarks, Kim Pessala, CEO, Evli Fund Management Company Ltd
• 09:10: Perspectives of Finland’s largest pension institution on alternative investments and their role in investment portfolios – “Fireside Chat,” Markus Pauli, Head of Alternative Investments, Finnish Local Government Pension Institution Keva
• 09:40: Market overview of alternative investment classes – What are the most topical themes in private equity, private debt and infrastructure investment classes at the moment? Richard Wanamo, Investment Director, Private Equity, Evli Fund Management Company Ltd
• 10:15: Evli’s global alternative funds update on private equity, private debt, infrastructure, forestry, and private equity co-investments, Evli fund portfolio managers
• 10:40: Coffee break
• 11:00: Outlook and status update for the real estate market, Tero Tuominen, Director, Real Estate Investments, Evli Fund Management Company Ltd
• 11:20: Outlook and status update for growth equity investments, Maiju Aspegren, Investment Manager, Evli Growth Partners, Evli Fund Management Company Ltd
• 11:35: Benchmarking Private Equity Performance, Abhishek Gupta, Head of Business and Product, Scientific Infra & Private Assets, An EDHEC Venture
• 12:05: Closing remarks, Kim Pessala, CEO, Evli Fund Management Company Ltd
• 12:10: Buffet lunch and opportunity to discuss with seminar experts and network with other participants

Please note that this event is by invitation only.

At the ILPA Forum EMEA in London on 27-29 April, 2026, Abhishek Gupta, Head of Business and Product at Scientific Infra & Private Assets (SIPA), will be speaking at a panel discussion on “The Rise of Retail Capital in Private Markets“.

The ILPA Forum EMEA 2026 is a flagship event designed exclusively for the LP community. The agenda places participants’ priorities at the forefront, with deep dives into AI, Secondaries, Co-investments, Retail Capital, and critical sectors such as Technology, Healthcare, and Defence—topics shaping LP agendas today.

More about the event.