Nearly $2 billion in capital changing hands and more than $6 billion projected in allocations and diligence over 12 months is not a typical conference outcome. It’s the proof behind Global Alts Miami, iConnections’ flagship cap intro event, and the blueprint for how the 2026 edition is being built.
From One-Off Conference to Always-On Engine
iConnections is designing the event around infrastructure, not just agendas. Their platform already tracks nearly $2 billion in allocations and over $6 billion in total activity tied to Global Alts in the past year. The focus now is on making that pipeline more deliberate and more visible.
Smart Inbox centralizes connections and conversations so managers don’t lose signals in email threads. Instead of guessing who is still engaged, GPs can see who is interacting with materials, who is advancing, and where to spend their time. Meetings then roll into structured Pipelines, turning every interaction into a trackable stage rather than a one-off touchpoint.
On top of that, a new Intelligence dashboard aggregates and anonymizes activity across the network. It gives iConnections and its members a real-time view of where capital is moving, which strategies are gaining traction, and how allocator appetite is shifting.
How LPs Are Reframing Risk
For much of the past decade, private credit and private equity have dominated alternatives, supported by demand, performance, and a deep opportunity set. That continues, but iConnections expects allocators to move into a “sorting phase” over the next two years.
Capital will still flow into these asset classes, but toward managers with:
- Performance across multiple market cycles
- Distinct, defensible value propositions
- Strategies built for a more complex macro and rate environment
At the same time, iConnections is seeing a resurgence of interest in hedged strategies. Equity Long/Short, Macro, Event Driven, Relative Value, and Multi-Strategy hedge funds are moving back up LP wish lists as allocators seek agility and downside protection, not just illiquidity premia.
With more than $40 trillion in assets represented and a near-equal mix of hedged and illiquid strategies in the room, Global Alts is where those rebalancing decisions get negotiated face-to-face.
A Global LP Mix, Divergent Risk Profiles
Roughly one-third of LPs expected in Miami will come from outside North America. That mix shows up as a spectrum of risk appetites.
On one end are large, mature institutions with lower risk tolerance and a strong tilt toward private credit and capital preservation. On the other are rapidly maturing Asia-based family offices that have long trafficked in Equity Long/Short and are now looking at more opportunistic and specialized ideas.
The breadth of strategies, products, and structures at Global Alts is designed to meet both ends of that spectrum in the same place, and, in many cases, in the same day of meetings for the managers on site.
What “Success” Looks Like Now
Global Alts is known for attracting the world’s largest, most institutional managers, but its cap intro design is intentionally built to surface differentiated, niche GPs.
For managers, success is no longer just “new investor meetings.” The most sophisticated participants are using Miami to:
- Source new relationships they wouldn’t access through traditional outbound
- Deepen existing LP relationships that are the most likely source of incremental dollars in 2026
- Pressure-test their story and positioning directly against live allocator feedback
The organizers are especially focused on sector-focused Equity Long/Short funds and, on the illiquid side, managers in sports, media, and entertainment, innovative venture, and differentiated private credit.
A New Cap Intro Playbook
Underneath the numbers is a quiet but important shift in how cap intro works.
Traditional cap intro is episodic and volume-driven: fly in, stack meetings, fly home with a spreadsheet and a pile of business cards. With iConnections, Global Alts is integrated into an ongoing system.
Every meeting drops into a live Pipeline with defined next steps. Managers can track conversations, prioritize their funnel, and run roadshows on the platform, allowing LPs to book meetings by geography and interest beyond the conference itself. Fund materials live in Data Room, where LPs get instant access and managers see engagement in real time.
Miami still delivers what only an in-person event can: density, serendipity, and high-quality conversations, but the iConnections platform ensures those conversations don’t end when the lights go down. They compound into visible, trackable capital formation.
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