Two days of one-to-one capital meetings between allocators and fund managers at The Dolder Grand in Zurich, run by Apex Group as the European leg of its 2026 Apex Invest series.
An application-based investor conference in Zurich built around pre-arranged one-to-one meetings between allocators (family offices, institutions, funds of funds) and fund managers, with keynotes, panels, networking and social activities around them. It is run by Apex Group's Apex Invest unit, which also runs the apexinvest.io matching platform. The 2026 theme is "Positioning Capital for the Next Cycle of Private Market Opportunities", with attention to primary funds, secondaries, co-investment, private credit, real estate, digital assets and longevity.
Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October 2026. The Dolder Grand, Kurhausstrasse 65, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland. The registration desk opens at 07:00 in The Gallery of the hotel. Two third-party listings (Cayman Finance) show 6 to 7 October 2026 for the same event; Apex Group's own series page and the event page both give 27 to 28 October, which is used here.
Apex Group, a fund administration and investor services group; the event pages are issued by Apex Invest Ltd and Apex Group Ltd, and the speaker list names Apex Distribution (Georges Archibald, CEO; Nicholas Longano, Head of Apex Invest). Apex describes an Events and Investor Relations team that built the one-on-one format. Apex says it has hosted 25+ Apex Invest events.
150+ is the sum of the organiser's registered 100+ allocators and 50+ managers, an organiser figure. The organiser states that allocators outnumber managers 2:1 and that registered allocator assets under management are $1.5 trillion. By type, the organiser gives family offices 55%, institutional investors 14%, others 13% (independent asset managers, individuals and seeders), funds of funds 12% and investment consultants 6%. Institutional means RIAs, banks, pensions, endowments, foundations, corporates, insurers and sovereign wealth funds.
The venue is The Dolder Grand and the theme is positioning capital for the next cycle. New or prominent programme lines are digital assets and real-world asset tokenisation, a keynote on Bitcoin in a portfolio (Coinbase Asset Management), longevity and healthspan investing, fine wine as an asset, and a "Drop in" longevity check by AYUN. The organiser's series page says Apex Invest has run 25+ events. The previous fiche gave 6 to 7 October and a venue "near Richemont and the Olympic Museum"; neither matches the current event page.
Published roster on the official event page (name, organisation), listed in full:
Premier the Hon. E. David Burt (Government of Bermuda); Stacey Feinberg (U.S. Embassy Luxembourg); Alexander Ineichen (IR & M); Nathan Pillai (Synexus Capital); Florian Resatsch (Viessmann Generations Group); Patrick Aisher (Kinled Holding); Dr Markus Federle (Tholus Capital, MISSION 2044); Dr. Stephan E. Knobloch (SFO); Damian Perl (Damazein Family Office); Dr. Alexandra Cook (Dynastillion, Sunburst Ventures); Thaddeus J. Cook (Dynastillion, Sunburst Ventures); Marc P. Bernegger (Maximon, Longevity Investors); Greg Bailey (Juvenescence); Robin Lauber (Infinitas Capital); Ole Mensching (Apollo Health Ventures); Luke Alvarez (Hiro Capital); Alexandra Ammann (Diamond Capital Management (Switzerland) Ltd.); Ieva Balciute (Single Family Offices); Anthony Bassili (Coinbase Asset Management); Richard Benson-Armer (CREO Syndicate); Diana Biggs (Nausicaa); Richard Briffod (DGLD); Bobby Console-Verma (1fs - one Financial Suite); Sam Copley (Peleh Advisors); Marc Degen (Telecom Liechtenstein); Gert Dijkstra (GJD IM & C); Ciaran Fitzgerald-Morgan (TEAM); Benjamin Habbel (Limestone Capital); Oli Harris (Dream Ventures, GXM Family Office); Thomas von Hohenhau (1911 Capital Management); Omer Husain (Pogun); Max Kantelia (Zilliqa Group); Matthias Knab (Opalesque); Adina Krausz (InnoSource Ventures AG); Justin Kugel (World Liberty Financial); Joseph LeBas (Concorde Group Holdings, LLC); Michael Manning (Avalanche); Freddie Mead (Howden Re); Giovanni Martinez (Novum Partners SA); Tiziana Micallef (MFSA); Natalia Michael (Banyan Family Office, LLC); Steven Michael (Banyan Family Office, LLC); Karl Naim (XBTO); Jürg Niederberger (Q Partners Limited); Andreas Papathomas (Synergy Marine Holdings); David Parker (Bermuda Business Development Agency); Roman Poole, CFA (VanEck); Federica Rayneri (Lombard Odier); Benoit Robertz (MTM Capital Partners); Beat Rohner (private investor); Kilian Schärli (MLL Legal AG); Jason Sydney (Saurastar Capital Family Office); Liz Verwilghen (Stolzenbach SFO); Manuel Villegas (Bank Julius Baer); Georges Archibald (Apex Distribution); Helen Wang (Apex Group); Christiane El Habre (Apex Group); Bhaskar Dasgupta (Apex Group); Nicholas Longano (Apex Distribution); Karl Salemangi (Apex Group); Lorna Hutchman (Penrose Partners); Sean Stapley (Penrose Partners); Chloe Ashton (1275 SA).
The organiser lists 12+ hours of content, 10+ hours of networking, 8+ hours of one-on-one meetings and 2 LP-only events. The published agenda shows one day in detail (the tab for the second day displayed the same schedule, so day-two timing is not confirmed (unverifiable information)):
Pre-scheduled one-to-one capital meetings (back-to-back, booked through the apexinvest.io platform, which the organiser says uses an AI algorithm with more than 65 filters to match funds with allocators), keynotes, panels, fireside chats, two LP-only events, networking at breakfast, lunch and evening receptions, and group activities. Meetings can be self-booked or arranged by Apex's team in advance.
Optional sunrise group hike (07:30), a private wine tasting with 1275 over lunch (pre-booking only), a chocolate-making masterclass (17:30), a networking drinks reception (18:30), private VIP dinners (19:30), a drop-in stress and resilience check with AYUN, and, per the organiser's "Why attend" list, group tennis. The programme is the same list the agenda shows for the first day; the second day's side events are not separately confirmed (unverifiable information).
Not publicly disclosed. Entry is by application ("Apply to attend") reviewed by the organiser; no registration fee, price for managers or free-for-allocators statement appears on the event pages, and the event page offers "Sponsor a seat" and sponsorship enquiries instead. The previous fiche's charity gala price (1,500 USD, 2025 edition) does not appear on the 2026 pages and is not repeated.
Not publicly disclosed. The event pages publish no call for speakers. The roster mixes family office principals, asset managers, service providers and Apex Group staff, which indicates speakers are selected or sold by the organiser. Enquiries can go to info@events.apexinvest.io.
The event page has an "Interested in Sponsorship" button and a "Sponsor a seat" link; packages and prices are not published. Contact is info@events.apexinvest.io or the enquiry form on apexgroup.com. The organiser says its sponsorships and partner opportunities include speaking slots, networking sessions and hosted meals (XBTO sponsors the 13:15 lunch).
Published roster on the official event page, by group (logos only):
Family offices. The organiser gives family offices 55% of registered attendees, ahead of institutional investors 14%, others 13%, funds of funds 12% and investment consultants 6%. The speaker roster adds digital asset firms, longevity and venture investors, private banks and regulators or promotion agencies (Malta Financial Services Authority, Bermuda Business Development Agency).
Not publicly disclosed. No press accreditation procedure is published on the event page. Enquiries can go to info@events.apexinvest.io or through the contact form on apexgroup.com.
None independent found in the sourced material. Coverage that exists is organiser-run: Apex Group's series page, its "highlights from our 2025 series" and third-party event listings that repeat organiser text (Cayman Finance). Asset Servicing Times and Opalesque (its CEO Matthias Knab speaks) are linked to the event as partner and speaker respectively.
Treat it as promotional. The event is run by a fund administrator, and the public descriptions are the organiser's. The two Cayman Finance listings carry a date (6 to 7 October) that contradicts the organiser's, which shows that third-party listings copy older organiser data. Asset Servicing Times is a trade title listed as a partner, so any coverage from it is partner-placed.
Managers who want an open conference with a ticket they can buy, since entry is by application. Managers seeking institutional pension capital only: the organiser says family offices are 55% of attendees and institutional investors 14%. Anyone who needs a programme of private equity depth: the agenda mixes private credit, real estate, digital assets, longevity and wine.
It is the European leg of the Apex Invest Global Series 2026, which the series page frames as covering the Americas, Europe, APAC and the Middle East, with Europe on 27 to 28 October. The ratio of allocators to managers is stated as 2:1 at each event. Cities and dates of the other legs are not on the pages read here; the Middle East leg has its own fiche. It is a closed, application-based format, unlike open-ticket conferences.
Apex Invest Europe is held in Zurich. The Apex Invest Global Series has other 2026 events for the Americas, APAC and the Middle East; see the separate Apex Invest Middle East fiche. Third-party listings call a 2025 Swiss event "Apex Invest Global Event Series 2025, Switzerland".
English. The agenda, speaker biographies and application pages are published in English only; no other language is offered.
Not publicly disclosed. The event is described as in person, with meetings held on site. No livestream, hybrid pass or replay is mentioned. The apexinvest.io platform is used before the event for scheduling meetings, not as a remote attendance option.
Not publicly disclosed. The event pages link only to privacy, terms of use and disclaimer pages of Apex Group, which are not specific to event cancellation, and no refund terms are stated. Because entry is by application with no published fee, a cancellation policy may exist only in the acceptance terms.
Not publicly disclosed. The event pages contain no accessibility statement. The hotel's own pages describe getting to the hotel by tram and rack railway or by car and do not state step-free access, so contact the hotel (info@thedoldergrand.com, +41 44 456 60 00) or the organiser before applying if you need it.
The Dolder Grand is at Kurhausstrasse 65, 8032 Zurich, on the Adlisberg above the city. By public transport take tram 2 or 3 from Zurich main station to Römerhof, then the Dolderbahn rack railway to the Dolder stop, a short walk from the hotel. By car, enter the address in your navigation; there is paid parking and an underground garage. The airport is about 20 minutes away by car or taxi, and the hotel can arrange a transfer. A free hotel shuttle runs to the Stadthaus in the city centre.
The organiser's own figures say family offices are 55% of registered attendees, allocators outnumber managers 2:1, and about 8 hours of the programme are one-on-one meetings booked beforehand. The speaker roster is full of single and multi-family office principals and private banks, and a drinks reception, private dinners and group activities fill the evenings, so the format favours repeat relationship building over broad exposure.
Registered allocator assets of $1.5 trillion and the 2:1 ratio are organiser statements that cannot be audited from outside, and the 150+ headcount is the sum of "100+" and "50+". The database figure of 300 is not on the official page, while the series page claims 2,000+ participants "at each event", which does not fit a 150-person room. Third-party listings also show different dates, so cross-check anything not on the organiser's page.
Official event page: https://events.apexinvest.io/europe2026 (the apexinvest.io registration platform, with agenda, speakers and the Apply to attend form). Series page: https://www.apexgroup.com/apex-invest/apex-invest-events/ (the address recorded as the website in the database; it shows Apex Invest Europe 2026 on 27 to 28 October, Zurich, and points to the platform). Contact: info@events.apexinvest.io. Contact on record in the database: Colette Leong-Son (direction); no address is published for her.