Two days of pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings between institutional allocators and fund managers in Abu Dhabi on 9 and 10 November 2026, run by Apex Group with a guaranteed allocator majority.
Apex Invest Middle East is the Abu Dhabi event of the Apex Invest Global Series, run by Apex Group, a fund administration and financial services provider. Apex describes the series as a structured forum where limited partners (LPs, the investors) and general partners (GPs, the fund managers) meet in pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings arranged on its apexinvest.io platform. Attendance is by application. The organiser says it has hosted more than 25 Apex Invest gatherings.
9 to 10 November 2026, Monday and Tuesday. Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island (unverifiable information), Yas Bay, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, according to a third-party event listing (Cayman Finance) that gives 8:00 on 9 November to 17:00 on 10 November. Apex's own 2026 event page on its registration platform returned a page not found error on 16 October 2026, so the 2026 venue is not confirmed by the organiser. The 2024 and 2025 editions were at the Hilton Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
Apex Group, through its Apex Invest events and investor relations team. The database lists Colette Leong-Son as a contact; an Apex article title names her as leading Apex Invest Events (article not opened), and no email is published.
Over 300 LPs and GPs, an organiser figure that Apex's 5 February 2026 news item gives for each event of the 2026 series and that Preqin repeats. Private Equity Marketeer's listing splits it into 200+ allocators and 100+ managers. Apex says every event keeps a guaranteed minimum 2:1 allocator-to-manager ratio, and names family offices, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and private equity managers as participants. Allocators are required to attend a minimum of 8 meetings, according to Preqin's listing. The organiser publishes no attendee list for 2026.
The 2026 edition runs for two days, on 9 and 10 November 2026, compared with the 2025 edition on 23 to 25 November 2025 at the same hotel, so the schedule is shorter. Preqin lists an upgraded Apex Invest.io platform for 2026, and the listings mention digital asset programming. What else changed in the agenda is Not publicly disclosed: the organiser's 2026 agenda page returned an error on 16 October 2026.
Two days, as described by the organiser and listings. No agenda was readable on 16 October 2026.
One-to-one meetings arranged before the event on the apexinvest.io platform, panel discussions, workshops, roundtables, fireside chats, keynotes, LP workshops, GP workshops and LP-only events, plus morning and evening receptions. Digital asset sessions are listed as a programme strand.
Receptions at breakfast, lunch and in the evening, and 2 LP-only events (Private Equity Marketeer). No separate side events, dinners or fringe programme were found for 2026. In 2025 Apex presented a Financial Markets Book of the Year Prize with Global Custodian at the event; whether it returns in 2026 is Not publicly disclosed.
Registration is complimentary for qualified allocators, according to Preqin's listing, with a minimum of 8 meetings over the two days. Fund manager and service provider prices are Not publicly disclosed: no price list was found on the organiser's pages, and attendance is by application only. Preqin offers a referral code (PQ_ME26) to fast track an application.
Not publicly disclosed. No call for speakers was found. The organiser describes curated content; the speaker line-up and how it is chosen are not published. The 2026 agenda page returned an error on 16 October 2026.
Apex's listings offer bespoke sponsorship and partner opportunities for brand exposure, with no tiers or prices published. Enquiries go through the Apex Group contact form or through the event application. An exhibition floor is not described.
Not publicly disclosed. No sponsor or partner roster for 2026 was found on the organiser's pages or the listings. Global Custodian was a partner of the 2025 book prize.
By design, allocators are the majority: sovereign wealth funds, family offices, pension funds and other institutional investors, at a guaranteed minimum 2:1 ratio to managers. The managers are private equity and other alternative fund managers. A breakdown by company type is Not publicly disclosed.
Not publicly disclosed. No press page or accreditation process was found. Apex Group publishes news through its website insights section.
Coverage exists for earlier editions: a Zawya press release on the 18 and 19 November 2024 edition (over 200 investors and allocators managing about 4 trillion USD, with Mubadala, ADIC, ADIA, ADQ, PIF and OIA named) and an Arabian Business preview of it. For 2026 only listings were found, on Preqin, Cayman Finance and Private Equity Marketeer.
The 2024 coverage restates organiser figures: the Zawya piece is a press release, so it is organiser-claimed and not independent. The 2026 listings repeat the organiser's numbers and promote the event, and Preqin's page carries a referral code. No independent verification of attendance or assets under management was found.
Fund managers with no current fundraising mandate or no interest in Gulf and Asian capital, since the format is built around meetings. Managers who cannot be accepted by application: entry is vetted. Anyone who wants an open ticket purchase, an exhibition or a public agenda to browse: none is published. Allocators who do not want to commit to a minimum of 8 meetings.
It closes the Apex Invest 2026 series. Apex's 5 February 2026 news item lists Apex Invest Americas on 20 and 21 April in Nashville, Apex Invest APAC on 18 and 19 May in Singapore, Apex Invest Europe on 6 and 7 October in Zurich, and Apex Invest Middle East on 9 and 10 November in Abu Dhabi. The organiser's events page on 16 October 2026 shows Apex Invest Europe on 27 and 28 October 2026 in Zurich instead, so the series dates have moved since February. The organiser's events page no longer lists the Abu Dhabi dates, while the Preqin and Cayman Finance listings still show 9 and 10 November 2026.
No. Apex Invest Middle East was held in Abu Dhabi on 18 and 19 November 2024, on 23 to 25 November 2025 and is scheduled there on 9 and 10 November 2026. Apex also ran a separate event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 12 and 13 February 2025 at the St Regis Hotel, where it reports 145+ attendees and a 6:1 allocator-to-manager ratio, and series events in Nashville, Singapore and Zurich.
Not publicly disclosed. All organiser materials are in English.
Not publicly disclosed. The event is described as in person, with in-person back-to-back meetings. No livestream, hybrid access or replay was found.
Not publicly disclosed. No terms were found; the registration platform pages returned errors or a login wall on 16 October 2026.
Not publicly disclosed. No accessibility statement was found for the event or the hotel in the sources read.
According to the Cayman Finance listing, the hotel is at Yas Bay, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 144876. Apex's 2024 and 2025 events were held at the Hilton Yas Island. Transport times and shuttle details are Not publicly disclosed in the sources read.
Because the product is the meeting schedule: Apex guarantees a minimum 2:1 allocator-to-manager ratio, and allocators must take at least 8 meetings, so a manager who is accepted is guaranteed conversations rather than a corridor. The weak point is that Apex is a fund administrator whose clients include the allocators it invites, and the 2025 Riyadh figures (145+ attendees) show how small these rooms can be.
Because every figure is Apex's own or a listing that copies it: 300+ LPs and GPs, 200+ allocators and 100+ managers, and 4 trillion USD in assets for 2024. The venue for 2026 comes from a third-party listing, the organiser's event pages for Abu Dhabi no longer load, and the Europe date in the same series has moved. Confirm the date and venue with Apex on acceptance before you book travel.
Official site: https://www.apexgroup.com/apex-invest/apex-invest-events/. The database page points there, and on 16 October 2026 it lists only Apex Invest Europe on 27 and 28 October 2026 in Zurich, not the Abu Dhabi dates. The 2026 event and registration page that the previous fiche cited, on events.apexinvest.io, returned a page not found error, and the platform root asks for a login. The February 2026 news item is at https://www.apexgroup.com/insights/apex-invest-events-2026-four-events-four-continents-one-global-community/. Apex Invest Middle East listings with dates: Preqin, Cayman Finance, Private Equity Marketeer.