ABS East 2026 Agenda

From Basel implementation and bank capital requirements to CFPB oversight, SEC enforcement, FHFA policy direction, and the evolving role of private capital, assessing the regulatory forces shaping str ...

Where are the opportunities and risks emerging across the structured finance landscape? From rates, inflation, and monetary policy to credit performance, issuance trends, and investor demand; assessin ...

As banks, private credit funds, insurers, specialty finance companies, and securitisation markets increasingly share responsibility for funding the economy, the traditional lending model is undergoing ...

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital connectivity is creating unprecedented demand for data centres, fibre networks, power infrastructure, and digital capacity. ...

As private credit CLO issuance continues to scale, examining the structural, underwriting, and execution differences separating middle-market transactions from their BSL counterparts. Exploring manage ...

As consumer budgets come under increasing pressure, understanding where unsecured obligations sit within the repayment hierarchy has become critical for lenders and investors alike. Exploring performa ...

Examining allocation strategies across CLO debt and equity as investors weigh risk, return, liquidity, and structural protection in an increasingly competitive market. Exploring relative value across ...

As banks, GSEs, mortgage insurers, and reinsurers increasingly look to transfer credit exposure, mortgage risk transfer markets continue to expand and evolve. Exploring developments across agency CRT, ...

Examining the lifecycle of a CLO from warehouse financing and portfolio ramp-up through refinancing, resets, reinvestment periods, and maturity management. Exploring execution considerations, liabilit ...

Examining the rapid expansion of home equity finance as borrowers seek liquidity without disturbing low-coupon first mortgages. Exploring issuance trends, collateral performance, prepayment behaviour, ...

As non-bank lenders continue to expand their role in consumer and commercial credit markets, funding and scalability have become defining competitive advantages. Exploring warehouse facilities, forwar ...

From franchise royalties and whole-business securitisations to music catalogues, media rights, licensing revenues, and IP-backed cashflows, alternative collateral is becoming an increasingly instituti ...

As banks continue to retrench from segments of the SME market, private capital and securitisation are playing an increasingly important role in funding business growth. Exploring developments across s ...

As affordability constraints and elevated mortgage rates continue to reshape housing demand, institutional ownership of rental housing remains a growing segment of the mortgage market. Examining issua ...

As mortgage markets continue their transition from paper-based processes to digital infrastructure, operational efficiency is becoming a key differentiator across origination, servicing, and securitis ...

As private markets continue to expand, fund-level financing has become a critical source of liquidity and leverage across the investment lifecycle. Exploring developments in NAV lending, subscription ...

With billions of dollars of commercial real estate debt approaching maturity, refinancing risk remains one of the defining challenges facing the CRE market. Examining funding availability, extension s ...

From equipment leases and fleet finance to aircraft, railcar, and container portfolios, commercial asset finance remains a core funding channel for the real economy. Exploring utilisation trends, leas ...

As residential energy finance continues to evolve, investors and issuers are reassessing the long-term outlook for solar, PACE, battery storage, and home efficiency assets. Exploring collateral perfor ...

As fund managers seek scalable funding and broader investor access, CFOs and rated feeder structures are rapidly emerging as alternatives to traditional financing solutions. Exploring when these struc ...

As floating-rate bridge loans face longer hold periods, delayed business plans, and continued refinancing challenges, transitional lending markets remain under pressure. Examining collateral performan ...

As corporates seek efficient sources of liquidity and working capital, trade receivables and conduit finance continue to play a critical role in funding the real economy. Exploring developments across ...

As financial markets become increasingly digital, the infrastructure underpinning settlement, custody, identity, onboarding, and capital formation is being reimagined. Exploring how emerging technolog ...

As data volumes continue to expand, the ability to extract meaningful insight is becoming a critical differentiator across financial markets. Exploring advances in analytics, surveillance, automation, ...

From tokenised bonds and digital issuance platforms to real-world asset tokenisation and programmable cashflows, on-chain finance is beginning to move beyond proof-of-concept. Exploring where adoption ...

As the lines between public and private markets continue to blur, investors are reassessing where value, liquidity, and risk-adjusted returns can be found across the structured credit landscape. Explo ...

Assessing the state of the BSL CLO market as managers navigate compressed arbitrage, evolving liability costs, and shifting leveraged loan market dynamics. Exploring liability spreads, warehouse econo ...

As private-label RMBS issuance continues to expand, Non-QM and Jumbo mortgages remain at the centre of market growth. Exploring origination trends, borrower profiles, underwriting standards, pricing d ...

Behind every transaction sits a complex network of financing, liquidity, and risk-transfer mechanisms that determine how capital moves through the system. Exploring the critical infrastructure underpi ...

Examining performance trends across prime and subprime auto ABS as affordability pressures, elevated vehicle prices, and evolving borrower behaviour continue to reshape the market. Exploring delinquen ...

Exploring relative value, issuance trends, and investor demand across the mortgage ecosystem as agency and non-agency markets continue to evolve. Examining mortgage spreads, capital flows, housing mar ...

Exploring the rise of infrastructure and project finance CLOs, including portfolio construction, underwriting considerations, structural features, and investor demand. Examining opportunities across p ...

Examining the rise of CLO ETFs, expanding retail participation, evolving distribution models, enhanced transparency and reporting, and innovations in surveillance, analytics, and portfolio management. ...