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2026 Agenda

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Day 1: Big Ideas Stage!
Day one will now be plenary-only, featuring our 'Big Ideas' stage. This will be a day dedicated to senior-led and high-level discussions on the markets most current and pressing topics. 

Day 2: Market Deep-Dives
Day two will now be split fully in to our thematic track sessions, allowing deeper dives in to specific markets and market specifics. 

Track A: CLOs & Fund Finance
Track B: Mortgage Credit
Track C: Asset-Backed (S/F/L)

Day 3: Technology & Innovation Summit
Day three now features our 'technology & innovation' summit - a half day dedicated to all things AI, Datacenters, Tokenization, Data and Analytics, and more. 

Download a PDF version of the agenda here. 

Your 2026 Social Agenda...

Sunday - Hit the Ground Running!
12pm to 7pm: Collect your badge and beat the Monday morning queues
1pm to 5pm: Meeting Rooms Open (Lead-level Sponsors Only)
5pm to 6:30pm: Join for our Welcome Reception on the Ocean Lawn

Community Networking Events
*See agenda for full details. 

Sunday 4-5pm: 'First Timer' Networking Event 

Monday 8-9am: Women in Structured Finance Networking Breakfast

Tuesday 8-9am: Investor Networking Breakfast, with FIIN

Wednesday 10 am to 12:30pm: Junior Leaders Forum: 50 under 30 Club

Note: Space is limited across all community events and pre-signup is required.
*Non-attendance after registration may impact future attendance ability. 

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12:00
  1. EARLY ARRIVAL REGISTRATION & BADGE COLLECTION
    Luster & Coastal
    420 mins
13:00
  1. SPONSOR MEETING ROOMS OPEN
    Luster & Coastal
    240 mins
    Lead-Level Sponsors Only
16:00
  1. ABS East 'First Timer' Networking Event
    Ocean Lawn
    60 mins
    • Networking
    Join peers who are also making this thier first ABS East appearance for a networking reception before the masses descend, and talk to our team about the best tip and tricks for navigating your first A ...
17:00
  1. ABS EAST WELCOME DRINKS
    Ocean Lawn
    90 mins
    • Networking
07:30
  1. REGISTRATION OPENS AND BREAKFAST
    Fontainebleau
    90 mins
08:00
  1. Community Breakfast Sessions: Women in Structured Finance
    Dune
    60 mins
    • Networking
    Join us to hear from a leading voice in Structured Finance for a 20-minute exclusive fireside chat, followed by informal and interactive networking.  Space is limited and will require RSVP. 
09:00
  1. FT Live & FIIN Welcome: Annual Market Sentiment Survey
    Coral Ballroom
    15 mins
    • Plenary & Keynote
    The official welcome to the 32nd annual ABS East. Join the FT Live and FIIN Team as we set the scene for this year's conference and take part in industry polling as we take a look at this time last ye ...
09:15
  1. Opening Keynote Interview
    Coral Ballroom
    45 mins
10:00
  1. Fireside Chat: What’s the Score? (Ad)Vantage Consumer Credit
    Coral Ballroom
    30 mins
  2. “In the Boardroom” Sessions Commence
    Dune
    360 mins
    • Boardroom
    Closed door. Off the record. The boardroom is where real change takes place. No presentations. No press. No recordings. Just candid peer-to-peer discussion focused on practical solutions and future ma ...
10:30
  1. REFRESHMENT BREAK
    Luster & Coastal
    30 mins
    • Networking
11:00
  1. Hawk Box: Structured Finance Market Outlook
    Coral Ballroom
    50 mins
    • Plenary & Keynote
    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 ...
11:50
  1. View from the Hill: Regulation, Reform and Market Realities
    Coral Ballroom
    40 mins
    • Plenary & Keynote
    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 ...
12:30
  1. LUNCH BREAK
    Luster & Coastal
    90 mins
    • Networking
14:00
  1. Show me the Money! Finding Yield in a Converging Market
    Coral Ballroom
    50 mins
    • Plenary & Keynote
    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 ...
14:50
  1. Behind the Curtain: The Plumbing of Structured Credit
    Coral Ballroom
    30 mins
    • Plenary & Keynote
    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 ...
15:20
  1. REFRESHMENT BREAK
    Luster & Coastal
    20 mins
    • Networking
15:40
  1. Power Surge: Data Centres, Fibre and Financing the Race for Digital Capacity
    Coral Ballroom
    40 mins
    • Plenary & Keynote
    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. ...
16:20
  1. Who Funds Credit Now? Banks, Non-Banks and the New Capital Stack
    Coral Ballroom
    40 mins
    • Plenary & Keynote
    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 ...
17:00
  1. NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
    Luster Gallerie
    60 mins
    • Networking
08:00
  1. DELEGATE BREAKFAST
    Luster & Coastal
    60 mins
    • Networking
  2. Community Breakfast Sessions: Fixed Income Investor Network-ing
    Dune
    75 mins
    • Networking
    Join the FIIN Board and Task Force members for an exclusive, informal, and interactive  breakfast session, as we breakdown and discuss top market trends. Space is limited and will require RSVP. 
09:15
  1. “In the Red Corner” BSL CLOs: Squeezing the Arbitrage
    Coral 1
    45 mins
    • CLOs & Fund Finance
    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 ...
  2. A Question of Agency: Mapping Value Across the Mortgage Market
    Coral 2
    45 mins
    • Mortgage Credit
    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 ...
  3. Shifting Gears: Auto ABS and the New Secured Consumer Environment
    Coral 3
    45 mins
    • Asset-Backed
    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 ...
10:00
  1. “In the Blue Corner” Private Credit CLOs: Mainstreaming the Middle Market
    Coral 1
    45 mins
    • CLOs & Fund Finance
    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 ...
  2. (de)Risky Business: CRT and Mortgage Insurance Risk Transfer
    Coral 2
    45 mins
    • Mortgage Credit
    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, ...
  3. Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls: Personal Loans, BNPL and the Unsecured Consumer Hierarchy
    Coral 3
    45 mins
    • Asset-Backed
    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 ...
10:45
  1. REFRESHMENT BREAK
    Luster & Coastal
    30 mins
    • Networking
11:15
  1. CLO Debt vs Equity: Who Owns the Stack?
    Coral 1
    45 mins
    • CLOs & Fund Finance
    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 ...
  2. Prime Time: Non-QM and the Future of Private Label MBS
    Coral 2
    45 mins
    • Mortgage Credit
    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 ...
  3. New Lenders on the Block: Specialty Finance and the New Lending Ecosystem
    Coral 3
    45 mins
    • Asset-Backed
    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 ...
12:00
  1. From Ramp to Reset: Managing the CLO Lifecycle
    Coral 1
    45 mins
    • CLOs & Fund Finance
    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 ...
  2. Home is Where the Equity Is: Unlocking Opportunity through Second-Lien Solutions
    Coral 2
    45 mins
    • Mortgage Credit
    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, ...
  3. Stranger Things, Serious Capital: The Institutionalisation of Esoteric Assets
    Coral 3
    45 mins
    • Asset-Backed
    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 ...
12:30
  1. LUNCH BREAK
    Luster & Coastal
    90 mins
    • Networking
14:00
  1. Highway to Hedge: Beyond Corporate Credit to Infrastructure & Project Finance
    Coral 1
    45 mins
    • CLOs & Fund Finance
    Exploring the rise of infrastructure and project finance CLOs, including portfolio construction, underwriting considerations, structural features, and investor demand. Examining opportunities across p ...
  2. No Place Like Home: SFR and the Build-to-Rent Housing Economy
    Coral 2
    45 mins
    • Mortgage Credit
    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 ...
  3. Main Street Meets Wall Street: Financing SMEs Through Capital Markets
    Coral 3
    45 mins
    • Asset-Backed
    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 ...
14:45
  1. The ETF Effect: CLO Technology and the Next Wave of Innovation
    Coral 1
    45 mins
    • CLOs & Fund Finance
    Examining the rise of CLO ETFs, expanding retail participation, evolving distribution models, enhanced transparency and reporting, and innovations in surveillance, analytics, and portfolio management. ...
  2. The Paperless Trail: eNotes, Data, Servicing and Next-Gen Mortgage Infrastructure
    Coral 2
    45 mins
    • Mortgage Credit
    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 ...
  3. Planes, Trains and Capital Gains: Commercial Asset Finance in Motion
    Coral 3
    45 mins
    • Asset-Backed
    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 ...
15:30
  1. Capital on the Line: NAV Lending, Subscription Lines and Hybrid Facilities
    Coral 1
    45 mins
    • CLOs & Fund Finance
    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 ...
  2. Extend and Pretend? CRE Refinancing and the CMBS Market
    Coral 2
    45 mins
    • Mortgage Credit
    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 ...
  3. Power to the People: Solar, PACE and Home Efficiency Assets
    Coral 3
    45 mins
    • Asset-Backed
    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 ...
16:15
  1. Beyond the Fund: CFOs, Rated Feeders and Capital Formation Strategies
    Coral 1
    45 mins
    • CLOs & Fund Finance
    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 ...
  2. Not Quite Stabilised: CRE CLOs and Transitional Lending
    Coral 2
    45 mins
    • Mortgage Credit
    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 ...
  3. Capital at Work: Trade Receivables, ABCP and Supply Chain Finance
    Coral 3
    45 mins
    • Asset-Backed
    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 ...
17:00
  1. ABS EAST DAY TWO CONCLUDES
    Fontainebleau
    60 mins
  2. “Esoterics” Networking Reception
    Coral Foyer
    60 mins
    • Networking
08:30
  1. DELEGATE BREAKFAST
    Luster & Coastal
    60 mins
    • Networking
09:20
  1. Technology & Innovation Summit Opening Remarks
    Coral 1
    10 mins
    • Tech & Innovation
09:30
  1. Keynote Fireside Interview: AI Revolution or Evolution
    Coral 1
    30 mins
    • Tech & Innovation
    Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from experimentation to implementation across financial markets. Exploring how AI is reshaping research, underwriting, risk management, surveillance, operatio ...
10:00
  1. Keynote Fireside Chat: Powering the AI Economy: Data Centres, Energy and Digital Capacity
    Coral 1
    30 mins
    • Tech & Innovation
    The growth of artificial intelligence is creating unprecedented demand for data centres, energy infrastructure, semiconductor capacity, and digital connectivity. Examining the physical foundations of ...
  2. Junior Leaders Forum: "The Under 30 Club"
    Dune
    150 mins
    • Networking
10:30
  1. REFRESHMENT BREAK
    Luster & Coastal
    30 mins
    • Networking
11:00
  1. The New Alpha? Analytics, Surveillance and Decision Intelligence
    Coral 1
    40 mins
    • Tech & Innovation
    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, ...
11:40
  1. On-Chain Securitisation: From Pipe Dream to Institutionalisation?
    Coral 1
    40 mins
    • Tech & Innovation
    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 ...
12:20
  1. Building Tomorrow's Markets: Settlement, Custody and Digital Capital Formation
    Coral 1
    40 mins
    • Tech & Innovation
    As financial markets become increasingly digital, the infrastructure underpinning settlement, custody, identity, onboarding, and capital formation is being reimagined. Exploring how emerging technolog ...
13:00
  1. ABS EAST 2025 CONCLUDES
    Fontainebleau
    1 mins

 

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