Speakers

Elana Lipchak is a Director on the ABS strategy team at BofA Global Research. Her research includes credit, prepayment, structure, and relative value analysis for various sectors in the ABS market. Elana also leads Sustainability Research for US securitized products, covering environmental, social and governance themes for US ABS, MBS, CMBS, and CLOs. Areas of focus include the green transition, climate risk analysis for real estate, and the exploration of social themes with respect to equitable access to homeownership and affordable housing.

Elana joined Bank of America in 2011 and has been covering both consumer and commercial ABS since 2015. She launched coverage of Sustainability for Securitized Products in 2021. She has bachelor’s degrees in Finance and International Studies from the Pennsylvania State University and is a CFA charterholder.