Event CLO Symposium
CLO Symposium 2025
The Creditflux CLO Symposium will be held at the Nobu Hotel, London on 14-15 May 2025
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Day 1
13.00
Networking lunch
14.00
Opening remarks
Evis Progonati, deputy managing editor, Debtwire ABS
14.15
Keynote interview
The global ABS market outlook
With banks returning to securitisation as central bank funding is withdrawn, the growth potential is the strongest in years. This interview will provide a definitive analysis of the global asset-backed securities market landscape.
Speaker: Phil Aldis, Apollo
14.45
Opening panel
Structured finance evolution
With banks returning to securitisation as central bank funding is withdrawn, the growth potential is the strongest in years. This interview will provide a definitive analysis of the global asset-backed securities market landscape.
Speaker: Phil Aldis, Apollo
15.30
Coffee break
16.00
Panel
Transforming capital risk profiles through SRT
Synthetic risk transfer (SRT) volumes have been rising steadily with double-digit growth recorded year-on-year. Panellists will discuss what was previously a peripheral strategy, but is now central to modern bank capital management.
Speaker: Moritz Ruhdorfer, ArrowMark Partners
16.45
Fireside chat
New frontiers in CMBS
European commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) issuance grew strongly year-on-year in 2024, but remains low in absolute terms at EUR 3.5bn, and is reliant on a handful of sponsors. This chat will map the emerging frontiers and secular changes in the CMBS market as global real estate begins to emerge from its slump.
Speaker: Cédric Vallin, Hemisphere Capital
17.15
Networking drinks
Day 2
9.00
Chair’s opening remarks
Lisa Lee, managing editor, Creditflux
9.15
Keynote interview
Navigating the 2025 CLO landscape
An in-depth discussion of the 2025 CLO landscape, featuring a CLO investor who will provide critical insights into their strategy.
9.45
Opening panel
CLO markets — global & transatlantic perspectives
With innovations in ETF structures and private credit CLOs emerging on both sides of the Atlantic, our panel explores how different regions are influencing and learning from each other.
Speakers: Jane Lee, Blackstone; Kos Vavelidis, DLA Piper; Anusha Singh, JP Morgan; Madelaine Jones, Oaktree Capital; Dushy Puvan, BNP Paribas; Chris Porter, S&P Global Ratings
10.30
Networking break
11.00
Panel
The impact of liability management exercises
With sponsor-led LMEs and complex restructuring solutions becoming more frequent, understanding their impact on CLO portfolios is crucial. How are CLO managers adapting their strategies to cope?
Speakers: Young Choi, Rockford Tower; Bhavin Patel, Redding Ridge Europe; Brian Nolan, PGIM; Lin Chang, Elmwood Asset Management; Sushila Nayak, Orrick
11.45
Fireside chat
Trader talk — markets in motion
After a transformative year in European CLO markets marked by record issuance and innovations in ETF and private credit CLOs, we bring together leading trading desk heads to share their insights.
Speakers: Shawn Cooper, Orchard Capital; Peter Polanskyj, Obra Capital; Mark Shohet, RBC Global Asset Management; Magi Stamatova, Bank of America
12.15
Panel
European CLO outlook — investor roundtable
With the return of CLO arbitrage and increasing interconnections between structured products, this roundtable brings together experienced portfolio managers to explore the evolving dynamics.
Speakers: David Altenhofen, Accunia; Colin Behar, USS; Luis Leon Carsi, Jefferies; Elena Rinaldi, TwentyFour Asset Management; Harry Choulilitsas, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking; Cameron Saylor, Paul Hastings
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Panel
Middle market CLOs — from niche to mainstream
As private credit continues its rapid expansion and institutionalisation, middle-market CLOs have evolved from an alternative strategy to an established market segment. With 2024 seeing the first ever middle-market CLO in Europe and rapid growth in the US, this panel brings together leading practitioners to examine this maturing market.
Speakers: Daniel Tobias, Cadwalader; Christopher Terry, AB Private Credit Investors; Aaron Scott, Dechert; Alan George, Golub Capital; Brendan Condon, Deutsche Bank
14.45
On-stage interview
An LP’s CLO allocation strategy
This fireside chat explores how institutional investors are adapting their allocation strategies in 2025.
15.15
Networking break
15.45
Panel
Searching for returns — liquidity outlook
CLO managers and investors are continually adapting their strategies to optimise returns while maintaining appropriate liquidity profiles. This session brings together leading investors and CLO managers to examine how different approaches to portfolio construction, liability management and secondary market opportunities can enhance returns.
Speakers: Chris McGarry, Mayer Brown; Jim Stehli, Polen Capital; Matthew Layton, Pearl Diver Capital
16.30
Case studies
What would investors do?
In this interactive session, leading CLO investors analyse three hypothetical scenarios, sharing their decision-making processes and revealing how they would approach complex investments.
Speaker: Serhan Secmen, Napier Park
17.15
Networking drinks
Trader talk — markets in motion
After a transformative year in European CLO markets marked by record issuance and innovations in ETF and private credit CLOs, we bring together leading trading desk heads to share their insights.
Speakers: Shawn Cooper, Orchard Capital; Peter Polanskyj, Obra Capital; Mark Shohet, RBC Global Asset Management; Magi Stamatova, Bank of America
19.00
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