Convene Sancroft, St Paul's, Rose Street, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DQ
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Our Loan Markets Conference, where the EMEA loan markets meet, is returning to Convene Sancroft in London on Tuesday, 29 September 2026.
Under the theme of Shaping Markets Then & Now, this flagship event will bring together leading voices from across the loan markets to shed light on 30 years of progress, collaboration and innovation.
We are honoured to be joined by Lt Gen Sir Tom Copinger-Symes KCB CBE, Lieutenant General and Deputy Commander of Cyber & Specialist Operations Command, who will deliver a keynote address that promise to challenge thinking and inspire fresh perspectives.
Registration will open at 08:00 alongside a networking breakfast, and the conference will commence promptly at 09:00. The sessions will conclude at 17:30 and will be followed by a drinks reception open to all attendees, speakers, and sponsors ending at 19:30.
The full agenda will be announced in due course.
How to Register:
This event is free of charge, and open to LMA members and selected non-members by invite only.
LMA members will first need to have logged on using their individual username and password in order to register. If you do not have a username and password, click here to create one. If you have forgotten your password, click here.
Invited non-members will need to follow the link provided in their invitation email to register, or contact registration.lmaevents@lma.eu.com to request a new link.
Please note: Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to member quotas, which vary by event depending on popularity and venue capacity. This is to ensure we give all member organisations the opportunity to be represented at the event.
Quotas for this event are as follows:
Full members: 8 places
Associate members: 6 places
Registration will close on 18 September 2026 at 17:00 pm (UK time). Registration will no longer be accepted after this time. Registration may close earlier should the event fill up before then.
Cancellation Policy:
This is an extremely popular event which attracts a long waiting list. You can cancel your attendance by 17:00 pm (UK time) on 25 September 2026 by emailing registration.lmaevents@lma.eu.com. Failure to notify us or cancelling after this date, will result in your place being forfeited at the conference next year.
Sponsorship Opportunities:
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event. Should you wish to sponsor the event and, alongside other sponsors, increase your brand’s visibility among market decision-makers, please contact sponsorship@lma.eu.com.
Press Policy:
Speakers and attendees should note that media representatives may be in attendance. However, no coverage will be published without prior consent and approval.
Media representatives should review the LMA press policy carefully. If you have any questions or specific press inquiries, please contact Leyla Ghaffar-Zadeh.
By attending the conference, each representative shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree to comply with this policy.
Data Protection and Consent Notice:
By registering for this event, you consent to the collection and storage of your personal data by the Loan Market Association (LMA). For information about how we use your personal information to manage your booking and the event, please read our Privacy Notice.
Virtual attendance:
If you would prefer to attend this event remotely, you can register for virtual attendance here.
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Location: Convene Sancroft, St Paul's, Rose Street, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DQ
Chair : Naomi Jarvis, MD Head of Loan Sales - Lloyds Banking Group
Tonmoy Andalib, Managing Director, Head of Loan Syndicate, Distribution & Portfolio Management - First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC
Chris Lovgren, Managing Director - Global Head of Loan Syndicate, Sales & Trading - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
Graham Holden, Managing Director, Leveraged Finance Capital Markets - J.P. Morgan
Kim Bailes, Managing Director, Global Head Loan Sales - ING BANK
Ben Constable, Managing Director, Global Head of Non-Flow Syndication - Société Générale
10:40
Refreshment Break
11:20
Panel Discussion: Institutional Investor/Buyside
Chair : Martin Luehrs, Managing Director, Head of Global Capital Markets - Morgan Stanley Europe
Afternoon session
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12:10
Keynote
Lucy Baldwin, Global Head of Research - Citigroup Global Markets Limited
12:45
Networking Lunch
14:00
Panel Discussion: Financing of Digital Infrastructure
14:40
Panel Discussion: Risk Mitigation- MDB/IDB, insurance, blended finance and SRT
15:20
Refreshment Break
16:00
Panel Discussion: Defence Financing
16:40
Panel Discussion: Technology
17:20
Closing remarks
17:30
Networking Reception
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Managing complex debt market transactions can be challenging. At Ocorian, we specialise in easing this burden by managing fund flows and operational activities, allowing you to focus on new opportunities.
As an independent provider of loan agency, bond trustee, and SPV administration services, Nordic Trustee, an Ocorian company, ensure smooth, transparent, and collaborative transaction execution.
Nordic Trustee's expert loan agency team have decades of experience managing debt market transactions on behalf of private debt funds, private equity sponsors, banks, and insurance companies. Their expertise and loan digital platforms effortlessly manage the administration of even the most complex of loan portfolios, leaving you free to focus on the work that matters.
Our teams are strategically located in 30+ global offices with specialised expertise in diverse sectors such as transportation, infrastructure, private credit, direct lending, insurance, and securitisation. This allows us to cater to a wide range of clients on a local and global scale including private equity groups, international banks, and asset financiers.
Gold Sponsor
FIS is a financial technology company providing solutions to financial institutions and businesses. We unlock financial technology to the world across the money lifecycle underpinning the world’s financial system. Our people are dedicated to advancing the way the world pays, banks and invests, by helping our clients to confidently run, grow, and protect their businesses. Our expertise comes from decades of experience helping financial institutions and businesses of all sizes adapt to meet the needs of their customers by harnessing where reliability meets innovation in financial technology. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS is a member of the Fortune 500® and the Standard & Poor’s 500® Index. To learn more, visit FISglobal.com. Follow FIS on LinkedIn, Facebook and X.
At S&P Global Market Intelligence, we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.
S&P Global Market Intelligence is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
Independent French leader in execution services for financial transactions, Aether Tailored Financial Services was founded in 2015 by Edouard Narboux and Henri-Pierre Jeancard. Based in Paris, London, Madrid and Milan, Aether Tailored Financial Services consists of a +50 person multicultural team, who are experts in four business lines.
1. Agency services : Aether operates in the private debt and capital markets, covering all agency roles: loan agent, bond agent, administrative agent, calculation agent, security agent, etc.
2. Valuation and calculation : Aether provides valuations of all types of financial instruments and securities, from the most vanilla to the most highly structured products for recurring, specific or one-off needs.
3. Corporate and Issuer Services: Aether offers an entire range of digital solutions for administrative management of corporate actions, such as capital increase, general meetings, registrar, etc.).
4. M&A Agency: Aether manages the M&A process from deal signing through post-closing, ensuring seamless transition and expert execution.
Finastra is a global leader in financial services software, trusted by 7,000+ customers - including 40 of the world’s top 50 banks - in over 110 countries. With expertise in Lending, Payments and Universal Banking, we deliver reliable, scalable, mission-critical solutions such as Loan IQ, LaserPro, Trade Innovation, Essence, Global PAYplus, Payments To Go, and Financial Messaging. Backed by Vista Equity Partners, we co-innovate with customers to build modern technology that helps financial institutions grow with confidence. Visit www.finastra.com or follow Finastra on LinkedIn.
Founded in 2006, Centralis is a leading global alternative asset and corporate services provider. Headquartered in Luxembourg with offices across 13 jurisdictions globally. Centralis employs over 600 highly experienced and qualified professionals.
We specialise in providing a wide range of capital markets and business support services to funds and corporates including loan agency/administration, fund admin/accounting, corporate, real estate, treasury, compliance & regulatory reporting.
True to our heritage of bringing simplicity, efficiency and expertise to complex financial transactions, the SRS Acquiom Loan Agency Team brings decades of combined experience in providing unbiased, independent, third-party loan agency services for thousands of complex credit agreements. Our team of respected industry veterans provides Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Sub-Agent, and Successor Agent services on syndicated and bilateral loans, new originations and successor appointments, first and second lien facilities, distressed and restructuring facilities, and DIP Loans.
Versana is an industry-backed enterprise data and technology company transforming the syndicated loan and private credit markets. By digitally capturing agent banks corporate loan data on a real-time basis, Versana provides unprecedented transparency into global loan level details and lender portfolio positions, bringing efficiency and velocity to the entire asset class. Through its centralized platform, participants can rest assured they are accessing the loan markets most credible source of deal information. With the support of its investors, Versana is fast becoming the technology of choice to usher in the long-awaited modernization of the corporate loan market.
Kroll’s Agency and Trustee Services practice is the leading provider of conflict free, flexible, and highly efficient agency and trustee services to the global loan and bond markets.
As the leading independent provider of risk and financial advisory solutions, Kroll leverages our unique insights, data and technology to help clients stay ahead of complex demands. Kroll’s team of more than 6,500 professionals worldwide continues the firm’s nearly 100-year history of trusted expertise spanning risk, governance, transactions and valuation. Our advanced solutions and intelligence provide clients the foresight they need to create an enduring competitive advantage. At Kroll, our values define who we are and how we partner with clients and communities.
Clarilis is the combination of an intelligent drafting platform, designed to handle complex automation, and a lawyer-led managed service. Clarilis delivers transformational outcomes for law firms and leading organisations globally, enabling them to improve margin, increase capacity, provide superior client service, aid recruitment and retention, and mitigate risk.
Clarilis is trusted by transactional lawyers to draft complex finance documentation, such as facilities agreements and legal opinions. Delivered as a complete solution, Clarilis ensures every automation project is completed on time, every time, and at a fixed fee.
Clarilis AI Draft integrates generative AI into the Clarilis platform, focusing on augmenting - not replacing - traditional document automation. This approach recognises that deterministic, template-based automation remains the gold standard for legal drafting, however, there are instances where generative AI can enhance this process – to cover less common scenarios and novel, deal-specific drafting.
GLAS is the leading independent debt administration and trustee services provider. Founded in 2011, GLAS offers a wide range of bespoke administration services underpinned by market-leading technology specifically for the debt market. GLAS has a proven track record in working with some of the world's biggest companies on some of the market's most complex and high-profile transactions.
GLAS has over $500bn of assets under administration on a daily basis and over 400 employees around the world. GLAS' global presence spans across thirteen cities, nine countries and four continents.
IQ-EQis a global, top-tier investor services group with an unrivalled offering to meet the administration, compliance and reporting needs of the private markets investment sector worldwide.
Our people-first, technology-powered services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to sustainability and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts.
Through targeted tech investment, we strive to meet our clients’ needs today and into the future – whether that means seamlessly integrating leading third-party software or developing a market-defining platform to deliver exactly what our clients are looking for.
Above all, what makes us different is our people. Operating as trusted partners to our clients,we deliver intelligent solutions through a combination of well-honed technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep understanding. We’re driven by our Group purpose, to power people and possibilities.
We employ 6,500+ people across 24 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$857 billion. Our global client base includes fund managers, pension and sovereign wealth funds, family offices and multinational companies, and we work with 13 of the world’s top 15 private equity firms* and 19 of the top 25 private debt firms.
Private credit and syndicated loans have outgrown the infrastructure they run on. LendOS is a purpose-built loan management platform covering the full lifecycle — position tracking, trade management, accruals, agent interaction, and settlement — within a single operating layer built for seamless integration.
Private credit isn't standardized. Deals are bespoke, structures vary, and portfolios are actively managed. LendOS is designed for that complexity, with dynamic workflows and real-time coordination across all participants. A privacy-by-design architecture ensures every party sees exactly what they need — nothing more, nothing less.
Modular and API-first, LendOS integrates on your terms. No legacy constraints. Infrastructure that adapts as the market does.
With decades of experience in the UK and European markets, Wilmington Trust is known for excellent operational performance, accuracy, integrity, and client service in every transaction. Due to our non-creditor role, we act as an independent, neutral, and impartial agent, making us the go-to provider for Successor Agency services in conflict situations. We are proud to be part of the M&T Bank family. M&T Bank is widely viewed as a financially sound and successful company within the U.S. financial services industry.
