Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 9.00 am to 5.20 pm, followed by networking drinks
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Our 17th annual Loan Markets Conference will be held on 17 September in London at the QEII Conference Centre.
Registration is now open to all LMA members and is free of charge.
Further Together
The theme of this year’s conference is Further Together. Over the past year, the market has witnessed significant growth in private credit, which has emerged as a vital source of funding for issuers and yield for investors. This structural shift has been accompanied by an increase in sustainable and transition finance initiatives, reflecting the market’s response to global environmental priorities. The loan markets have also seen a shift from being predominantly bank-led to featuring a broader distribution of risk among institutional investors. This diversification has been supported by a rise in risk insurance, enhancing both the security and attractiveness of the market for various participants.
This conference, the flagship event for the loan markets in EMEA, provides the perfect forum to reflect on these developments and exchange insights and lessons learned.
Why Attend?
This conference is by far the largest in the industry, offering unrivalled opportunities to network for senior decision-makers.
Our goal is to collectively shape the future of the industry, leveraging the expertise and perspectives of our diverse membership. Your participation is essential as we navigate these exciting developments and continue to drive innovation and resilience across the loan markets.
Delegate places will be in high demand so please register now to secure your place.
Target Audience
This conference is for all our members around the world and is aimed at senior management, key decision makers, heads of departments and experienced industry practitioners.
How to Register
Members will first need to have logged on using their individual username and password in order to register.
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This event is free of charge and for LMA members, and selected non-members by invite only.
Breakouts
The afternoon agenda will consist of two breakouts. Please refer to the agenda tab on this page to find out more about the topics that will be discussed in each breakout. You will then need to register for your preferred breakout by clicking the relevant Book now button below.
If you wish to swap breakouts, please email registration.lmaconference@lma.eu.com by 5:00 pm (UK time) on 13 September and we will try to accommodate depending on capacity. After this date, you will no longer be able to swap breakouts and will be required to attend the one you are booked for on the day.
If you registered for a VIP place before 17 July, you do not need to choose a breakout in advance. You will be able to choose which sessions you attend on the day.
Cancellation Policy
This is an extremely popular event which attracts a long waiting list. You can cancel your attendance by 5.00 pm (UK time) on 13 September 2024, emailing registration.lmaconference@lma.eu.com. Failure to notify us or cancelling after this date, will result in your place being forfeited at the conference next year.
Swapping from in-person to virtual attendance
If you can no longer attend in person and would like to book a virtual place instead, you must notify us in writing at registration.lmaconference@lma.eu.com before you proceed to booking your virtual place via the website. If you fail to notify us that you no longer need you in-person place, the cancellation policy mentioned above will apply.
Morning + Breakout 1 (in-person)
The in-person registration is now closed
Duration: 17 September 2024, 9.00 am to 5.20 pm,
followed by networking drinks
Location: Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary,
London, SW1P 3EE
Bradley Hope, Bestselling author and co-founder of Project Brazen
09:50
Head of Loans Panel - view from the syndicate
Current trends and view of 2025
M&A: Expectations for 2025, impact on current and new loan markets (issuance, refinance, pricing)
Chair : Charlotte Conlan, Vice Chair, Global Leveraged Finance - BNP Paribas SA
Paul Gibbs, Head of UK, Europe and MEA Debt Financing & Capital Markets - Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Reinhard Haas, Global Head of Syndicated Finance - Commerzbank AG
Tim Spray, Global Head of LAF Syndicate - HSBC Bank Plc
Jeremy Selway, Managing Director - Deutsche Bank AG
09:50
Head of Loans Panel - view from the syndicate
Current trends and view of 2025
M&A: Expectations for 2025, impact on current and new loan markets (issuance, refinance, pricing)
Chair : Charlotte Conlan, Vice Chair, Global Leveraged Finance - BNP Paribas SA
Paul Gibbs, Head of UK, Europe and MEA Debt Financing & Capital Markets - Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Reinhard Haas, Global Head of Syndicated Finance - Commerzbank AG
Tim Spray, Global Head of LAF Syndicate - HSBC Bank Plc
Jeremy Selway, Managing Director - Deutsche Bank AG
10:40
Refreshment Break
10:40
Refreshment Break
11:20
Leveraged Finance
Public and private markets
Fundraising, asset allocation and value
Chair : Martin Luehrs, Head of Global Capital Markets - Morgan Stanley Europe SE
Madelaine Jones, Managing Director - Oaktree Capital Management (UK) LLP
Sebastian Potocean, Managing Director - Barings UK Ltd
Jakob Vonkalckreuth, Portfolio Manager - UBS
11:20
Leveraged Finance
Public and private markets
Fundraising, asset allocation and value
Chair : Martin Luehrs, Head of Global Capital Markets - Morgan Stanley Europe SE
Madelaine Jones, Managing Director - Oaktree Capital Management (UK) LLP
Sebastian Potocean, Managing Director - Barings UK Ltd
Jakob Vonkalckreuth, Portfolio Manager - UBS
12:00
Lender on Lender Violence
Where are potential conflicts arising from cov lite or no cov lending across lender groups, security packages, and borrower ability to transfer assets and carry out LME’s
Lewis Grimm, Partner - Jones Day
Christopher Kandel, Partner - McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP
Roger Lawrence, Executive Director - Alcentra
12:00
Lender on Lender Violence
Where are potential conflicts arising from cov lite or no cov lending across lender groups, security packages, and borrower ability to transfer assets and carry out LME’s
Lewis Grimm, Partner - Jones Day
Christopher Kandel, Partner - McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP
Roger Lawrence, Executive Director - Alcentra
12:45
Lunch
12:45
Lunch
Afternoon session
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14:00
Breakout 1 - Middle East and Africa Loan Markets - what about us?
Chair : Andrew Mason, Managing Director - Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Miranda Abraham, Head of Loan Syndications - Rand Merchant Bank
Zaryaan Ahmed, Head of EMEA Structured Loan Syndicate & Distribution - First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC
Francisco Mojica, Investment Director - Acre Impact Capital
Dean Tyler, Chief Business Officer & Head of Global Markets - Banctrust Investment Bank Limited
14:00
Breakout 1 - Middle East and Africa Loan Markets - what about us?
Chair : Andrew Mason, Managing Director - Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Miranda Abraham, Head of Loan Syndications - Rand Merchant Bank
Zaryaan Ahmed, Head of EMEA Structured Loan Syndicate & Distribution - First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC
Francisco Mojica, Investment Director - Acre Impact Capital
Dean Tyler, Chief Business Officer & Head of Global Markets - Banctrust Investment Bank Limited
14:00
Breakout 2 - CEOs of the loan markets associations
Panel with LSTA, APLMA and LMA covering key trends in their markets – private credit, ESG, liquidity and technology
Chair : Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive - ICMA
Sean Griffin, CEO & Executive Director - LSTA
James Hogan, Chief Executive Officer - APLMA
Scott McMunn, CEO - LMA
14:00
Breakout 2 - CEOs of the loan markets associations
Panel with LSTA, APLMA and LMA covering key trends in their markets – private credit, ESG, liquidity and technology
Chair : Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive - ICMA
Sean Griffin, CEO & Executive Director - LSTA
James Hogan, Chief Executive Officer - APLMA
Scott McMunn, CEO - LMA
14:40
Breakout 1 - Trade and Commodity Finance
Trends and hurdles in efficiency of trade and commodity finance
How will tech change financing - platforms, documentation and legal frameworks?
Clifford Chance is one of the world's pre-eminent law firms, with significant depth and range of resources across the globe. We have an expert international finance practice and act on many of the financial markets' ground-breaking deals.
We always strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, which include corporates from all the commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies and not-for-profit organisations.
As a full-service global firm, we provide clients with the highest quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm's global standards with in-depth local expertise.
FIS is the largest FinTech, leading the world in empowering institutions to unlock financial technology and advancing the way the world pays, banks and invests.
FIS provides the market leading ecosystem for origination, ratings, syndicated lending, administration and amendment processing, connecting the buy-side and the sell-side.
The FIS premier framework leverages the latest innovations from AI up to prioritizing and ensuring an optimal user experience, creating a single point of entry seamlessly integrated across the syndicated loan credit lifecycle.
The vision of FIS for the lending market is inspired in partnership with market-leading banks, transforming the future of lending Globally.
FIS is the largest FinTech, leading the world in empowering institutions to unlock financial technology and advancing the way the world pays, banks and invests.
FIS provides the market leading ecosystem for origination, ratings, syndicated lending, administration and amendment processing, connecting the buy-side and the sell-side.
The FIS premier framework leverages the latest innovations from AI up to prioritizing and ensuring an optimal user experience, creating a single point of entry seamlessly integrated across the syndicated loan credit lifecycle.
The vision of FIS for the lending market is inspired in partnership with market-leading banks, transforming the future of lending Globally.
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.
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.
At S&P Global Market Intelligence, we power the global lending markets with our comprehensive suite of Lending Solutions. Our specialized software, workflows, and world-class pricing and reference data are designed to empower and equip our customers with the tools needed to navigate complexities across public and private markets.
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.
At S&P Global Market Intelligence, we power the global lending markets with our comprehensive suite of Lending Solutions. Our specialized software, workflows, and world-class pricing and reference data are designed to empower and equip our customers with the tools needed to navigate complexities across public and private markets.
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.
Finastra is a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, and launched the leading open platform for innovation, FusionFabric.cloud, in 2017. It serves institutions of all sizes, providing award-winning software solutions and services across Lending, Payments, Treasury & Capital Markets and Universal Banking (Retail, Digital and Commercial Banking) for banks to support direct banking relationships and grow through indirect channels, such as embedded finance and Banking as a Service. Its pioneering approach and commitment to open finance and collaboration is why it is trusted by over 8,000 institutions, including 45 of the world’s top 50 banks. For more information, visit finastra.com
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 market’s 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. For more information, visit versana.io.
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 market’s 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. For more information, visit versana.io.
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. Leveraging the most advanced technology tools in the industry, our team of respected industry veterans provides Facility Agent, Security 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.
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. Leveraging the most advanced technology tools in the industry, our team of respected industry veterans provides Facility Agent, Security 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.
GLAS was established in 2011 as an independent provider of institutional debt administration services. The company was originally created to provide the market a willing participant in complex loan restructuring transactions where many large institutions are reluctant to take swift and cooperative action. It offers a wide range of administration services developed specifically for the debt market. GLAS is recognised as the premier independent, non-creditor, conflict-free provider of loan agency and bond trustee services, with excess of $390bn of assets under administration on a daily basis.
GLAS was established in 2011 as an independent provider of institutional debt administration services. The company was originally created to provide the market a willing participant in complex loan restructuring transactions where many large institutions are reluctant to take swift and cooperative action. It offers a wide range of administration services developed specifically for the debt market. GLAS is recognised as the premier independent, non-creditor, conflict-free provider of loan agency and bond trustee services, with excess of $390bn of assets under administration on a daily basis.
Driven by a deep understanding of what it takes to succeed in alternatives, Alter Domus is able to meet and anticipate the ever-changing needs of investment managers and asset owners worldwide; mitigating risks, reducing costs, creating efficiencies, and ultimately driving growth. Our fund, corporate and asset experts know first-hand the operational challenges customers face and how to overcome them. And when it comes to technology, whether we’re enabling operational efficiencies or using data and analytics to enhance decision-making, we turn what some see as facts, figures, or data points into competitive advantage for some of the biggest names in alternatives. With 5,100 professionals across more than 35 offices in 21 countries, we’re exactly where you need us to be.
CSC is a leading provider of global business administration and compliance solutions, including a comprehensive suite of administration, financial, and agency services for debt issuances, securitizations, structured finance transactions, and restructuring mandates. We have office locations and capabilities in more than 140 jurisdictions across Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, deploying experts in every market we serve. Our Global Capital Markets team has a wealth of expertise and deep institutional experience. We carefully analyze each deal and tailor services accordingly to provide bespoke solutions to our clients’ requirements.
We are the business behind business®. Learn more at cscglobal.com
We have built a leading-edge, industry-backed Loans- primary issuance , secondary trading and agency platform, joining together leading regional , global banks, and investors through a central market place and an interactive digital workflow management platform for syndicated and trade loans.
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We have built a leading-edge, industry-backed Loans- primary issuance , secondary trading and agency platform, joining together leading regional , global banks, and investors through a central market place and an interactive digital workflow management platform for syndicated and trade loans.
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vc trade, based in Frankfurt and London, is the largest and fastest-growing loan platform which serves entirely syndicated loans and SSD business. vc trade serves as the central marketplace and infrastructure for debt transactions with a financing volume already exceeding EUR 47 billion. Today, vc trade has a market share of >70% in the market for SSD / promissory notes. The value chain covers syndication, natively digital document creation and negotiation, legally binding execution, agency tasks including automated settlement, lifecycle events, calculations and preparing and surveying payments. In the past year, vc trade served more than 1.400 lenders and the leading European arrangers in the SSD and syndicated loan universe and migrated portfolios of leading SSD paying agents for digital agency operations envisaging the same for syndicated loan portfolios shortly.
vc trade, based in Frankfurt and London, is the largest and fastest-growing loan platform which serves entirely syndicated loans and SSD business. vc trade serves as the central marketplace and infrastructure for debt transactions with a financing volume already exceeding EUR 47 billion. Today, vc trade has a market share of >70% in the market for SSD / promissory notes. The value chain covers syndication, natively digital document creation and negotiation, legally binding execution, agency tasks including automated settlement, lifecycle events, calculations and preparing and surveying payments. In the past year, vc trade served more than 1.400 lenders and the leading European arrangers in the SSD and syndicated loan universe and migrated portfolios of leading SSD paying agents for digital agency operations envisaging the same for syndicated loan portfolios shortly.
