08:30 Registration and morning refreshments
09:15 Chairperson’s opening remarks
09:30 Scaling Up: Analysing the potential impact of securitisation on the European marketplace lending sphere
- Assessing the post-Brexit environment for European ABS issuance
- Is the securitisation of marketplace lending in Europe set to take off following this year’s pioneering deal?
- Can securitisation be the fuel behind the continued growth of this industry?
- Should there be investor concern around marketplace loan backed securities?
- Alexander Batchvarov, Head of International Structured Finance Research, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
10:00 Mapping Insikt's experiences of marketplace securitisation in the US: How have turbulent ABS and peer-to-peer climates been weathered up until now?
- James Gutierrez, CEO & Co-Founder, Insikt
10:45 Morning refreshments and networking break
11:30 Scrutinising the pipeline: Identifying areas of opportunity for further marketplace securitisations in Europe
- How many European platforms are capable of achieving the critical scale needed for securitisation? What is this critical scale?
- Assessing the pipeline for future deals: What is the appetite amongst P2P investors for further securitisation of their portfolios?
- What is the predicted impact of Brexit on marketplace lending and the pipeline for securitisation?
- Which types of marketplace originated asset classes are the most conducive to securitisation?
- Jonathan Kramer, Sales Director, Zopa
- Patrick de Nonneville, Chief Operating Officer, Lendix
- Cedric Teissier, Founder & CEO, Finexkap
- Jean-Benoit Gambet, Partner, Eiffel Investment Group
- John Goodall, Co-Founder & CEO, Landbay
- Rupert Taylor, Founder, AltFi - moderator
12:30 Partnering with CrossLend: Securitisation and lending reinvented
- Philip Niemeyer, Country Manager, Netherlands, CrossLend GmbH
13:00 Lunch
14:30 How high will they go? Discussing the role of ratings and rating agencies in marketplace securitisation
- What is critical content for the rating agencies when rating these securitisations?
- How crucial is the rating of securitisations in attracting investor interest?
- How do agencies adjudge the credit assessment capabilities of marketplace lenders?
- What type of loan portfolio is most likely to gain the highest ratings?
- How has Brexit affected the creditworthiness of marketplace lenders, their loans, and the ABS market?
- Monica Curti, VP - Senior Credit Officer, Structured Finance Group, Moody’s
15:00 Gauging securitisation’s capacity to bring new investor capital to marketplace lending
- Will securitisation facilitate pension and insurance fund investment in the peer-to-peer market?
- What returns do investors require before market entry becomes viable?
- How can investor hang-ups around the risks attached to marketplace lending be allayed?
- Assessing the impact of Brexit on the ABS market
- What are anticipated levels of investor interest in marketplace securitisations going forwards?
- How can risk-security from the likes of the EIF persuade institutional investors to get involved in marketplace securitisations?
- Matthew O'Sullivan, Head of Commercial Securitisation Credit Research – ABS, Fixed Income, M&G Investments
- Daniela Francovicchio, Senior Structured Finance Manager, Guarantees & Securitisation, European Investment Fund
- Mikkel Velin, Partner, High Yield Portfolio Manager, Rogge Global Partners
- Michael Husemann, Senior Investment Analyst, The Prytania Group
- Vidur Gupta, Director, Capital Markets, Future Finance
- Philipp Becker, Senior manager, Asset Management, KfW Bankengruppe
- Julian Craughan, Partner, Hogan Lovells - moderator
16:00 Afternoon refreshments and networking break
16:30 Regulators and marketplace lending: Treading the fine line between market competitiveness and investor protection
- What is the appetite amongst the marketplace lending community for further regulation in the market?
- To what extent are concerns arising around P2P in the US transferrable to the European market?
- How is the FCA ensuring security in P2P lending without stifling the market’s growth?
- Is there need for new measures be implemented to ensure market stability following the emergence of European marketplace securitisations?
- Does the need for platforms to maintain investor trust and reputation provide sufficient ‘skin in the game’ in marketplace loan securitisation? Or is concrete, financial contribution necessary?
- Stuart Law, CEO, Assetz Capital
- Joanne Cleary, Risk Specialist - Investment, Wholesale & Specialist Supervision Division, FCA
- Simon Pearse, Head of Compliance, RateSetter
- Emily Reid, Partner, Hogan Lovells
- Jay Tikam, Managing Director, Vedanvi Ltd. - moderator
17:15 Exploring the proliferation of other non-bank lending business models and the relative importance of securitisation
- With marketplace loan backed deals slow in coming to the fore, is securitisation more active elsewhere in the alternative lending universe?
- How are partnerships between non-bank platforms and investing institutions being used to benefit both parties?
- Are partnerships like this more conducive to securitisation than typical investor/peer-to-peer platform relationships?
- Olivier Defaux, Managing Director, BlackRock
- Daniel Heine, Managing Director, Private Debt, Patrimonium Asset Management AG
- Fergal McGrath, CEO & Executive Director, Dilosk
- Sean Daly, CEO & Chairman, CMIS Group
- Rory McHugh, Head of Specialist Lenders & FinTech Solutions, RBS – moderator
18:00 Chairperson’s closing remarks, followed by cocktail reception and close of conference