Monday, April 19th
11:00 AM – Registration Opens
1:15 PM – Opening Remarks & Market Outlook
Presented by the Auto Finance News Editorial Team
An overview of today’s agenda and the macro, credit, vehicle-market, and funding conditions defining the auto finance capital markets in 2027.
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM – Session 1: Panel – The State of the 2027 Funding & Credit Landscape
– Issuer and servicer dispersion: where investors are finding differentiation
– Spread direction, technicals, and relative value across the capital stack
– Structural protections, extension risk, and resilience under slower-growth scenarios
2:15 PM – 3 PM – Session 2: Panel – Who Funds Auto ABS? Testing the Durability of the Investor Base
– Where is demand at banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and private entities?
– Funding beyond securitization: warehouse, whole-loan sales, forward-flow, private credit
– Identifying potential liquidity disrupters such as regulation, credit deterioration, volatility
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Networking Break
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM – Session 3: Panel – The Cost of Capital: Pricing & Structuring Warehouse Funding
– Covenants driving the cost of warehouse capital, including fees and credit spreads
– Advance rates, eligibility criteria, term vs. revolver structures, and renewal risk
– Performance-driven economics influencing pricing and lender appetite
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM – Session 4: Presentation – Changes in Assets and Deal Composition as Vehicles and Finance Products Evolve
– EV, hybrid, and ICE depreciation assumptions in loan and lease ABS v. non-securitized portfolios
– Origination, lease penetration, term length, and incentive trends shaping collateral performance by issuer type
– Importance of residual value, concentration requirements across ABS, whole loan, and private credit deals
5:00 PM Cocktail Reception & Networking Mixer
Unwind with fellow attendees and keep the conversation going over drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
Tuesday, April 20th
8:00 AM Registration Opens
8:00 – 9:00 AM Networking Breakfast
Sit with your peers, enjoy breakfast, and prepare for the second day of insights.
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM – Opening Remarks
9:05 AM – 9:35 AM Session 5: Fireside Chat
A top executive will join a one-on-one fireside chat to discuss funding dynamics and trends across structured finance, including warehouse funding and private credit.
9:35 AM -10:30 AM – Session 6: Panel – Beyond the Bond Market: Private Capital’s Burgeoning Role in Auto Finance
– Private credit as warehouse provider, forward-flow buyer, and whole-loan capital partner
– Economics of securitization versus private execution and balance-sheet funding
– Servicing, backup servicing, and control rights as capital structures become more complex
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Morning Coffee Break
Enjoy a coffee, make connections and recharge.
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Session 7: Presentation – Credit assessment: Prime, Near-Prime and Subprime Performance by Vintage
– Roll rates, cures, repossessions, and loss severity across recent vintages
– Impact of longer loan terms, higher vehicle prices, insurance costs, rates, and monthly payment pressure on collateral performance
– Student-loan, credit card and other household debt pressures as signals for auto performance
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Networking Lunch
Enjoy lunch with peers, sponsors, and speakers in a relaxed setting.
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM – Session 8: Panel – Inside the Spread: Issuer Performance, Tiering & Pricing
– Issuer tiering: the names finding tighter spreads
– Methods and models for evaluating originator pricing
– Parsing credit-rating methodologies to better assess issuer performance
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM – Session 9: Panel – Optimal Operations: Best Practices for More Effective Treasury and Funding
– Trustees and title verification after Tricolor
– Compliance guidelines
– Strategies for sound risk management in warehouse funding
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Networking Break
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM – Session 10: Panel – From Data to Decisions: AI & Automation in Automotive Structured Finance
– Using AI to monitor delinquencies, losses, recoveries, extensions, concentrations, vintage performance
– Streamlining servicer, warehouse, ABS, and borrowing-base reporting and covenant monitoring
– Applying predictive analytics and AI-driven modeling to collections, prepayments, cash-flow forecasting across different performance scenarios
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM – Closing Remarks & Next Steps
Recap of major takeaways, the signals to watch into 2028, and a look ahead to upcoming Auto Finance News events.