Auto Finance News is pleased to announce that Kayvan Darouian, director of consumer ABS research at Deutsche Bank, will discuss the auto asset-backed securitization market in 2026 at the inaugural Auto Finance Capital Summit, taking place May 11-12 at JW Marriott in Nashville, Tenn. 

He will speak on “The state of auto ABS in 2026,” a keynote panel, on Monday, May 11, at 9:15 a.m. CT. 

View the full event agenda. 

Darouian has been at Deutsche Bank for 14 years. He is the lead analyst covering consumer ABS on the Securitization Research team. Prior to joiningthe bank, he spent six years at Barclays Capital. He has two decades’ financial industry experience. 

Kayvan Darouian

Scheduled to join Darouian on the panel are: 

• Michael Girard, senior director of asset-backed securities North America at Fitch Ratings;  

• Robert Machanic, vice president of capital markets and treasury at Global Lending Services; and 

• James Schofield, president and chief operating officer at Toyota Financial Savings Bank.  

The panel will discuss: 

• Subprime and prime credit bifurcation; 

• Issuer performance divergence;  

• Spread dynamics and relative value; and 

• Capital structure resilience.  

Auto Finance Capital Summit will provide an in-depth look at trends across capital markets. Attendees will tap into key information to form strategies around capital stress testing, fraud mitigation, risk-based pricing and building successful treasury risk frameworks through networking opportunities.  

Learn more about Auto Finance Capital Summit and register here.