Innovations in Lending, Alternative Financing, Fintech & Private Credit Summit 2022
Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach, Dana Point, CA
December 7, 2022 - December 9, 2022
Opal Group is proud to present our Innovations in Lending, Alternative Financing, Fintech & Private Credit Summit (formerly Marketplace Lending & Alternative Financing Summit). The Summit is an educational forum designed for investors, issuers, platforms, underwriters, banks rating agencies, lawyers, service providers, accountant, and other related industry professionals. At this conference learn and network with industry leaders to gain insight on the newest techniques to maximize returns and reduce risk exposure in this growing area of marketplace lending. Explore an in-depth review of the current landscape and what's to come in addition to hearing about rating agency methodology, legal, tax and structural considerations which will provide attendees with the tools necessary to stay one step ahead of their competitors.
The conference will serve as an opportunity where a meaningful dialogue can be opened to address concerns regarding this dynamic segment of the market.
All attendees will be required to show proof of vaccination or negative COVID test.
To request our agenda, participant list and sponsors
Current as of December 1, 2022
| 7:00 am |
Golf Outing at Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Golf Links (Separate Registration is required) |
| 11:00 am |
Exhibit Set-Up / Registration |
| 1:25 pm |
Welcoming Remarks |
| 1:30 pm |
The Current State and Outlook of the Alternative Financing Market: Where is the Industry Headed?
Moderator
Howard Schickler, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Panelists
Jan Brzeski, Managing Director & CIO, Arixa Capital Advisors / Crosswind Financial Noah Cooper, EVP, Chief Investment Officer, Cross River Jian Hu, Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service Nelson Chu, Founder & CEO, Percent Brendan Carroll, Senior Partner and Co-Founder, Victory Park Capital Advisors Rana Mookherjee, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Throttle Capital LLC |
| 2:15 pm |
The Role of Technology and Data in Alternative Lending
Moderator
Christopher Smith, CFA, Partner & CFO, SER Capital Partners
Panelists
Sabrina Dukhovny, Senior Vice President, Operations, Arixa Capital Advisors / Crosswind Financial Roger Ahern, Vice President of Product Management, Experian Christina Camacho, Founder and CEO, Ivy Lender Sean-David Bos, Head Of Corporate Development, NinjaEdge (a subsidiary of NinjaHoldings) Nelson Chu, Founder & CEO, Percent Jeffrey Zinn, Managing Director, Private Credit, Vida Capital |
| 3:00 pm |
Partnerships with Banks, FinTechs, and Platforms
Moderator
Kim Gerhardt, Owner and Principal Advisor, The FinTech Interactive
Panelists
Carey Ransom, Corporate Officer/Executive, BankTech Ventures Daniel Lageman, Chief Compliance Officer, Biz2Credit Adam Goller, EVP, Head of Fintech Banking, Cross River Bank Jeffrey Rogers, President & CEO, LiftForward, Inc. Brian Korn, Partner & Co-Head of Financial Services, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Justin Bjerkaas, Founder & CEO, Micah Group David Staley, Vice President, Capital Markets, Prosper Marketplace |
| 3:45 pm |
Networking Refreshment Break |
| 4:00 pm |
Doing More With Less: Using RegTech to Optimize Your Compliance Management WorkFlow
Moderator
Chris Hilliard, CRCM, CCEP, Chief Operating, Officer, Winnow Solutions, LLC
Panelists
Kathleen Kinney, Senior Director of Business Development, ACES Quality Management Tim Lange, Chief Executive Officer, APPROVED Licensing Aman Boyd, Vice President, Chief Lending Officer, FI Connect |
| 4:45 pm |
Financial Inclusion – Serving the Underserved
Moderator
Howard Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, Cooper Family Office (SFO)
Panelists
Frank Turner, Senior Managing Partner, Celeres Capital Anthony Rose, CFO, Kapitus Andrew Seiz, VP Capital Markets and IR, Kueski Armen Meyer, Vice President, LendingClub Duane Good, Co-founder & President, Tribal Brian Elbogen, Head of Investments, Unlock |
| 5:30 pm |
Marketplace Lending in Turbulent Times
A fireside chat with
David Kimball, Chairman & CEO, Prosper Marketplace
Facilitated by
Brian Korn, Partner & Co-Head of Financial Services, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP |
| 6:00 pm |
Networking Cocktail Reception in the Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall |
| 8:45 am |
Portfolio Performance- post-pandemic and pre-recession: Hear from the Leaders in the space!
Moderator
Larry Chiavaro, President, LPC Associates
Panelists
Thomas Ervesun, CEO, Alphaeon Credit Eric Johnson, Vice President of Business Development, Carmel Solutions Matt Myers, President & CEO, Goal Solutions Fred Wang, Managing Partner, Hudson Cove Capital Management Eric Neglia, Senior Managing Director, Head of Commercial and Consumer ABS, KBRA Brian Foley, Managing Director, SVB Financial Group |
| 9:45 am |
Investor Roundtable: Current Opportunities and Risks
Moderator
Sean Egan, Co-Founder and CEO, Egan-Jones Ratings Co.
Panelists
Julian Schickel, Co-founder, Partner, Avellinia Capital Colin Kilgour, Partner, Kilgour Williams Capital Sasha Grutman, Partner, Middlemarch Partners Sean Bill, Chief Investment Officer, Prime Meridian Capital Management Jillian Murrish, CEO, Pier Asset Management |
| 10:30 am |
Investment Strategies in Specialty Finance
Moderator
Robert Enayati, Managing Attorney, Bel Air Law Firm, P.C.
Panelists
Andie Goh, Principal, Alternative Credit, Ares Management John Cocke, Partner, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Credit, Corbin Capital Partners Rob McGregor, Chief Investment Officer, Coromandel Capital Neil Brodsky, Chief Legal Officer, Vion Investments LLC |
| 11:15 am |
Networking Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 11:30 am |
Debt Sales
Moderator
Sandy MacDougall, President, CrowdTrustDeed
Panelists
Bob Deter, VP, Business Development, Crown Asset Management Brooke Teal, Vice President, Legal and Compliance, EverChain Conor Neu, co-founder, and CIO, Pier Asset Management Ricardo Diaz, Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC |
| 12:15 pm |
Networking Luncheon on the Grand Lawn
Sponsored by:
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| 1:15 pm |
Legal & Regulatory Issues – Next Wave of Regulatory Policy
Moderator
Moorari Shah, Partner, Sheppard Mullin
Panelists
Scott Pearson, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP David Kafafian, Chief Operating Officer, Stride Funding Milan Dalal, Founder and Managing Partner, Tiger Hill Partners Chris Hilliard, CRCM, CCEP, Chief Operating Officer, Winnow Solutions, LLC |
| 2:00 pm |
Small Business Lending
Moderator
Julapa Jagtiani, Senior Economic Advisor and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Panelists
Danielle Brown, Managing Partner, Altriarch Capital Management Denise Thomas, CEO, ApplePie Capital Thomas Ritchie, SVP Capital Markets and Investor Relations, Biz2X by Biz2Credit Inc. Ben Johnston, Chief Operating Officer, Kapitus Maxim Berger, Director, ABS Consumer, KBRA |
| 2:45 pm |
Consumer Lending & Payments
Moderator
Larry Chiavaro, President, LPC Associates
Panelists
Eric Johnson, Vice President of Business Development, Carmel Solutions Dave Hanrahan, Co-founder & CEO, Kredit Financial Inc. Jeffrey Rogers, President & CEO, LiftForward, Inc. Blake Lepire, Vice President, Silicon Valley Bank Manoj Verma, Co-Founder And CRO, Tabapay.Com |
| 3:30 pm |
Networking Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 3:45 pm |
Collections & Servicing
Moderator
Dhruv Vakharia, Chief Financial Officer, Vervent
Panelists
Shaun O’Neill, President and Chief Revenue Officer, Concord Rob Johnson, Head of Finance, CoOp Capital |
| 4:30 pm |
Utilizing Data, Machine Learning & AI
Moderator
Sabrina Hannam, CEO and Board Chair, Boardswell
Panelists
Faris Saah, Portfolio Manager, Exos Financial Kareem Saleh, Founder & CEO, FairPlay Sridhar Kaza, CEO, ForwardLine Financial Fotis Konstantinidis, Managing Director, Head of Digital & Data Analytics, Stout |
| 5:15 pm |
Standalone Hidden Liabilities
Presented by
Mark Friedgan, CEO, CreditNinja |
| 5:35 pm |
Networking Cocktail Reception in the Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall |
| 8:55 am |
Co-Chair Welcoming Remarks |
| 9:00 am |
Capital Markets Outlook
Moderator
Brian Korn, Partner & Co-Head of Financial Services, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Panelists
Ayaas Bhamla, Head of Capital Markets, Capchase Kipp Fawcett, Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Eric Neglia, Senior Managing Director, Head of Commercial and Consumer ABS, KBRA |
| 9:45 am |
The Future of Alternative Lending
Moderator
Christian Kameir, Managing Partner, Sustany Capital
Panelists
Tom Myers, Vice President, Business Development, Concord Ash Vaidya, Managing Partner, Sanctum Altriarch Investment Management Travis Holoway, Co-Founder & CEO, SoLo Funds Inc. |
| 10:30 am |
Student Loans
Moderator
Scott Pearson, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Panelists
Jon Riber, Senior Vice President, ABS, DBRS Morningstar Jeannie Tarkenton, Founder and CEO, Funding University Tess Michaels, Founder & CEO, Stride Funding |
| 11:15 am |
Blockchain & the Role of Crypto
Moderator
Eric Mitzel, Vice President, Intain Inc.
Panelists
Pedro Cetina, Co - Founder & Managing Partner, Addem Capital Yael Tamar, CEO & Co-founder, SolidBlock Kurt Watkins, Founder, Watkins Legal |
| 12:00 pm |
Conference Concludes |
| Standard Rate | |
|---|---|
| Investor* | $795 |
| Issuers/Platforms | $1,295 |
| Standard | $2,495 |
*Subject to Opal Group’s verification and approval.
- Platforms – US Consumer
- The Current State and Outlook of the Marketplace Lending Industry
- Legal & Regulatory Issues
- Debt Investor Roundtable
- Equity investor Roundtable
- Raising capital in the Current Environment
- Secondary Market
- The Role of Technology
- Platforms Partnering with Banks
- Reporting Requirements
- Lenders Outlook
- Small Business Lending
- Securitization
- Capital Markets Outlook
- The Future of Marketplace Lending
- Valuation Methodology
- Private Equity / Venture Capital
- Institutional Investor Platform – Large & Sophisticated
- Emerging Manager
- Platforms – US Student
- Platforms – Small Business
- Landscape of Specialty Finance Sector
- Online Lending Trends in the U.S. and Abroad
- Current Trends and the Future of Direct Middle Market Lending
- Overview, Trends and the Future of Marketplace/P2P Lending
- How Online Marketplace Lenders are altering the Specialty Finance Sector
- Overview and Trends of the European Environment for Marketplace Lending
- Crowd funding
- Subprime/Non-Prime
- Opportunities in Real Estate
- Getting prepared as a first-time securitization issuer
- The role of the broker dealer / RIA plays in marketplace platforms
- Alternative Lending
- Small Business Lending for Hedge Fund Investors
- Fraud Prevention and Authentication
- Asset Managers
- Family Offices
- Hedge Funds
- Institutional Investors
- Investment Banks
- Insurance Companies
- Issuers
- Law Firms
- VC Firms
- Online Lending/P2P Platforms
- Private Equity Firms
- Rating Agencies
- Regulators
- RIAs
- Service Providers
- Trustees
- Underwriters
- Technology Platforms
- Debt and Equity Investors
