December 3-4, 2026
Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach, Dana Point, CA
Connecting Leaders Across ABS, Fintech, and Private Credit
Opal Group is proud to present the ABS & Fintech Specialty Finance Forum, set against the backdrop of Dana Point, California—an ideal setting for high-level discussion, strategic networking, and forward-looking insight.
This premier forum brings together investors, issuers, platforms, underwriters, banks, rating agencies, legal and accounting professionals, and other key industry participants to explore the most critical trends shaping today’s ABS & specialty finance landscape.
This is a must-attend event for professionals looking to stay ahead of rapid market evolution. Attendees will gain actionable insights from industry leaders on maximizing investment returns, mitigating risk, navigating market volatility, and capitalizing on emerging opportunities across ABS, fintech, and private credit. In addition, expert panels will examine the disruptive impact of AI and how innovation is reshaping the future of structured finance.
With a highly targeted audience, timely content, and meaningful networking opportunities, the ABS & Fintech Specialty Finance Forum offers unmatched value for decision-makers seeking clarity, connection, and competitive advantage in an evolving market.
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The Capital One Financial Institutions Group develops innovative credit and financial solutions to clients in the financial sector, including asset managers, commercial and consumer finance companies and captive finance affiliates. We provide financing for a range of asset classes, from asset-based lending and factoring to secured business credit, leveraged lending, consumer finance, residential mortgage finance and more.
Our capabilities extend beyond lending, to provide a full range of customized banking, treasury management and corporate card services to help alternative lenders manage their cash, credit, liquidity and other assets more efficiently and effectively. And our specialists have the experience and skill to structure tailored solutions for securitization, equity underwriting and corporate bond offerings. We can also leverage the capital markets to structure financing and hedging solutions through public finance, derivatives, foreign exchange and loan syndications.
Capital One offers a combination of seasoned expertise, the balance sheet strength of a top 10 U.S. bank and a commitment to offering the financing solution that’s right for our clients’ needs.
Banking products and services are offered by Capital One, N.A., Member FDIC. Securities products and services are offered through Capital One Securities, Inc., a non-bank affiliate of Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corporation and member of FINRA/SIPC. Securities products and services offered or recommended are not insured by the FDIC, not bank guaranteed, not a deposit or obligation of Capital One, and may lose value.
Mayer Brown is a distinctively global law firm, uniquely positioned to advise the world's leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex deals and disputes. With more than 100 structured finance lawyers in offices across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, we have one of the largest structured finance practices in the world and are market leaders in innovation and insight. Mayer Brown has maintained an active and varied CLO and CDO practice for over twenty years—since our work on the groundbreaking FRENDS transaction (a CLO of highly leveraged bank loans). Our practice covers arbitrage and balance sheet, cash flow and market value, and funded and synthetic CLOs, CBOs and CDOs, with underlying collateral pools ranging from bank loans, high-yield bonds, asset-backed securities, mort¬gage-backed securities, trust preferred, and similar securities, to distressed debt, emerging market debt and project finance debt. We represent sponsors, arrangers, collateral managers, investors, trustees and rating agencies and are frequently engaged as overall transaction counsel. This breadth of experience provides valuable information regarding market custom and practice, including insights as to appropriate compromises among various parties-in-interest. Our broad client base also enables us to leverage the firm’s technical legal capabilities at the vanguard of market developments, including in the context of repackaging transactions, warehousing, and risk retention and related financing (whether under EU regulations or, in the case of middle market or other non-“open market” CLOs, US regulations). Mayer Brown is a distinctively global law firm, uniquely positioned to advise the world's leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex deals and disputes. With more than 100 structured finance lawyers in offices across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, we have one of the largest structured finance practices in the world and are market leaders in innovation and insight. Mayer Brown has maintained an active and varied CLO and CDO practice for over twenty years—since our work on the groundbreaking FRENDS transaction (a CLO of highly leveraged bank loans). Our practice covers arbitrage and balance sheet, cash flow and market value, and funded and synthetic CLOs, CBOs and CDOs, with underlying collateral pools ranging from bank loans, high-yield bonds, asset-backed securities, mort¬gage-backed securities, trust preferred, and similar securities, to distressed debt, emerging market debt and project finance debt. We represent sponsors, arrangers, collateral managers, investors, trustees and rating agencies and are frequently engaged as overall transaction counsel. This breadth of experience provides valuable information regarding market custom and practice, including insights as to appropriate compromises among various parties-in-interest. Our broad client base also enables us to leverage the firm’s technical legal capabilities at the vanguard of market developments, including in the context of repackaging transactions, warehousing, and risk retention and related financing (whether under EU regulations or, in the case of middle market or other non-“open market” CLOs, US regulations).
Dechert is the law firm that helps business leaders lead.
For more than 150 years, we have advised clients on critical issues – from high-stakes litigation to first-in-market transaction structures and complex regulatory matters. Our nearly 1,000 lawyers in commercial centers worldwide are immersed in the key sectors we serve – financial services, private capital, real estate, life sciences and technology.
Dechert delivers unwavering partnership so our clients can achieve unprecedented results.
DLA Piper is a global law firm located in more than 30 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, positioning us to help companies with their legal needs anywhere in the world. Members of the DLA Piper CLO team are at the forefront of developing CLOs for the US and European markets. We work closely with arrangers and collateral managers to develop structures and solutions that address a variety of U.S. and European regulatory issues applicable to CLO. DLA Piper lawyers also have substantial experience advising buyers and sellers of CLO platforms.
Goal Solutions is an innovative financial services company delivering comprehensive and customizable Primary and Backup Servicing, Asset Management, and SPV Administration solutions. Driven by technology, data science, and industry expertise, Goal is a strategic partner across the entire consumer finance lifecycle. Our experienced leadership team has worked collaboratively for over a decade, managing over $36B of consumer assets.
Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners, a global investment and advisory firm. Guggenheim Securities offers services that fall into four broad categories: Advisory, Financing, Sales and Trading, and Research. Guggenheim Securities is headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Houston. For more information, visit
Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary, and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective, and insights we provide help investors to make important credit judgments with confidence.
Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is comprised of: Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research; Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of credit market data, analytical tools and risk services; Fitch Learning, a preeminent training and professional development firm; and Sustainable Fitch, the first global ESG Ratings solution for all asset classes at an entity and instrument level.
With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.
For additional information, please visit fitchratings.com.
Jefferies (NYSE: JEF) is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research and wealth and asset management services. With more than 47 offices in 21 countries around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies and governments.
Since its founding in 2006, Kapitus has worked closely with growing small businesses to deliver fast and accessible financing solutions that meet their specific capital needs. By combining direct lending and factoring products with the curation of a trusted network of financing partners, Kapitus has helped over 50,000 small businesses obtain the capital they need to grow.
Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (KBRA) is a global full-service rating agency with a mission to set a standard of excellence and integrity. Established in 2010, KBRA remains dedicated to the restoration of trust in credit ratings by creating new standards for assessing risk and offering timely and transparent ratings.
At KBRA, we value new ideas and are wary of conventional thinking that stifles innovation. Collaboration across our teams is key to our success. We also strive to provide products and tools put forth by our KBRA Analytics group to assist the market in making more informed decisions.
KPMG is one of the leading professional services firms in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, and the British Virgin Islands. We operate as one-firm across our jurisdictions, with over 450 employees and 34 partners representing over 40 nationalities and cultures delivering audit, tax, and advisory services to our clients worldwide. We help our clients assess their options, design effective processes, identify and manage risks and develop appropriate governance models; all based on their individual business requirements. Inspiring confidence in the world around us and delivering the innovative solutions our clients need are at the heart of our business.
For more than 115 years, Moody’s Ratings has been a leading provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis helping businesses, governments, and other entities around the globe to anticipate, adapt and thrive in this era of exponential risk.
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Turbine Finance is a liquidity platform working to unlock more than $14 trillion in capital currently stored in LP and GP positions globally. Founded by venture investors and venture bankers who have directly experienced the challenges of inaccessible capital, the company partners with investment firms to provide on-demand liquidity for LPs and GPs.
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Garnet Capital, an FDIC registered MWOB, was founded in 2004 by industry veterans Robin Ishmael, Lou DiPalma and Sean McVity. The Principals have 50 years combined experience in the loan-sales industry, and have managed the sale of over $200 billion of financial assets in 1000+ client transactions. Garnet Capital provides career-length expertise and intensive, cradle-to-grave advisory services across the full range of asset types and performance categories.
Garnet Capital has offices in New York, Atlanta,Houston and Minneapolis. Internationally, Garnet is active in Latin America through its Garnet Las Américas division, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Bel Air Law Firm, P.C. is a premiere boutique corporate law firm representing entrepreneurs, high net-worth individuals, family offices, privately held and public companies, investment advisors and FDIC-insured financial institutions in a wide array of commercial transactions. Specialty Finance is our bread and butter. We regularly represent (i) fintech companies and other non-bank originators of financial products and (ii) private equity firms, hedge funds and other financial institutions providing capital to such originators. We have extensive experience structuring and negotiating asset-based loan facilities (a.k.a. "warehouse lines") collateralized by pools of homogenous or semi-homogenous collateral assets such as small business loans, factored receivables and merchant cash advances, consumer loans, auto warranty contracts, patents and licensing rights, mortgage loans and SFR properties, non-performing loans, microloans in emerging markets, and structured settlements.
National Loan Exchange, Inc. ("NLEX") is the most experienced loan sale advisor of charged-off consumer asset portfolios in the United States and Canada. NLEX has completed consecutive multiple monthly sales for 30 years and conducted the first sale of charge-offs for most of the leading debt issuers and banks. Beginning in the 1980's, NLEX's parent company created a market for distressed financial assets, conducting the first public sale of charged-off credit cards in 1989. Today, NLEX represents leading Fintech lenders, banks, credit unions, credit card issuers, automobile lenders, BNPL and other niche creditors. NLEX has closed over $200 billion face value of non-performing and charged-off financial assets.
Nearwater Capital is a specialty finance company that is focused on one thing; providing financing to Sponsors for Risk Retention interests. Nearwater has a unique understanding of both the Dodd-Frank Sponsor requirements and structured asset finance.
Goal Solutions is an innovative financial services company delivering comprehensive and customizable Primary and Backup Servicing, Asset Management, and SPV Administration solutions. Driven by technology, data science, and industry expertise, Goal is a strategic partner across the entire consumer finance lifecycle. Our experienced leadership team has worked collaboratively for over a decade, managing over $36B of consumer assets.
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