About DealCatalyst
DealCatalyst is a disruptor, an innovator, and a facilitator.
Our leadership team has 100+ years of experience in the financial conferencing and publishing industry.
We convene key market makers through digital and in-person formats including conferences, social networking events, and member-only communities. We facilitate deal flow by bringing together the perfect balance of borrowers, investors and financial service providers for quality content and networking all while using the latest technology to schedule and inform 1:1 meetings.
We partner with leading financial industry associations, policy think tanks, and other non-commercial entities to help deliver leading events that directly support the industries in which we operate.
Upcoming Events
29-30
APRIL
2024
The Annual CLO Industry
Conference
The New York Marriott Marquis, New York, NY
HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LSTA
This second annual day-and-a-half conference is drafted by LSTA Leadership and CLO Committee members to ensure high-quality, industry-led programming featuring an additional emphasis on the leveraged loans market, the building blocks for CLOs. This event is hosted in conjunction with the 2023 U.S. CLO Awards dinner.
9-10
MAY
2024
The Annual Private Credit Industry Conference on Direct Lending and Middle Market Finance
The Diplomat Beach Resort, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LSTA
This third annual conference, hosted in partnership with the LSTA will continue to provide the latest and most relevant content for direct lending funds, BDCs, and their bank funding partners including capital fundraising strategies, pathways and major regulatory developments. Allocators will have the opportunity to network with funds, hear the outlook for credit performance, and identify investment opportunities.
10
JUNE
2024
The Role of Private Markets in Esoteric Asset Finance: U.S.
The New York Marriott Downtown, New York, NY
Private credit lenders and arrangers of bespoke private securitizations have entered the funding mix to provide much needed capital to non-traditional asset finance companies. The program will explore the various funding pathways available to finance these unique assets, and investors seeking yield and new opportunities will benefit from an education on these unique assets.
17
JUNE
2024
The Securitization in Fund Finance Conference
The New York Marriott Downtown, New York, NY
This one-day event will explore how CFOs, rated feeder funds, and alternative funding structures have grown in popularity thanks to their dual nature as both a financing tool for fund managers and as an attractive alternative asset investment opportunity for institutional investors alike. These unique structures combine structured finance technology with a powerful financing tool, marking the first true intersection between both securitization and fund finance.
18
SEPT
2024
The Annual UK Mortgage
Finance Conference
The Landmark London, London, UK
The conference will feature an expanded focus on the commercial real estate market including CRE to residential conversion, valuation decline amid increased supply, and de-carbonisation. It will continue its traditional focus on wholesale and retail residential mortgage themes: solving for the housing affordability crisis, private and public funding options for bank and non-bank originators, regulatory and policy developments, emerging mortgage products, and the evolution of the buy to let sector.
HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFME
30
SEPT
2024
The 3rd Annual U.S. Asset Based Finance Conference:
An Emerging Frontier for Private Credit
The New York Marriott Downtown, New York, NY
Formally known as the Specialty Lender Finance Conference, or SLF U.S., we have re-branded this established event to be more inclusive of the broader asset based finance that is estimated to be a $20 trillion USD market opportunity.
Now in its third year ABF U.S. 2024 explores the key funding factors specialty lenders should consider from launch phase to maturity, and eventual exit via M&A or a public ABS deal. Investors will have a unique forum to meet emerging and established non-bank financial institutions originating a variety of financial assets and participate in a sector with an attractive yield and risk profile. Funds seeking to expand their lending activities beyond corporate direct lending will be able to showcase their platforms to an audience of potential borrowers and allocators alike.
25
NOV
2024
SLF: Global™
Specialist Lender Finance
The Royal Lancaster, London, UK
Now in its third year SLF: Global 2024 explores the key funding factors specialist lenders should consider from launch phase to maturity, and eventual exit via M&A or a public ABS deal. Investors will have a unique forum to meet emerging and established specialty lenders and participate in a sector with an attractive yield and risk profile. The program will feature an expanded focus beyond financial assets, to include real assets such as infrastructure loans and real estate as the scope of assets financed through the private credit market continues to expand.
HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFME
1
OCT
2024
Significant Risk Transfer: Capital Relief for the U.S. Banking Market
The New York Marriott Downtown, New York, NY
The North American SRT market looks ripe for an outbreak in activity. What triggered this shift, and is it a sustainable trend or a short-term fad? How did the banking turmoil of 2023 set the stage for growth in 2024 and beyond? Will Canadian banks continue to lead deal flow? This program will explore why the SRT market is ready to take hold in North America and how those conditions can continue to help grow this burgeoning market.
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DealCatalyst is a technology-focused events company operating in the capital markets sector.
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Meet the Team
Jade Friedensohn
CEO, Co-Founder
Christopher Keeping
Managing Partner
Daniel Elton
Senior Vice President of Sales
Chris Hunt
Head of Marketing
Sierra Mansfield
Vice President of Marketing
Marielle Rose
Vice President of Sales
Todd Anderson
Head of Programming
Advisory Board
Ganesh Rajendra
Advisory Board Chair
Jason Kravitt
Non-Executive Chair
Diana Alfano
Strategic Advisor
Peter Voisey
Strategic Advisor
Richard Hopkin
Strategic Advisor
