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KBRA's Consumer ABS Breakfast Briefing: Credit Fundamentals Across ABS

April 14, 2026 | 8:00 AM - 11:30AM EST


New York, NY

About the Event

KBRA is pleased to host a Consumer ABS Breakfast Briefing on April 14 in New York City, bringing together issuers, investors, and other market participants for a focused discussion on key trends shaping today’s U.S. consumer and small business securitization landscape. The program will feature perspectives from KBRA Consumer ABS Leadership alongside leading industry experts, offering timely insight on trends in Auto ABS, Small Business ABS, and Unsecured Consumer ABS. Against a backdrop of moderating economic growth, evolving underwriting standards, and shifting consumer behavior, panelists will discuss issuance trends, collateral performance, credit fundamentals, and emerging areas of divergence across consumer and small business collateral.


Where
Ease 605
605 3rd Ave 7th Floor, New York, NY 10158
*RSVP by April 7, 2026. 
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Agenda

8:00-8:45 AM EST

Breakfast & Conference Registration

Agenda is subject to change.

8:45-9:00 AM EST

Opening Remarks



9:00-9:45 AM EST

Auto ABS — Navigating Normalization and Origination Trends

9:45-10:30AM EST

Small Business ABS — A Maturing Asset Class in Focus


10:30-10:45 AM EST

Networking Break



10:45-11:30 AM EST

Unsecured Consumer ABS — Credit Discipline in a Shifting Cycle



11:30 PM EST

Event Concludes



KBRA Speakers

Rahel Avigdor

Managing Director
ABS

Maxim Berger

Senior Director
ABS

Van Hesser

Senior Managing Director
Chief Markets Strategist

Jack Kahan

Senior Managing Director
Global Head of ABS & RMBS

Melvin Zhou

Managing Director
ABS

KBRA Business Development 

Rosemary Kelley

Senior Managing Director
+1 646-731-2337

Arielle Smelkinson

Senior Director
+1 646-731-2369

Gabriela Hodara

Managing Director
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KBRA's Consumer ABS Breakfast Briefing: Credit Fundamentals Across ABS

April 14, 2026 |New York, NY

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