The Structured Finance Industry Group's Conference — ABS Vegas 2015

Katten will sponsor ABS Vegas 2015, the largest capital markets conference in the world.

Partner Stanford Renas will participate in the panel "CLOs and Leveraged Loans 101" at 3:00 p.m. (PT) on Sunday, February 8. Discussion topics will include:

• General market trends for both CLOs and leveraged Loans
• Where we are post-crisis (CLO 2.0) vs. pre-crisis (CLO 1.0) from a standpoint of manager access to the market (number of managers that have issued 2.0 deals)
• Manager consolidation
• Loan issuance volume
• New-money issuance/LBO activity
• Maturity wall issues
• The role of the Total Return Swap

Partner Chris DiAngelo will participate in the panel "GSEs 'The Right Now': Conservatorship in Transition" at 2:35 p.m.(PT) on Monday, February 9. Topics to be covered include:

• Loan limits
• G fees
• FHFA near term actions and impact on PLS
• Single security and CSP

Partner Seth Messner will participate in a discussion of "Single Family Rental Securitization" at 1:30 p.m. (PT) on Tuesday, February 10. The panel will address the following questions:

• Is this a sustainable asset class? If so, why?
• Funding via securitization vs. other funding options
• Dissecting the latest completed and upcoming deals: What are the mechanics; obstacles; expectations and results so far?