Securitisation Insights

Global ABS 2026 Recap

Episode Summary

In the latest episode of our “Securitisation Insights” podcast, Mudasar Chaudhry, who leads our European Structured Finance Research team, collated the thoughts of Morningstar DBRS analysts featured at this year’s Global ABS conference in Barcelona.

Episode Notes

In the latest episode of our “Securitisation Insights” podcast, Mudasar Chaudhry, who leads our European Structured Finance Research team, collated the thoughts from the following Morningstar DBRS analysts featured at this year’s Global ABS conference in Barcelona:

• Mirco Iacobucci, Associate Managing Director of European Commercial Real Estate Ratings, spoke on the Day One “Beyond the Clouds: Financing Digital Infrastructure” panel
• Kevin Stephenson, Managing Director and Head of APAC Credit Ratings, spoke on the Day Two “Deals Down Under: Opportunities in Aussie ABS” panel
• Stephan Rompf, Vice President of European Structured Credit Ratings, Funds, spoke on the Day Two “Big Capital, Small Business: Outlook for SME Lending” panel
• Mudasar Chaudhry, Senior Vice President and Lead of European Structured Finance Research, moderated the Day Two “The Bear and the Bull: Investors’ Roundtable” panel

Related research is available at the following link: https://go-dbrs.morningstar.com/FT-AFME-GlobalABS2026