2026 Credit Opportunities Symposium

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Credit Markets in Flux:
Late Cyle Opportunities & Pitfalls

Held Thursday, March 12 & 13, 2026

At the John A. Paulson Auditorium
NYU Stern School of Business
40 W. 4th Street

The 2026 Credit Opportunities Symposium will bring together leading investors, market participants, practitioners, academics and judges to discuss late cycle opportunities, the latest restructuring playbook, emerging asset classes and legal developments and where to find the next opportunity in the late cycle environment.

Keynote Presentation

Steven Tananbaum is Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of GoldenTree Asset Management, overseeing the firm’s investments across all fund offerings. In addition, Mr. Tananbaum is the Lead Portfolio Manager for the Master Fund, Distressed Funds, and Tactical Opportunities Fund, as well as a Lead Portfolio Manager for GoldenTree Loan Management and other fixed income oriented strategies. Mr. Tananbaum chairs GoldenTree Asset Management’s Executive Committee, and Distressed Committee. Mr. Tananbaum is also a member of GoldenTree's Private Credit Committee. A veteran of the credit markets with nearly 40 years of investing experience, Mr. Tananbaum founded GoldenTree in 2000 and was instrumental in building the firm into an organization that is highly regarded for its investment process and partnership culture. Known for its focus on fundamental and relative value analysis, GoldenTree has produced strong competitive returns across product lines since its inception. The firm has grown into an organization of 26 partners, over 320 employees and over $62 billion of assets under management. Prior to forming GoldenTree, Mr. Tananbaum spent over a decade at MacKay Shields. He was head of the firm’s high yield group beginning on June 1, 1991 and, in 1997, founded its hedge fund business and served as the lead portfolio manager. Under Mr. Tananbaum’s leadership, MacKay Shields’ high yield mutual funds were rated in the top 5% by Lipper from June 1, 1991 through December 31, 1999. Prior to joining MacKay Shields, Mr. Tananbaum worked primarily on high yield and merger & acquisition transactions in the corporate finance department of Kidder, Peabody & Co. He is a graduate of Vassar College with a B.A. in Economics. Mr. Tananbaum is a CFA charterholder. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art and serves as Co-Chair of the Palm Beach Center to Combat Antisemitism & Hatred.

Steven Tananbaum
Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer

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Sara Eisen is co-anchor of the 10AM and 11AM ET hours of CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" (M-F, 9AM-12PM ET), which broadcasts from Post 9 at the New York Stock Exchange. She is known for her deep expertise in financial markets and the global economy as well as regular news making interviews with some of the most prominent names in the financial world, including Phil Knight, Leon Black, Janet Yellen and Christine Lagarde, among others. Eisen holds a master's degree in broadcast journalism with a concentration in business reporting from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Sara Eisen
Sara Eisen of CNBC, "Squawk on the Street" Co-Anchor

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