2026 Credit Opportunities Symposium Agenda

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Credit Markets in Flux:
Late Cyle Opportunities & Pitfalls

Thursday, March 12, 2026
Reception at 5:30pm

Friday, March 13, 2026
All-day Program

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

Preliminary Agenda

Managing Credit Risk Across the Corporate Loan Market

This panel will explore how the convergence of broadly syndicated loans and private credit is reshaping investment management. Experts will discuss managing credit risk across market cycles and analyze emerging trends in credit and liquidity.

Moderated by Ted Basta, LSTA

Free falls, fraud and fun - Chapter 11 in real time

This panel will explore the latest developments in Chapter 11, including new filings, emerging disputes, and the cases shaping today’s restructuring landscape. Join industry experts for a timely discussion of current events and key trends unfolding in bankruptcy courts.

Moderated by Cat Corey, 9fin


Cat Corey

Keynote Presentation

Steve Tananbaum, GoldenTree Asset Management, in conversation with Sara Eisen, CNBC

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

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

LMEs: You Can't Tell Where You're Going If You Don't Know Where You've Been

In this session, Jared Muroff, Head of Special Situations at Octus, will discuss recent developments in liability management exercises with a focus on their impact on potential future transactions.


Jared Muroff

LME Tools of the Trade: Recent Developments and Hot Topics In Loan Market Documentation.

This panel will examine recent loan market developments in the context of liability management, including DQ list flexibility, anti-cooperation and anti-advisor provisions, syndicate control, and other evolving liability-management technologies that are reshaping the playing field and how LMEs are negotiated. The discussion will also address the recent antitrust litigation in the Optimum and Selecta cases and how they may impact the market going forward.

Moderated by Ian Feng, CreditSights


Ian Feng

How is AI reshaping our world (and credit as well…)

This panel will include various perspectives of how AI is impacting the credit ecosystem, from data analytics to security selection and portfolio management.

Moderated by Steve Miller, Fitch


Steve Miller

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