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About the event

AFME's 16th Annual Spanish Capital Markets Conference, is the annual meeting place for senior industry professionals, regulators and policymakers active in Spanish capital markets. The event content covers a wide range of fixed income (particularly securitisation) as well as other related topics such as equities, ESG, digital, and prudential topics, covering the Spanish, EU and global markets.

The conference promotes stable, competitive, sustainable financial markets that support Spain's economic growth and benefits society.

We aim to host a high-level constructive dialogue between our members, key regulators, and industry solutions providers to tackle the key challenges and discuss opportunities for growth in Spain.

View our 2024 event highlights video here.

Regular registration fees

AFME member: €689 + VAT
Non-member: €999 + VAT

Multi-booking discount:
• 10% off when booking 3 or more delegates at the same time
• 20% off when booking 5 or more delegates at the same time

Multi booking discounts can be applied at check out for group bookings.

Complimentary subject to verification:
• Investor: promo code INVESTOR
• Regulator: promo code REGULATOR
• Press: promo code PRESS

Note: Promo codes are case sensitive
Read AFME's Press Policy here.

Partners

Partners
Associate Partners
Exhibitor
Event Endorser

Who attends?

  • Leading Spanish and pan-European investment banks
  • National and continental regulators
  • Central banks
  • Investors
  • Issuers
  • Credit rating agencies
  • Law firms
  • Consultancy and advisory firms
  • Trade associations
  • Financial press

Why attend?

  • Meet between 150-200 senior level attendees
  • Build contacts in 3,5 hours dedicated to networking
  • Hear up to 50 industry expert speakers
  • Join the debate in nine hours of content designed and driven by market participants
  • Showcase solutions at the event exhibition space

Registration enquiries

For registration enquiries, please contact Events on [email protected] for assistance.

Agenda

08:30
Welcome Registration
09:00
Opening Remarks
Speaker:
April Day,
Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets, AFME
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09:05
The international regulatory outlook: Keynote Address
Speaker:
Rodrigo Buenaventura,
Secretary General, IOSCO
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09:35
Panel discussion: The Savings and Investments Union, Perspectives for Spanish and European Markets
  • Progress and roadmap for vibrant Spanish capital markets
  • Growing and integrated EU capital markets: what role for the EU, Member States and private sector?
  • Agenda and priorities for European capital markets (consolidation of trading and post-trading infrastructures, securitisation, savings products, pension, venture capital, single supervision)
Moderator:
Remi Kireche,
Director, Advocacy, AFME
Speakers:
Alejandra Medina,
Head of Financial Economics Unit, OECD
Ana Munera,
Head of Global Market Research, BBVA
Javier Ruiz del Pozo,
Director of the Secondary Markets Department, CNMV
Marcos Alvarez,
Managing Director, Global Financial Institutions Ratings, Morningstar DBRS
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10:15
Networking Break
10:40
Panel discussion: Government, Corporate and Covered Bond Market Developments
  • Current sovereign, DCM and covered bond issuance state of play
  • Credit perspectives on Spain vs Europe and Global
  • Climate finance impact on issuance
  • MiFIR, technology impact on transparency, liquidity
Moderator:
Reyes Bover,
Head of DCM & ESG Credit Europe, BBVA
Speakers:
Jose Ortiz,
Senior Principal, PGIM Private Capital
Juan David García,
Senior Director, Fitch Ratings
Mercedes Abascal Rojo,
Head of Funding and Debt Management, Spanish Treasury
Pedro Santamaria,
Head of DCM Iberia, HSBC
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11:20
Panel discussion: Securitisation Market Outlook and Performance Review
  • The impact of the macro view on product volumes
  • Credit outlook: economic and sectoral
  • New asset classes and opportunities: ESG, digital, etc.
Moderator:
Antonio Tena,
Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Ratings
Speakers:
Carlos Pérez Dávila,
Partner, Capital Markets and Securitisation practice, Pérez-Llorca
Christian Thun,
Chief Executive Officer, European DataWarehouse
Pablo Fenoll,
Global Head of Portfolio Management, BBVA
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12:00
Fireside Chat
Moderator:
Remi Kireche,
Director, Advocacy, AFME
Speakers:
Alejandra Kindelán Oteyza,
Chair and CEO, Spanish Banking Association
April Day,
Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets, AFME
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12:30
Networking Lunch
13:30
Panel discussion: The Spanish Environment on Equities Markets
  • Spanish political and markets views on EU CMU Competitiveness Initiatives – pensions, tax, infrastructure, supervision, listings
  • Challenge or retaining IPOs of Spanish companies
  • Investor perspectives on Spanish and EU markets – valuations and ROE
  • Market data cost pros and cons
Moderator:
Peter Tomlinson,
Managing Director, Equities Trading, Post Trade and Prime Services, AFME
Speakers:
Borja de Pedro,
Manager Public Policy, Santander
Juan Flames,
CEO, BME
Juan Manuel Vázquez García Reynoso,
Secretary of the International Committee and advisor of AEE, The Spanish Issuers Association
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14:10
Panel discussion: Spanish RPL/NPL Markets
Track A
  • A crystal ball on NPL ratios over next 24 months
  • Servicer landscape in Spain
  • CRA methodological development
Moderator:
Shaun Baddeley,
Managing Director, Head of Securitisation Division, AFME
Speakers:
Antón Alfaya González,
Dirección de Recuperaciones, Banco Sabadell
Iñigo Merladet,
Business Development, Intrum
José Molina Machuca,
Director, Alantra FIG
Kali Sirugudi,
Managing Director, KBRA
Pedro Marques da Gama,
Partner, Corporate/M&A and NPLs practice, Pérez-Llorca
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Panel discussion: Latest Developments in Sustainable Bond Markets
Track B
  • Transition finance and greenwashing risk
  • Reflections on the uptake of the EU Green Bond Standard
  • Potential impact of SFDR Review on the bond market
  • Future outlook
  • Implications of EU Omnibus simplification initiative
Moderator:
Caroline Liesegang,
Head of Prudential Regulation, Sustainable Finance and Research, AFME
Speakers:
Charles Poole-Warren,
Partner, A&O Shearman
James Riley,
Director, Sustainable Capital Markets, ING
Kaili Mao,
Vice President, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
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14:50
Panel discussion: Securitisation Significant Risk Transfer
Track A
  • Emergence of STD banks using SRT
  • Expectations of support through revisions to EUSECR
  • Relevance of traditional securitisation to achieve SRT
Moderator:
Shaun Baddeley,
Managing Director, Head of Securitisation Division, AFME
Speakers:
Francesco Dissera,
Managing Director, Head of RSS Origination, Pemberton Asset Management
Iannis Dahak,
Adviser, European Central Bank
Juan Carlos Martorell Humbert,
Senior Advisor, Munich Re
Michela Sperandio,
Senior Director, Corporate Trust Business Development and Client Coverage for Emea Corporates and Emea Jurisdictions, BNY
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Panel discussion: Credit Intensive Market Roundup, Leverage Finance, High Yield and Private Credit
Track B
  • Recap of market performance in high yield bonds, leveraged loans and private credit in 2025
  • Commercial differences between the products and approaches to investment decisions, portfolio diversification and risk mitigation in Europe
  • Legal and regulatory considerations and official sector coverage
  • Trends and outlook for 2026
Moderator:
Oscar Newman,
Senior Associate, ECM & High Yield, AFME
Speakers:
Eduardo Manzanera,
Managing Director, EMEA Leverage Finance, Goldman Sachs
Jeanine Arnold,
EMEA Head of Leveraged Finance, Moody’s
Leticia Ruenes,
Managing Director, Head of Spain, Pemberton AM
Michael Cloud,
Managing Director, ING
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15:30
Networking Break
16:00
Panel discussion: The EU’s Banking Regulatory Framework: Competitiveness and Future Challenges
  • Basel III implementation – The market risk framework (FRTB) delay and future adjustments
  • Competitiveness – Needed targeted changes of micro and macro prudential frameworks to enable the sector’s competitiveness (e.g. RSF factors in NSFR, securitisation, macroprudential review for banks, SRF contributions and target level, etc…)
  • Future challenges – The prudential treatment for crypto-assets and ESG risks.
Moderator:
Caroline Liesegang,
Head of Prudential Regulation, Sustainable Finance and Research, AFME
Speakers:
Christian Castro,
Head of Public Affairs, CaixaBank
Isabel Paternain,
Public Policy Manager – Head of Prudential Regulation, Banco Santander
Lars Overby,
Head of Risk-based Metrics units, European Banking Authority
Santiago Fernandez de Lis,
Head of Regulation, BBVA
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16:40
Panel discussion: Markets and Technology Disruption and Innovation
  • Establishing EU leadership on markets technology
  • DLT issuance update – progress and constraints
  • DORA go-live supervisory impact and approach
  • Impact of AI on trading and investment
Moderator:
Coen ter Wal,
Director Technology and Operations, AFME
Speakers:
David Calabaza,
Digital Assets Specialist, BNP Paribas
Julio Faura,
Co-founder and CEO, Adhara
Patricia Crespo Bella,
Sales Director EMEA, LeapXpert
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17:20
Closing Remarks
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17:30
Networking Drinks Reception

Keynote Speakers

Alejandra Kindelán Oteyza

Chair and CEO, Spanish Banking Association

Rodrigo Buenaventura

Secretary General, IOSCO

Other Speakers

Alejandra Medina

Head of Financial Economics Unit, OECD

Ana Munera

Head of Global Market Research, BBVA

Antón Alfaya González

Dirección de Recuperaciones, Banco Sabadell

Antonio Tena

Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Ratings

April Day

Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets, AFME

Borja de Pedro

Manager Public Policy, Santander

Carlos Pérez Dávila

Partner, Capital Markets and Securitisation practice, Pérez-Llorca

Caroline Liesegang

Head of Prudential Regulation, Sustainable Finance and Research, AFME

Charles Poole-Warren

Partner, A&O Shearman

Christian Castro

Head of Public Affairs, CaixaBank

Christian Thun

Chief Executive Officer, European DataWarehouse

Coen ter Wal

Director Technology and Operations, AFME

David Calabaza

Digital Assets Specialist, BNP Paribas

Eduardo Manzanera

Managing Director, EMEA Leverage Finance, Goldman Sachs

Francesco Dissera

Managing Director, Head of RSS Origination, Pemberton Asset Management

Iannis Dahak

Adviser, European Central Bank

Iñigo Merladet

Business Development, Intrum

Isabel Paternain

Public Policy Manager – Head of Prudential Regulation, Banco Santander

James Riley

Director, Sustainable Capital Markets, ING

Javier Ruiz del Pozo

Director of the Secondary Markets Department, CNMV

Jeanine Arnold

EMEA Head of Leveraged Finance, Moody’s

Jose Ortiz

Senior Principal, PGIM Private Capital

Juan Carlos Martorell Humbert

Senior Advisor, Munich Re

Juan David García

Senior Director, Fitch Ratings

Juan Flames

CEO, BME

Juan Manuel Vázquez García Reynoso

Secretary of the International Committee and advisor of AEE, The Spanish Issuers Association

Julio Faura

Co-founder and CEO, Adhara

Kaili Mao

Vice President, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Kali Sirugudi

Managing Director, KBRA

Lars Overby

Head of Risk-based Metrics units, European Banking Authority

Leticia Ruenes

Managing Director, Head of Spain, Pemberton AM

Marcos Alvarez

Managing Director, Global Financial Institutions Ratings, Morningstar DBRS

Mercedes Abascal Rojo

Head of Funding and Debt Management, Spanish Treasury

Michael Cloud

Managing Director, ING

Michela Sperandio

Senior Director, Corporate Trust Business Development and Client Coverage for Emea Corporates and Emea Jurisdictions, BNY

Oscar Newman

Senior Associate, ECM & High Yield, AFME

Pablo Fenoll

Global Head of Portfolio Management, BBVA

Patricia Crespo Bella

Sales Director EMEA, LeapXpert

Pedro Marques da Gama

Partner, Corporate/M&A and NPLs practice, Pérez-Llorca

Pedro Santamaria

Head of DCM Iberia, HSBC

Peter Tomlinson

Managing Director, Equities Trading, Post Trade and Prime Services, AFME

Remi Kireche

Director, Advocacy, AFME

Reyes Bover

Head of DCM & ESG Credit Europe, BBVA

Rick Watson

Special Advisor, AFME

Santiago Fernandez de Lis

Head of Regulation, BBVA

Shaun Baddeley

Managing Director, Head of Securitisation Division, AFME

Victoria Webster

Managing Director, Fixed Income, AFME