eClerx was proud to take part in the LSTA Annual Conference in New York. The event brought together professionals who support lending and credit activities across the financial sector. It provided a helpful look at how organizations are preparing for the changes happening in today’s loan and credit environment.

This year, the agenda focused on reassessing risk, rising loan prices, driving operational efficiencies, and the geopolitical events that are reshaping markets. Across a full day of sessions and discussions, attendees shared ideas on how to better plan for uncertainty, support stronger decision making, and simplify daily work for teams involved in credit related activities.

Here are several key takeaways our team gained over the course of the event:

●  Staying prepared for changing economic conditions

Speakers explored how current economic factors, shifting liquidity conditions, and high repricing activity may affect status quo. The message was loud and clear: to focus on diversification and active strategies across the board.

●  Dynamic changes in the landscape: European vs American loans

At this time, the industry is seeing a strong investor appetite for European loans. With the latest cut in rates by the Federal Reserve, bids have been rising, and loans in euro denominations outperformed US dollar loans.

●  Improving efficiencies with new operational tech and tools

Many discussions revolved around greater operational efficiency, especially in relation to data governance, cloud adoption, and new technology to help real-time processing.

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