CMBS

  • Time to shine

    Multi-sector structured credit 'top performer'

    Gapstow Capital Partners’ composite credit hedge fund index last year posted its lowest annual return – having declined by 3.9% - since its inception in 2009, with no peer group within the index producing a positive average return. Nevertheless, the multi-sector structured credit peer group - the funds of which invest across CLOs, MBS and ABS - was the .......

    News 2 February 2023

  • Mind the gap

    Euro CRE refinancing risk gauged

    European commercial real estate borrowers currently face a tripartite risk of tightening credit standards, rising debt costs and pressure on property values. Against this backdrop, new AEW research suggests that the debt funding gap (DFG) for the sector grew to €51bn in 4Q22 from €32bn the previous quarter.

    AEW measures the DFG as the shortfall between the original .......

    News 31 January 2023

  • Book building

    Peter Polanskyj, senior md and head of structured credit at Obra Capital, answers SCI's questions

    Q: Vida Capital recently rebranded to Obra Capital (SCI 16 December 2022). Could you explain why this signifies an important milestone for the firm?
    A: Rebranding was a natural step for the firm. Vida – which means ‘life’ in Spanish - was historically a life settlements investment firm. However, the firm is now focusing on diversifying its investment mandate, .......

    The Structured Credit Interview 30 January 2023

  • ECON votes on output floor

    Sector developments and company hires

    ECON votes on output floor
    The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has voted to apply the capital requirements output floor at the consolidated EU level under CRR3, in order to engender comparable risk weights and avoid variations in capital levels. Additionally, the Committee has agreed transitional adjustments for low-risk exposures secured by residential mortgages to mitigate .......

    Market Moves 24 January 2023

  • The perils of interest rate risk

    A structured finance investor talks the big 2023 themes

    Karlis Ulmanis is a portfolio manager at DuPont Capital in Delaware, which has total AUM of $20.1bn. The core fixed income portfolio is worth $1.3bn, and Karlis manages the $550m securitized debt section comprised of CMBS and RMBS. He manages these assets against structured products sub-index of the Bloomberg USA Bond Index.

    This week SCI asked him where he sees value at .......

    The Structured Credit Interview 20 January 2023

  • Call for additional index granularity

    Sector developments and company hires

    Call for additional index granularity
    SFA has submitted a letter to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in response to their Social Index (SCI 19 October 2022) that strongly advocates for additional transparency and granularity in how existing social metrics are reported to investors beyond the index. While the association commends the GSEs for their efforts to improve ESG data .......

    Market Moves 13 January 2023

  • Unemployment eyed

    Labour market key to Euro ABS outlook

    Some deterioration – both in collateral and ratings performance – across the European securitisation market is expected this year, given current global economic pressures. However, S&P suggests in its outlook for the sector that the ultimate impact of economic distress is largely dependent on how the labour market fares.

    At present, eurozone unemployment rates stand at 7% and .......

    News Analysis 13 January 2023

  • SASB CMBS IRC agreements eyed

    Sector developments and company hires

    SASB CMBS IRC agreements eyed

    Nearly 75% of US floating rate single-asset/single-borrower (SASB) CMBS loans in KBRA-rated transactions have current interest rate cap (IRC) agreements with strike rates below their .......

    Market Moves 4 January 2023

  • Optimal efficiency

    CRE back leverage gaining traction

    Private debt funds are gaining CRE market share via back leverage structures. This Premium Content article explores how these facilities can optimise risk, tax and regulatory treatment.

    Private debt funds are gaining market share in the commercial real estate sector by originating loans that are financed by banks via bespoke back leverage structures, including private securitisations. These facilities .......

    News Analysis 22 December 2022

  • Italian mid-cap deal debuts

    Sector developments and company hires

    Italian mid-cap deal debuts
    illimity Bank has closed what is believed to be the first securitisation backed by a portfolio of 82 unsecured loans granted to Italian mid-caps and corporates that are predominantly guaranteed by the country’s export credit agency SACE. Dubbed Colt SPV, the €570.11m transaction was originated based on the ‘Liquidity decree’, enacted in June 2020 to help .......

    Market Moves 21 December 2022

  • NPL data templates introduced

    Sector developments and company hires

    NPL data templates introduced
    The EBA has launched NPL transaction data templates, aimed at introducing information standardisation to increase the efficiency of secondary markets for non-performing loans and to reduce entry barriers for smaller banks and investors. The proposed NPL transaction data templates are built on previous voluntary loan-by-loan templates and consider the experience of market participants from the sell- .......

    Market Moves 19 December 2022

  • Survey suggests improved sentiment

    Sector developments and company hires

    Survey suggests improved sentiment
    KBRA has published the results of its December survey of European structured finance investors, which was conducted to gauge their views and expectations regarding the market. The report reveals a more positive picture than the rating agency’s previous investor survey from June.

    “While many challenges remain for the European securitisation sector, sentiment for the market .......

    Market Moves 9 December 2022

  • Eco warriors

    New emissions standards backed by fines set to affect CMBS

    Increasingly rigorous emission regulations imposed by municipalities on commercial real estate (CRE) properties throughout the USA will likely lead to cash flow difficulties for CMBS deals, say analysts.

    Some 30 cities are bringing in much higher standards for CRE emissions, five of which will impose fines if the standards are not met.

    San Francisco’s Environment Code 30, for example, requires all large commercial .......

    News Analysis 9 December 2022

  • Sell-side specialisms

    SRT bank relationships, technical knowledge transferred

    SRT arranger/structurer departures from Citi have been notable over the last year, with Olivier Renault (SCI 1 December 2021), Mark Kruzel (SCI 11 May) and Alexis De Vrieze (SCI 8 September) all moving to the buy-side, for example. Capital relief trade sell-siders bring specialisms – including technical knowledge and bank relationships – that can be particularly .......

    News 24 November 2022

  • Irish, UK NPE disposals inked

    Sector developments and company hires

    Irish, UK NPE disposals inked

     

    The Bank of Ireland has reached agreements to dispose of portfolios of Irish and UK non-performing exposures, through two .......

    Market Moves 9 November 2022

  • Call for Och 'feud' to end

    Sector developments and company hires

    Call for Och ‘feud’ to end
    Sculptor Capital Management’s independent board members and Jimmy Levin, the firm’s current cio and ceo, have issued statements in response to a recent court filing related to a dispute brought by former chairman and ceo Daniel Och. The filing mentions a “personal issue” from Levin’s past, which was thoroughly reviewed at the time and .......

    Market Moves 3 November 2022

  • Stress-testing resilience

    Climate-change risk assessment approach debuts

    Scope has introduced a stress-testing methodology to assess climate-change impacts on securitisations. The objective is to help gauge the resilience of a transaction to transition and physical risks.

    “We have introduced a quantitative and scenario-based stress-testing approach to assessing climate change impacts on the credit risk of securitisation transactions. The climate-change scenarios identified offer a range of outcomes for .......

    News 2 November 2022

  • Chinese CMBS 'structural deficiencies' eyed

    Sector developments and company hires

    Chinese CMBS ‘structural deficiencies’ eyed
    The recent near-default of a Chinese CMBS issued by Yango Group - together with the two previous defaults of PKU TechPark and Hongbo Exhibition Center - expose several structural deficiencies in Chinese CMBS transactions, according to Fitch. Such deficiencies include low DSCR and collateral quality - due to weak underlying cashflow - limited protection through .......

    Market Moves 31 October 2022

  • Apollo, PIMCO set to acquire Credit Suisse SPG

    Sector developments and company hires

    Apollo, PIMCO set to acquire Credit Suisse SPG
    Credit Suisse has unveiled its new strategy and transformation plan, following a strategic review of the bank’s businesses (SCI 28 July). The bank says it is taking “extensive measures” to deliver a more integrated business model, with the goal of creating value for shareholders.

    Over the next three years, Credit .......

    Market Moves 28 October 2022

  • CMBS hedging agreements eyed

    Sector developments and company hires

    CMBS hedging agreements eyed
    DBRS Morningstar has raised concerns that the current DSCRs of three European CMBS it rates - Sage AR Funding No 1, Sage AR Funding 2021 and Taurus 2021-4UK - will be insufficient to enable the borrowers to use excess cash to purchase new interest rate cap agreements, without cash injections from the sponsors, as the respective .......

    Market Moves 25 October 2022

  • Conservative approach

    Aeon Investments ceo Oumar Diallo and coo Ben Churchill answer SCI's questions

    Q: Aeon recently announced the closing of its first commercial real estate CLO warehouse (SCI 12 October) with Credit Suisse. Could you provide some background to the decision to become a CRE CLO issuer?
    OD: We’re active across the real estate spectrum and seek relative value opportunities in the UK and Europe.

    The European CRE CLO market has .......

    The Structured Credit Interview 21 October 2022
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