CMBS

  • GSE scorecard released

    Sector developments and company hires

    GSE scorecard released

    The FHFA has released the 2022 Scorecard for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Common Securitization Solutions (CSS). The purpose of the 2022 Scorecard is to hold the GSEs and CSS accountable for fulfilling their core mission requirements by promoting sustainable and equitable access to affordable housing and operating in a safe and sound manner.

    The 2022 Scorecard focuses .......

    Market Moves 18 November 2021

  • Dutch mortgage alliance expanded

    Sector developments and company hires

    Dutch mortgage alliance expanded
    Achmea Bank is set to acquire a €500m mortgage portfolio from Dutch insurer a.s.r., which will continue to manage the mortgages for Achmea Bank. The two organisations have expressed the intention to conduct additional transactions of €500m in both 2022 and 2023. In addition, Achmea Bank will acquire roughly €190m of newly originated mortgages from a.s.r. .......

    Market Moves 16 November 2021

  • Optimisation impact

    GSA CMBS exposure gauged

    KBRA Credit Profile (KCP) has published a special report on US CMBS exposure to the General Services Administration (GSA), after federal agencies were instructed in June to evaluate new policies for the workplace, including remote-work strategies. The study finds that the leases for 116 properties – representing US$3.2bn in CMBS exposure – are past their termination date, thereby granting .......

    News 15 November 2021

  • Sri Lanka eyes remittance securitisation

    Sector developments and company hires

    Sri Lanka eyes remittance securitisation

    The government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) is requesting competitive proposals from banks and investors for consideration to be appointed as counterparts or arrangers for its proposed securitised financing arrangement (SFA). The arrangement would be backed by foreign currency receipts of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) under the mandatory sale of 10% of workers' .......

    Market Moves 12 November 2021

  • First LBR PCC investor signed

    Sector developments and company hires

    First LBR PCC investor signed

    Lloyds has announced that Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board will be the first investor to support underwriting through its multi-insurance SPV, London Bridge Risk (LBR) PCC. LBR was established in January of this year with sponsorship from Lloyds, with ambitions to create a market that invites new forms of capital and allow for easier access .......

    Market Moves 10 November 2021

  • Multi-currency CLO closed

    Sector developments and company hires

    Multi-currency CLO closed
    Barclays has closed a multi-currency managed cashflow balance sheet CLO. Dubbed Duke Global Funding, the £4bn-equivalent transaction is backed by 519 senior secured and senior unsecured loans extended predominantly to large corporate obligors in Western Europe and the US. The underlying loans are denominated in US dollars, sterling and euro.

    In terms of geographical diversification, the initial portfolio .......

    Market Moves 9 November 2021

  • US CLO equity outperforms

    Sector developments and company hires

    US CLO equity outperforms
    US CLO Equity cashflows average 15.2% across 1,038 BSL transactions that have had four payment dates in 2021, according to a report from JPMorgan CLO research analysts. This is the highest since 2016, which averaged 19.6%.

    CLOs that were reset in 2021 fared best with a 22% average return driven in part by a small minority that .......

    Market Moves 8 November 2021

  • Fed set to reduce asset purchases

    Sector developments and company hires

    Fed set to reduce asset purchases

    The New York Fed’s FOMC has increased the System Open Market Account (SOMA) holdings of Treasury securities by at least US$70bn per month and of agency MBS by at least US$35bn per month during the monthly purchase period beginning in mid-November. Additionally, SOMA holdings of Treasury securities will increase by at least US$60bn per .......

    Market Moves 5 November 2021

  • Servicers facing 'unprecedented' turnover

    Sector developments and company hires

    Servicers facing ‘unprecedented’ turnover

    US commercial mortgage servicers are facing unprecedented turnover levels and filling open positions in the tight labour market may ultimately increase the cost of servicing loans, Fitch suggests. However, the agency notes that to date, there have not been any noted declines in servicing proficiency among Fitch-rated primary, master and special servicers.

    Fitch reports lower-than-average employee .......

    Market Moves 4 November 2021

  • Holding firm

    European ABS/MBS market update

    Primary and secondary European ABS/MBS activity is expected to pick up this week after a few slow days. Last week, ABS spreads held firm and were able to maintain a certain pre-summer equilibrium, which could further translate into November.

    “We’ve seen strong levels of issuance lately, mainly in the ABS space through auto and leasing deals,” notes one .......

    News 3 November 2021

  • Dual-currency deal

    Pan-European CMBS prepped

    Goldman Sachs is in the market with a dual-currency pan-European CMBS. Dubbed Frost CMBS 2021-1, the transaction securitises a £112.35m loan and a €92m loan advanced to Newcold Holdings, a temperature-controlled logistics company based in the Netherlands.

    The sterling-denominated loan is secured by a single cold-storage property in Wakefield, Yorkshire. The euro-denominated loan is secured against one cold-storage .......

    News 3 November 2021

  • SLM EODs eyed

    Sector developments and company hires

    SLM EODs eyed

    Fitch has downgraded from single-B to double-C the outstanding class A4 and B notes of SLM Student Loan Trust 2007-7, 2008-1 and 2008-4, due to the legal final maturity date of the class A4 notes being approximately three months away in January 2022 for SLM 2007-7 and 2008-1 and less than 10 months .......

    Market Moves 2 November 2021

  • Risk transfer round-up - 1 November

    CRT sector developments and deal news

    News 1 November 2021

  • Matryoshka doll?

    Use of proceeds proving contentious for ESG securitisations

    The EU taxonomy regulation and Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) are posing challenges for securitisation issuers and investors. For now, use of proceeds remains the most contentious issue.

    Announced in late 2019, the European Green Deal reflects the EU’s ambitious bid to lead the world on climate action. The deal’s commitments became legally binding by the entry into .......

    News Analysis 1 November 2021

  • Securitisation stamp duty eyed

    Sector developments and company hires

    Securitisation stamp duty eyed
    The UK government is introducing legislation within Finance Bill 2021-22 that provides a power to make stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT) changes relating to securitisations and ILS by secondary legislation. The power will be a freestanding provision and will allow HM Treasury to make regulations to provide that stamp duty or SDRT is .......

    Market Moves 29 October 2021

  • Still strong

    European ABS/MBS market update

    In a quieter week than of late, two full capital stack deals have been competing for investor attention in the European ABS/MBS primary market. Strong demand for both Pixel 2021 and SC Germany Consumer 2021-1 suggests that the market is still strong.

    “I think both deals have been executed very well,” notes one ABS/MBS trader. “For SC Germany Consumer .......

    News 28 October 2021

  • New banking rules

    Sector developments and company hires

    The European Commission has adopted new EU banking rules under CRR 3 and CRD 4, with the aim of ensuring that EU banks become more resilient to potential future economic shocks, while contributing to Europe's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the transition to climate neutrality. The Commission notes that while the overall level of capital .......

    Market Moves 28 October 2021

  • Covid dip

    CRE CLO churn rates drop

    Churn rates in US managed CRE CLOs continue to decline, according to new research from KBRA assessing collateral turnover in recent vintage transactions. The study analysed all CRE CLO transactions issued between 2017 and 2020, gathering data on US$23.3bn in issuance across a total of 27 transactions. Most of these transactions had reinvestment periods of 24 months (51.4%) or .......

    News 28 October 2021

  • Highland Capital lawsuit filed

    Sector developments and company hires

    Highland Capital lawsuit filed
    The latest lawsuit brought by Highland Capital Management (HCMLP) against former employees has been filed in the bankruptcy court of the northern district of Texas. The action seeks to “recover hundreds of millions of dollars in damages that HCMLP suffered at the hands of its founder, James Dondero, acting in concert with other entities that he owned .......

    Market Moves 25 October 2021

  • Gallatin CLO platform acquired

    Sector developments and company hires

    Gallatin CLO platform acquired
    Aquarian Holdings has launched Aquarian Credit Partners (ACP), a syndicated high-yield credit investment management platform. Aquarian has partnered with Justin Driscoll, Bo Williams and the rest of the Gallatin Loan Management team to form ACP, which has assumed management of Gallatin’s existing CLOs, with more than US$800m of assets under management.

    Gallatin has a track .......

    Market Moves 22 October 2021

  • Pockets of resilience

    European ABS/MBS market update

    European ABS/MBS spreads leaked slightly wider and investor demand cooled somewhat last week as the market finally caught up with broader macro volatility. However, some sectors continue to outperform and this week is off to a strong start with a broad range of deals in the primary pipeline to follow.

    “Indisputably, on a macro level, the same concerns .......

    News 20 October 2021


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