CMBS

  • Suburban bounce

    SFR volumes up as renters vacate cities

    Single-family rental (SFR) securitisation issuance has picked up this year, despite coronavirus-related volatility. Notably, suburban developments appear to be benefiting as renters seek alternatives to the urban environment.

    “The impact of the Covid-19 environment on the economy and real estate assets continues to unfold,” says Daniel Tegen, senior director at KBRA. “The resulting implications on cashflow and value .......

    News Analysis 18 August 2020

  • Hotels dominate special servicing transfers

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    Hotels dominate special servicing transfers
    During 1H20, 1,065 US CMBS loans totalling US$40.1bn (representing approximately 7% of total outstanding CMBS) transferred to special servicing, as CMBS borrowers continued to grapple with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Fitch. The vast majority of these transfers, more than 900 loans totalling US$35.5bn, occurred during 2Q20. In comparison, special servicers .......

    Market Moves 17 August 2020

  • 'Flip clause' complaint dismissed

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    ‘Flip clause’ complaint dismissed
    The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that investors should keep roughly US$1bn received from various Lehman Brothers affiliates after the bank’s 2008 bankruptcy filing triggered the liquidation of dozens of CDOs. The case centres on the Bankruptcy Code’s treatment of ‘flip clauses’ in a securitisation waterfall, which reprioritise cashflow upon bankruptcy and .......

    Market Moves 14 August 2020

  • Piraeus taps HAPS

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    Piraeus taps HAPS
    Piraeus Bank has filed an application for inclusion of its Phoenix non-performing loan securitisation under the Hercules Asset Protection Scheme (HAPS). The total gross book value of the portfolio is €1.9bn, the majority of which relates to mortgage loans, and the application is in connection with a Greek state guarantee on senior notes with a total gross .......

    Market Moves 11 August 2020

  • CMBS repeat loan volume declines

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    CMBS repeat loan volume declines
    The percentage of US CMBS repeat loans dropped to 17.7% in 2019 and to 13.9% in 1H20, down by 21.4% year-over-year, according to DBRS Morningstar figures. Nevertheless, the volume of CMBS loans refinanced into CRE CLOs has remained strong, with over two billion loans exiting through such vehicles.

    Based on an analysis of CMBS .......

    Market Moves 10 August 2020

  • Problem solving

    Paul Wilden, global head of capital markets at Apex Group, answers SCI's questions

    Q: How is Apex Group involved in the securitisation market?
    A: We provide a combination of SPV administration, trustee and agency services to a broad cross-section of asset classes. Our capital markets business is broadly sector agnostic.

    Q: What are the firm’s key areas of focus today?
    A: Given the proliferation of private debt funds, one area where we add .......

    Provider Profile 10 August 2020

  • CMBS perturbation

    Fitch report shows July US delinquency surge, especially in hotels and retail

    Despite the stronger than expected non-farm payroll released today, certain sectors of the US ABS market continue to give grave cause for concern, and top of that list is the CMBS sector, as figures reported by Fitch today (August 7) underline.

    The loan delinquency rate hit 4.98% at the end of July, a 1.39% increase over the month, and the .......

    News 7 August 2020

  • Alternative CLO ETF announced

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    Alternative CLO ETF announced
    Alternative Access Funds (AAF) has announced the registration of its new AAF First Priority CLO Bond ETF, which is scheduled to become effective on 14 August and - if all approvals and launch objectives are met - begin trading in early September under the ticker ‘AAA’. The new ETF will focus its investments in US dollar-denominated .......

    Market Moves 7 August 2020

  • CMBS DQ rate declined

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    CMBS DQ rate declined
    The overall US CMBS delinquency rate dropped to 8.53% last month, while 25.78% of balances previously in grace became delinquent, according to S&P’s monthly tracker. All five sectors – industrial, office, multifamily, retail and lodging – saw declines month-on-month in their overall DQ rates. There were 290 newly delinquent loans (totaling US$6.4bn) in July, including 139 .......

    Market Moves 6 August 2020

  • MM CLO test failures rise

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    MM CLO test failures rise
    The continued deterioration in credit quality of issuers due to the coronavirus pandemic resulted in a large number of US middle market CLOs failing a variety of tests for the first time in 2Q20, according to Fitch’s latest report on the sector. Of the 58 MM CLOs covered in the report, 23 failed at least one .......

    Market Moves 4 August 2020

  • Euro CLO equity edges ahead

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    Euro CLO equity edges ahead
    European CLO equity cashflow returns average 9.3% year-to-date and - as all CLOs in reinvestment are currently paying - the full-year 2020 cashflow return is likely to be low-teens, according to a new report from JPMorgan CLO research analysts. As such, European equity pieces have edged ahead of their US counterparts, currently returning 8% year-to-date .......

    Market Moves 3 August 2020

  • Nuanced approach

    Call for clarity in defining ESG

    A nuanced approach to ESG considerations is emerging within the securitisation market. Nevertheless, the Covid-19 pandemic has put social and governance factors in the spotlight.

    Anuj Babber, head of ABS research at M&G Investments, says: “The securitisation industry is at the infancy of incorporating ESG considerations into its credit and investment decisions. What we are seeing is that .......

    News 3 August 2020

  • The perils of Covid CRE

    While CRE market has proved robust so far, help is still needed.

     

    The US commercial real estate market, and by extension the CMBS sector, has performed better recently than was thought likely a few months ago, but this does not mean all is well.

    The expiry of enhanced unemployment benefits today (July 31) plus ongoing economic dislocation due to a far from tamed pandemic suggests that things will get worse in the near term.

    One .......

    News Analysis 31 July 2020

  • CMBS concerns

    Tailored Brands exposure eyed

    Tailored Brands has revealed that coronavirus-related financial disruption means it is considering undergoing bankruptcy reorganisation, which could be pursued as soon as 2 August. KBRA reports that 217 properties collateralising 208 loans (US$14.44bn by allocated loan amount) across 226 US CMBS have exposure to a Tailored Brands location.

    Around 26% of this cohort was delinquent, as of last .......

    News 31 July 2020

  • AGs fight Madden rule

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    AGs fight Madden rule
    The attorneys general of California, Illinois and New York have filed a suit against the OCC’s ‘valid when made’ rule (SCI 1 June), which they claim would allow the federal government to pre-empt state usury laws and allow third-party entities “to prey on vulnerable” borrowers. The AGs note that the ability to pre-empt state usury .......

    Market Moves 30 July 2020

  • Blockchain boost

    DLT opportunity for ABS market

    Coronavirus-related concerns are boosting the use of technology within the securitisation market. Blockchain is one area that is benefiting from this trend.

    John Evans, Vanguard’s head of blockchain strategy, says: “One area we feel that there is a good opportunity to modernise the plumbing of the markets is in the securitisation market, and ABS is a good example .......

    News Analysis 30 July 2020

  • CLO ETF prepped

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    CLO ETF prepped
    Janus Henderson Investors has filed a preliminary registration statement with the US SEC in connection with the Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF (JAAA), which is expected to launch on 22 October and will be offered to US investors. The fund will be managed by portfolio managers John Kerschner and Nick Childs, while Jessica Shill will serve as .......

    Market Moves 29 July 2020

  • CLO equity defies predictions

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    CLO equity defies predictions
    US CLO equity cashflow performance is defying pessimistic predictions, according to a new report from JPMorgan CLO research analysts. As of 23 July reporting, US CLO equity on average paid 8% cashflow year to date (based on 842 tranches or circa 70% of the universe) and the report estimates 89% of equity is paying, compared to .......

    Market Moves 27 July 2020

  • 'Switch' success

    Aussie non-bank issuance on the rise

    The Australian securitisation market has seen a rise in non-bank issuance post-coronavirus. Such activity has benefited from an adjustment to the AOFM’s Structured Finance Support Fund (SFSF) that funnelled secondary sellers into new primary deals.

    Martin Jacques, director, head of securitisation and covered bond strategy at Westpac Institutional Bank, says: “Since the onset of the pandemic, all of .......

    News Analysis 27 July 2020

  • ReoCo restructuring in the works

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    ReoCo restructuring in the works
    The Leviticus SPV issuer is set to implement a ReoCo structure, having appointed Credito Fondiario as the servicer to carry out all core ReoCo activities. The main purpose of the ReoCo is to encourage third-party acquisitions at auctions above auction base prices or to repossess real estate assets at otherwise empty auctions and re-sell them .......

    Market Moves 23 July 2020

  • Canadian CMBS forbearance highlighted

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    Canadian CMBS forbearance highlighted
    As of the June 2020 remittance reports for the Canadian conduit CMBS sector, 48 loans totalling C$559.9m were on the servicer's watchlist for coronavirus-related relief, according to DBRS Morningstar. In most of these instances, the servicer’s commentary confirmed that borrowers were granted loan modifications and/or forbearances.

    The majority of these loans are secured by retail .......

    Market Moves 22 July 2020
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