CMBS

  • Market moves - 26 January

    North America

    Schulte Roth & Zabel has elected Stephen Schauder as a partner in the structured finance and derivatives group, working with co-heads Craig Stein and Boris Ziser. Schauder joined the firm as an associate in 2015 after having previously worked at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in the structured finance department.

    CIFC has hired Jay Huang as md, senior .......

    Market Moves 26 January 2018

  • CRE CLO market tapped

    Värde Partners is tapping the market with a debut US$368.1m cashflow CRE CLO. The transaction, entitled VMC Finance 2018-FL1, is expected to close on 8 February and comprises 24 first-lien whole loans and pari-passu participations secured by commercial real estate properties spread across 12 US states.

    Moody's and KBRA have assigned ratings of Aaa/AAA to the US$200.6m class A notes .......

    News 25 January 2018

  • Toys R Us impact eyed

    Toys 'R' Us is set to close 182 stores, accounting for seven million square-feet or about a fifth of its US footprint, beginning early next month and running through mid-April. An estimated 51 properties securing 44 loans totalling US$2.03bn across 49 US CMBS have exposure to a location that is slated for closure.

    The closures follow Toys 'R' Us's filing .......

    News 25 January 2018

  • Going green

    Current status of green ABS market discussed

    Representatives from Clifford Chance, TMF and Ygrene Energy Fund recently discussed the current status of green ABS during a live webinar hosted by SCI (view the webinar here). This Q&A article highlights the main talking points from the session, including the established asset classes, those that are developing, and what is next for the sector.

    Q: As the .......

    Talking Point 25 January 2018

  • Market moves - 19 January

    Acquisitions
    RenaissanceRe Ventures is set to acquire a minority shareholding in Catalina Holdings (Bermuda), with the aim of helping the business to explore a wider range of transaction structures. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close concurrently with the majority acquisition of Catalina by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. Aditya Dutt, president of Renaissance Underwriting Managers, will .......

    Market Moves 19 January 2018

  • Market moves - 12 January

    Acquisition

    Acrisure is set to acquire 100% of Beach & Associates equity from the firm's existing shareholders, which include Aquiline Capital Partners and Beach management. Under new ownership, Beach will retain its name and continue to operate as an independent advisory and transactional broking business within Acrisure. The existing Beach management team will remain following the transaction and have elected to become .......

    Market Moves 12 January 2018

  • CRE servicing composition tracked

    Dwindling CMBS and CRE CDO issuance posed a significant challenge for commercial mortgage servicers over the past decade. As such, servicers have sought greater exposure to loans from non-CMBS investors - including life insurance companies and the GSEs - to maintain portfolio volumes.

    US CMBS and CRE CDO loans made up 61% of the unpaid principal balance of the portfolios .......

    News 8 January 2018

  • CRTs coming to America?

    Capital relief trades (CRTs) have become an established feature of the European securitisation market, with multi-billion euro deals frequently issued to achieve regulatory capital relief (see SCI's capital relief trades database). Although these transactions have not yet been embraced by US banks, that is expected to change.
     
    Rumours of US CRTs in the offing continue to circulate. Sources suggest .......

    News Analysis 8 January 2018

  • Santander, Lloyds ride synthetic CMBS wave

    Santander and Lloyds have each put together synthetic securitisations of commercial real estate portfolios. The financial guarantees and significant risk transfer deals are the first in a wave of post-crisis synthetic CMBS issuance.

    The CRE asset class experienced defaults pre-crisis due to cliff effects or abrupt step-ups in refinancing risk that put off investors. However, asset managers are coming in .......

    News Analysis 4 January 2018

  • Project finance risk transfer completed

    Santander has completed a synthetic risk transfer securitisation, transferring risk on a €2.3bn portfolio of loans originated in Spain and other EU countries. Scope Ratings has rated the transaction triple-A.

    The synthetic project finance CLO references a portfolio of 241 loans originated by Banco Santander. The deed was executed yesterday, 21 December.

    Scope has rated the €1.514m A tranche at .......

    News 22 December 2017

  • Embracing a tactical approach

    David Moffitt, head of tactical investment opportunities at LibreMax Capital, answers SCI's questions

    Q: How and when did LibreMax Capital become involved in the securitisation market?
    A: LibreMax Capital was established in October 2010 by founding cio Greg Lippmann and founding president Fred Brettschneider, who previously worked at Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse together. The firm - which focuses exclusively on .......

    The Structured Credit Interview 22 December 2017

  • Broad-based recovery underlined

    The global securitisation markets continued their broad-based recovery in 2017, with total issuance reaching about US$850bn-equivalent through November, an increase of 27% over the approximately US$667bn-equivalent recorded in full-year 2016. Volumes have been supported by economic growth and more market participants embracing securitised products in order to diversify funding sources and add yield.

    The US recorded US$478bn in new issue securitisation volume .......

    News Analysis 20 December 2017

  • Job swaps round-up - 15 December

    North America

    Angelo, Gordon has promoted Josh Baumgarten and Adam Schwartz to the roles of co-cio, active 1 January, 2018. Baumgarten is currently deputy cio at the firm while Schwartz is currently head of the company's real estate group in the US and Europe. Michael Gordon will continue in his role of ceo and co-cio.

    Lee Shaiman has been hired as .......

    Job Swaps 15 December 2017

  • Debussy trigger breach eyed

    DBRS has downgraded its rating on the Debussy DTC class A notes to double-B (low) from triple-B (low) and placed the deal under review with negative implications. The move reflects the imminent decrease in credit characteristics of the UK CMBS, due to Toys 'R' Us's (TRU) proposed company voluntary arrangement (CVA), which could result in the transaction suffering an ICR .......

    News 14 December 2017

  • Riding the refinancing wave

    The US CMBS market appears to have successfully addressed the challenges posed this year by the peak of the refinancing wall and the implementation of risk retention rules. Against this backdrop, single-asset/single-borrower (SASB) transactions posted record issuance volumes, as new investors entered the sector to fund risk retention.

    Low interest rates and a competitive commercial real estate lending environment have .......

    News Analysis 13 December 2017

  • Job swaps round-up - 8 December

    EMEA

    Clayton Euro Risk has announced that Tony Ward, ceo and president, and Simon Collingridge, client solutions and strategic delivery director, are leaving the company to pursue other business opportunities.

    CMS has hired Neil Hamilton as partner to its capital markets and derivatives team in London. He joins from Jones Day where he was also partner and boosts the team to .......

    Job Swaps 8 December 2017

  • Record post-crisis CRE CLO prepped

    Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), a Blackstone-owned REIT, is marketing an inaugural US$1bn CRE CLO. Dubbed BXMT 2017-FL1, the transaction is the largest CRE CLO since the crisis and will initially be backed by 31 equally-sized non-controlling interests that are collateralised by 71 properties.

    Moody's and KBRA have assigned provisional ratings of Aaa/AAA to the US$530m class A notes. Only KBRA .......

    News 6 December 2017

  • Job swaps round-up - 1 December

    EMEA

    CBRE has hired Paul Coates as executive director and head of debt and structured finance EMEA. He will report to Richard Dakin, md of CBRE Capital Advisors. Coates was previously md, head of UK real estate finance at RBS.

    North America

    THL Credit co-ceo Christopher Flynn has been named sole ceo of the firm, following the resignation of co-ceo .......

    Job Swaps 1 December 2017

  • Euro ABS/MBS stable

    The European ABS/MBS secondary market continues to remain stable.

    "It's been a sporadically active month - our total volumes and flows indicate November is the busiest since July," says one trader. "However, market tone is still strong and we're not seeing any areas of weakness."

    As a result, the trader says: "Secondary spreads remain well-supported, so we continue to steadily .......

    SCIWire 30 November 2017

  • Fresh blow adds to CMBS retail woes

    The retail sector's well-publicised woes are affecting both primary and secondary CMBS. While the high retail concentration in outstanding US CMBS continues to concern the market, the retreat of lenders from the retail space means that now even healthy malls are struggling to attract financing.

    Large-scale store closures by retailers such as JC Penney, Macy's and Sears have become a .......

    News Analysis 29 November 2017

  • Job swaps round-up - 24 November

    EMEA

    Alvin Wong has been hired as director at United Overseas Bank (UOB). Previously he was svp at DBS bank where he was involved in structured finance and securitisation transactions.

    North America

    Ally Financial has hired Josh Wilsusen as md for public policy and government affairs. Wilsusen was previously at Morgan Stanley where he was executive director of government relations and .......

    Job Swaps 24 November 2017
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