CMBS

  • Euro secondary strong but slow

    Sentiment remains strong across the bulk of the European securitisation secondary market but away from CLOs activity remains very slow.

    ABS/MBS secondary continues to be hampered by lack of supply as BWICs have remained thin on the ground this week. Meanwhile, flows are highly selective and almost exclusively dealer-driven.

    There is more activity being seen in the CLO space, however. .......

    SCIWire 19 May 2016

  • SFIG adds advocacy leader

    SFIG has named Thomas McCrocklin as director of advocacy. He will report directly to executive director Richard Johns and will lead the group's interactions with regulators and legislators.

    McCrocklin was most recently vp and head of federal affairs at Zurich North America. He has also served as senior counsel on the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services and was .......

    Job Swaps 18 May 2016

  • Fund targets new structured opportunities

    Semper Capital Management is prepping a new alternative asset strategy to seize new opportunities in structured credit resulting from a combination of post-crisis regulatory changes and disruptive technology. The firm has begun making investments in target assets and will officially launch the fund on 1 June.

    "New, previously impossible products are being created as a result of big data and .......

    Job Swaps 18 May 2016

  • SFR expenses weighed

    Actual net cashflow in single-family rental securitisations has been in line with expectations at new issuance. However, Morningstar Credit Ratings reports that the expense components have been hurt by higher-than-expected actual capital expenditures and helped by lower-than-expected vacancy.

    In a recent study of 17 single-borrower SFR transactions, the agency highlights that gross potential rent and other income make up revenue. .......

    News Round-up 17 May 2016

  • CMBS, CLO data tie-up confirmed

    Trepp has purchased CLO data and cashflow analytics firm Codean. The UK-based firm has a US and European CLO deal library, which will be combined with Trepp's CMBS database to enable investors to perform deep analysis across two complementary asset classes.

    Codean's CLO analytics platform will become part of the Trepp solution suite. It is able to evaluate each tranche, .......

    Job Swaps 17 May 2016

  • Freddie debuts latest risk transfer offering

    Freddie Mac has a new way to transfer multifamily mortgage credit risk. It has now settled its first offering of Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Credit Risk (SCR) Notes.

    The US$52m SCR Notes Series 2016-MDN1 deal transfers a portion of the credit risk on certain multifamily mortgage loans backing targeted affordable rental housing tax-exempt bonds guaranteed by the GSE. While the .......

    News Round-up 17 May 2016

  • Euro secondary slumbers again

    Yesterday saw another sleepy start to the week for the European securitisation secondary market.

    After a flurry of activity on Friday, the public holiday in Europe yesterday saw the whole market revert to the quieter pattern seen at the start of last week. Indeed, with many investors absent a CLO equity BWIC was postponed until Wednesday and flows across the .......

    SCIWire 17 May 2016

  • Delinquencies inch up

    US CMBS delinquencies last month rose to 2.92% from 2.90% a month earlier, according to Fitch, marking the first increase in its index for the sector since June 2015. The dollar balance of late-pays increased by US$118m to US$11.05bn from US$10.93bn in March, while new delinquencies of US$494m exceeded resolutions of US$353m. Fitch-rated new issuance volume of US$6.8bn in March .......

    News Round-up 16 May 2016

  • Euro defaults, delinquencies drop

    The 12-month rolling loan maturity default rate for the European CMBS in S&P's rated universe decreased to 8.1% from 10.3% at end-April. Overall, the senior loan delinquency rate decreased to 43.7% from 45.3% last month.

    The delinquency rate for continental European senior loans decreased to 56.9% from 58.4%. The rate for UK loans decreased to 19.0% from 20.3%.

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    News Round-up 13 May 2016

  • Court rejects class X claims

    A second judgment in less than a month has gone against CMBS class X noteholders. Last month, a judge ruled against the class X noteholders in Windermere VII, dismissing the plaintiffs' arguments (SCI 11 April), while the latest case concerned four transactions in the Titan series, including Titan Europe 2006-1.

    The Titan case focused in particular on the interpretation of .......

    News 13 May 2016

  • Excess rent impact analysed

    Single-family rental (SFR) investor loans where the property income exceeds 1.2 times the debt service have generally experienced a better-than-average default rate, according to a new Morningstar Credit Ratings study. The agency expects these loans to be a driver of SFR market growth.

    A new type of investor property loan has emerged from SFR originators - such as B2R Finance, .......

    News Round-up 12 May 2016

  • Euro secondary still sluggish

    Activity continues to be sluggish in the European securitisation secondary market despite the tone remaining firm across the board.

    In ABS/MBS, Tuesday saw a flurry of BWICs that traded well, but yesterday auction activity slowed once more. Flows continue to be generally light even though sentiment is positive with prime RMBS and autos, along with select peripheral names attracting the .......

    SCIWire 12 May 2016

  • Canada CMBS under fire

    The Fort McMurrary wildfire is adding stress to six Canadian CMBS, in particular, according to Fitch. This comes after the evacuation of the city's residents last week as the fire continues to spread.

    The six deals that Fitch rates with exposure to properties located in Fort McMurray are: CMLS 2014-1, IMSCI 2012-2, IMSC 2013-3, IMSCI 2013-4, IMSCI 2014-5 and REAL-T 2014-1.

    News Round-up 11 May 2016

  • Oil boom remits 'muted'

    April remittance reports showed muted activity for US CMBS 2.0 loans secured by properties located in oil boom regions compared to prior months, with only three such loans transferring to special servicing, according to Morgan Stanley CMBS strategists. Last month, 13 2.0 loans totalling US$137.7m became newly delinquent and 177 loans totalling US$2.6bn were watchlisted.

    Overall, six loans totalling US$37m .......

    News 11 May 2016

  • Executive director sought

    The CRE Finance Council has selected Ferguson Partners to manage the search for a new executive director. The position - along with that of deputy executive director - is newly created as part of the association's organisational restructuring

    Mike Flood has already been named as CREFC's new deputy executive director. He was formerly with CREFC and most recently was with .......

    Job Swaps 11 May 2016

  • CMBS overvaluation case dropped

    CMBS SPV White Tower 2006-3 has dropped a case against Colliers concerning losses it made on five London-based commercial properties. The real estate agency was accused of overvaluing the properties in a £1.8bn UK office portfolio, which allegedly led to a £39m loss.

    White Tower decided to discontinue its attempts to sue Colliers following the case being at trial in the .......

    News Round-up 10 May 2016

  • Insurers' structured holdings slip

    Life insurers held more than US$380bn of structured products securities at the end of 2015, which Wells Fargo analysts note represents a decline of approximately US$20bn from year-end 2014. Insurers' balance sheets actually increased 2%, so the decreased allocation to structured products is even greater on a relative basis.

    As a percentage of total cash and fixed income, structured products' .......

    News 10 May 2016

  • Specially serviced loans continue to decline

    The overall share of specially serviced US CMBS conduit loans decreased by 73bp to 6.04% in 1Q16, from 6.77% in 4Q15, according to Moody's latest surveillance review of the sector. The share of specially serviced loans remains 668bp below the April 2011 peak of 12.72%.

    In the first quarter of this year, 14 loans totalling US$1.15bn were modified, up from .......

    News Round-up 10 May 2016

  • Refi wave loans 'well positioned'

    At its peak, the upcoming US CMBS refinancing wave will see loan maturities exceed US$12bn per month, according to Moody's. Nevertheless, barring significant market disruption, the agency suggests that most of these loans are well positioned to pay off.

    "The US CMBS refinancing wave is now within a few quarters of cresting, when for several months loan maturities will surpass .......

    News Round-up 10 May 2016

  • Euro ABS/MBS starts slow

    It was another slow start to the week for the European ABS/MBS secondary market.

    Yesterday's session followed on from those of the previous week with another day of very light flows. Lack of significant primary activity continues to hold back any potential for secondary momentum, though spreads continue to be stable.

    In the absence of any stronger focus Brexit continues .......

    SCIWire 10 May 2016

  • Production team bolstered

    Greystone has recruited two new executives to its CMBS lending team. Harris Heller, an md based in Philadelphia, and Nicholas Diamond, a director based in New York, both report to the firm's CMBS production head Robert Russell.

    Heller joins Greystone from RAIT Financial Trust, where he most recently served as an md. He has specialised in fixed and floating rate .......

    Job Swaps 10 May 2016
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