The Return of TALF Fund Opportunities Via COVID-19 Relief
This is just a short note, with little actual utility, but it’s about something that’s really bothering me. Why are we so calm? What has anesthetized us?...more
Several weeks ago, I wrote a commentary called Funny Times in which I bemoaned the complete lack of coherent data, making the process of predicting the course of interest rates, cap rates and transactional velocity over the...more
CRE CLO technology is languishing in the toolbox. A combination of high interest rates, a mispriced legacy book, an anxious investor base and no real need to refresh capital until borrowers start borrowing again is largely...more
Why don’t enough investors like CRE CLO securities? They all really should, and it would be terrifically helpful to the market if more of them did so. (Okay, terrifically helpful to me.)...more
Our fine little CRE CLO business has exploded over the past couple of years, hasn’t it? Last year, around this time, I recklessly predicted for my friends at Commercial Mortgage Alert that we might hit $30 billion of...more
Here at Dechert, we have market-leading practices in CRE CLO as well as corporate CLOs, including broadly syndicated and middle market structures. So, every day that I peer into these two alternate universes, I’m astonished...more
Why is TALF a good opportunity? Simply put, based on TALF 1.0 (the initial version of the program in effect during 2009–2010), we expect there to be in excess of 100 new TALF funds established as part of TALF 2.0 in 2020,...more
The US Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the New York Fed) have announced the complete terms of a new Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) program, which is intended to address the...more
On May 20, 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “New York Fed”) released the form of Master Loan and Security Agreement (“MLSA”) that will govern loans issued under its Term Asset-Backed Loan Facility (“TALF”) and...more
On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, the Federal Reserve announced the first loan subscription date for the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”) and published the Master Loan and Security Agreement (the “MLSA”) and an...more
On May 20, 2020, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (the “Fed”) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “FRBNY”) announced the first subscription date of June 17, 2020 for funding under the Term Asset-Backed...more
On May 12, 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the Federal Reserve) announced further updates to the 2020 Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF 2020), including an updated term sheet and its release of the...more
Phones are ringing; borrowers are panicked and so are their lenders. Borrowers who were profitable, good customers three or four weeks ago are suddenly struggling in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. They are seeking...more
Under the recently announced Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (the “2020 TALF”), the New York Federal Reserve will commit to lend on a recourse basis to a special purpose vehicle (the “TALF SPV”), which will...more