Back in the febrile, hyperventilated times that birthed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (blessedly known simply as Dodd-Frank), one of the issues that energized the activists’ intent on “fixing”...more
On June 5, Fitch published a methodology for U.S. RMBS Seasoned and Reperforming Loans. Methodology....more
U.S. Financial Industry Developments - ISDA, AFME, ICMA, SIFMA and SIFMA AMG Publish Global Benchmark Report - The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Association of Financial Markets in Europe...more
On June 19, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for U.S. Federal Family Education Loan Program Student Loan ABS. On June 19, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for EMEA CMBS....more
Morningstar has published a proposed method for rating single-asset/single-borrower (SASB) transactions. The new approach is slated to replace the “U.S. CMBS Subordination Model” with respect to SASBs and other forms of CMBS...more
On July 26, 2017, Moody’s issued the following reports: Moody’s Approach to Rating Credit Card Receivables-Backed Securities - Moody’s Approach to Rating Asset-Backed Commercial Paper... ...more
Federal Reserve and FDIC Post Resolution Plans for Eight Major Financial Firms - On July 5, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board (the "Board") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") posted the public portions of...more
On July 7, 2017, Kroll published its Research Recap for Q2 2017. Here are several articles of interest: ABS: KBRA Comments on Alitalia Extraordinary Administration Request - AVIATION: 2017 Update Aircraft leasing...more
On June 1, 2017, Kroll Bond Rating Agency released a report entitled KBRA’s Views on the State of the Solar Market. On May 31, 2017, Kroll Bond Rating Agency released a report entitled Oil Price Increases Won’t Plug CMBS...more
Financial Industry Developments - CFTC Proposes to Amend Rules Governing Chief Compliance Officer Duties and Annual Reports for Certain Registrants - On May 3, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission...more
On May 3, 2017, DBRS issued a report entitled Rating Canadian Public Hospitals. Report. On May 3, 2017, Fitch issued a report entitled Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria. Report. On May 3, 2017, Moody’s...more
Financial Industry Developments - CFPB Proposes to Provide Flexibility in Collecting Information - On March 24, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") released a proposal to amend Equal Credit...more
On March 29, 2017, Moody’s published its approach to assessing credit risk for multilateral development banks and other supranational entities. Report. On March 28, 2017, DBRS published its methodology for rating...more
Financial Industry Developments - OCC Provides Additional Details to Evaluate Charter Applications From Fintech Companies - On March 15, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") issued a "Draft...more
On March 16, 2017, DBRS issued a report entitled General Corporate Methodology. Report. On March 16, 2017, DBRS issued a report entitled North American Single-Asset/Single-Borrower Methodology. Report. On March 16,...more
Financial Industry Developments - House Committee on Financial Services Comments on OCC Fintech Charter - All 34 Republican members of the Financial Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, including...more
On March 8, 2017, Fitch issued a report entitled U.S. Auto Lease ABS Rating Criteria. Report. On March 7, 2017, DBRS issued a report entitled Mapping Financial Institution Internal Ratings to DBRS Ratings for Global...more
Financial Industry Developments - 2016 Data Breach Legislation Roundup: What to Know Going Forward - States were busy updating their data breach notification statutes in 2016. With 2016 in the rear view, let's take...more
On January 23, 2017, DBRS issued a report entitled North American CMBS Rating Methodology. Report. On January 23, 2017, DBRS issued a report entitled Rating U.S. Federal Family Education Loan Program Securitizations....more
Financial Industry Developments - Federal Reserve Board Announces Finalized Rule Adjusting the Board's Maximum Civil Money Penalties - On January 18, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board announced that it was adjusting...more
On January 18, 2017, Moody’s issued a report entitled Hybrid Equity Credit. Report. On January 17, 2017, DBRS issued a report entitled Rating North American CMBS Interest-Only Certificates – Request for Comment. Report....more
Financial Industry Developments - CTFC Approves Re-Proposal of Position Limits Regulation - On December 5, 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") unanimously approved to re-propose rules that...more
On December 7, 2016, Moody’s published its ratings methodology for sustainable net cash flow and value for CMBS and CRE CDO CLO real estate collateral in the Americas and ex-Japan Asia Pacific. Report. On December 6,...more
In the last edition of this title, in 2012, a view point was taken that loan servicers were front and centre of European CRE loan workouts and restructurings in the post GFC era and their role would become increasingly more...more
Commercial real estate (CRE) is a tremendously important asset, as the content of this book will discuss. However, the CRE lending and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) markets are, at the time of writing, largely...more