Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBSs)
Regions Bank swells HTM book to curb AOCI volatility
In strategic shift, bank aims to bolster HTM holdings to 25% of securities portfolio
CMBS resilience: investors steer around slow-moving train wreck
LSEG’s Damon Caputo and Unmesh Bhide explore the new dynamics shaping the CMBS market and the strategic responses to the evolving landscape
Legal & General to launch ABS funds amid rising pension demand
After 2022 gilt crisis, trustees and consultants turn to asset-backed securities to bolster portfolio liquidity and returns
Can CRE credit risk models cope with hybrid working?
As US office use changes, modellers deploy judgement overlays and alternative data to keep up
At US banks, paper losses on HTM securities hit new high
Bank of America leads way as mortgage-backed securities drive aggregate rise in Q3
Some US banks defy yield uncertainty to grow AFS securities
Treasuries remain preferred buy, but regionals also pile into munis, MBS in Q2
Savers and funds grabbed MBSs as banks and Fed retreated
Central banks and commercial lenders became net sellers of bundled mortgages as rates rose, says BIS
Left out of Fed action, lower-rated CMBS overheat
BBB yield-to-worst spirals as highly-rated bonds recover after central bank and government intervention
US life insurers exposed to $130bn of CMBS
Majority of exposures are to senior tranches
Wells Fargo led top US banks on CMBS risk in 2019
Commercial mortgage-backed securitisations are struggling amid Covid-19 crisis
Wells Fargo swells MBS trading portfolio
San Francisco-based dealer grows allocation by $11 billion from end-2016
Lord Abbett turns to Deutsche for CDSs
German lender increases share of fund's CDS portfolio
Fed’s Powell: Libor death is ‘big stability risk’
Speaking to Risk.net, Fed chair nominee flags Libor dangers for FRNs, loans and other products
CME set to clear CMBX index swaps
Product to clear next year amid fears of falling liquidity from new non-cleared margin requirements
Banks seek clarity on risk retention capital charges
CMBS issuers in dark about how much capital to hold against risk retention exposures
Compliance burden jeopardises EU securitisation revival
Parliamentary rapporteur undermines STS with investor due diligence plan
Fixed income and event driven Americas winners announced
Deer Park, Pyrrho, PSAM, TSAF and Venor tell their stories
Marathon: expand hedge fund role in Europe's capital markets
Hedge funds to follow US model by taking on bank risks
Positive MBS momentum from R&W settlement trades
Legacy non-agency market benefits from anticipated payouts
Lat Am hedge funds face disappointment
While hedge funds focused on Latin America are on course to underperform, Japan is a bright spot in the hedge fund universe
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