Real estate
Man Group airs climate allocation tool for real-world decarbonisation
Compass is a guide for steering $200 trillion investment toward decarbonising high-emission industries
JP Morgan and BofA’s credit loss provisions highest since Covid outbreak
Quarterly set-asides eat into 13% and 11% of banks’ NIIs in Q2
New real estate model adds €14bn to Rabobank RWAs
CET1 ratio down 1.2pp as capital stays flat
US large bank CRE risks could be understated, say researchers
Community banks have the most direct exposure, but systemic banks extend more credit to REITs
Tracing credit contagion effects from corporates to the real estate sector
S&P Global Market Intelligence explores possible credit contagion effects from the corporate sector to real estate by using S&P Global Ratings’ research and underlying data to formulate clients’ own views on risks in the sector
BofA, PNC lead Q1 rise in non-performing CRE loans
Commercial real estate write-offs also increased, driven by office loans
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
Smaller US banks hold over half of CRE loans
Lenders under $50bn in assets reported record $1.7 trillion of exposures at end-2023
More pension scheme withdrawals expected for UK property funds
An estimated £5 billion is queued for redemption, as defined benefit schemes seek to improve liquidity
Euro area funds’ debt securities surged 13% in 2023
Investments vis-a-vis euro area issuers rebound after 2022 slump, driven by bond funds
First Citizens’ high-volatility CRE loans doubled last year
Rise in 150%-weighted class of exposures largest among 260 US lenders
At some US regionals, CRE loans eclipse tangible equity by up to 7x
Valley National, NYCB and First Foundation the most levered in a sample of 30 banks
Shinhan, Kookmin set aside record reserves amid real estate worries
Kookmin provisions account for 38% of income; 23% for Shinhan
Soured CRE loans pile up at BofA, Wells Fargo and PNC
Proportion of non-performing loans surges past the pandemic’s worst stretches
At Canada’s big five, impairments keep creeping up
BMO leads the group with bad loans up 39% quarter on quarter
The top 10 investment risks for 2024
New fears include mounting government debt, the rise of AI, a credit crunch and regulatory overkill
CRE books at Goldman, Morgan Stanley most laden with provisions
Duo increased allowance coverage fastest among top US banks since September 2022
Can CRE credit risk models cope with hybrid working?
As US office use changes, modellers deploy judgement overlays and alternative data to keep up
Nordic banks’ RWAs rise $9bn on Swedish risk-weight floor rejig
Constraints on real-estate exposure modelling result in Pillar 2 charges moving to Pillar 1 requirements
Non-performing CRE loans surge 61% at three US banks
NPL ratio for commercial real estate up to 2.3% across trio, highest since at least 2019
Bankers say CRE market on safe ground – for now
Risk Live: But higher rates may threaten weaker properties