Gatehouse preps Shariah compliant structure for CMBS breakthrough

Shariah compliant lender Gatehouse Bank kicked off a roadshow on Monday for its first commercial rental backed security (CRBS). The bank created the new Shariah compliant structure in order to break into the recovering European CMBS market, and the collateral features on the new product could eventually allow tighter pricing than conventional CMBS, a senior Gatehouse banker told GlobalCapital.