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Green securitizations have been prominent in CMBS this year
Rating cut as note pays more interest than planned
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Private equity investors Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and Patron Capital have offered bondholders in Opera Finance (Uni-Invest) CMBS an enforcement option that prioritises a hefty upfront payment for class ‘A’ investors. Whether successful or not, the bid may cajole other private equity companies to look for profitable opportunities in ailing CMBS portfolios.
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Two rival proposals to restructure Eurohypo’s troubled Opera Finance (Uni-Invest) commercial mortgage securitization will be voted on by noteholders next month.
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New issuance volume in the European securitization market is set to total about EUR50 billion ($66.3 billion) for the first quarter, market officials told SI this week.
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Freddie Mac has priced its $1.2 billion FREMF 2012-K501 Mortgage Trust, its first K-issuance of structured pass-through certificates backed solely by five-year mortgages.
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The whole loan residential mortgage market stands to benefit from a potential transfer of liquidity from the securitization sector, where “absurdly high” Solvency II capital charges could push insurance investors away from residential mortgage-backed securities, according to London-based analysts.
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Activity is tapering off across Europe’s securitization mart this week as the end of the quarter approaches, ratcheting down the flurry of new issues that emerged this month along with the steady flow of Bids-Wanted-In-Competition in recent weeks.
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Demand for floating-rate covered bonds is growing in Europe, with investors said to be considering the asset class as an alternative to U.K. and Dutch residential mortgage-backed securities.
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The continued growth of online commerce could result in prolonged retail vacancies over the next decade, which could have a negative impact on commercial mortgage-backed guarantees, according to Standard & Poor’s.
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Spreads for commercial mortgage-backed securities will likely be more limited in the second quarter than they were earlier this year, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts.