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  • Barclays Capital has expanded its U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities business with the hiring of John Trauben, Dan Vinson and Michael Birajiclian.
  • The changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program that deal with which mortgages are eligible for refis might have a limited effect, but the extension of HARP until 2013 should encourage more servicers to offer HARP refis, according to Matt Jozoff, head of residential mortgage-backed security research at JPMorgan.
  • Eurohypo, the special servicer in the stalled Opera Finance (Uni-Invest) Dutch commercial mortgage-backed securitization set to mature in February, has shortlisted bidders for the assets and could seek noteholder input on any potential final deal.
  • One of Europe’s largest commercial mortgage-backed securities loan has been extended through a restructuring aimed at ensuring the likelihood of recovery for all lenders.
  • The protracted wrangling over a resolution to the Eurozone crisis is holding some issuers in the region back from rolling out new securitizations, according to a London-based asset-backed securities syndicate head at a European investment bank.
  • Innkeepers USA’s agreement to sell 64 hotels for $1.02 billion could result in a loss of up to 24% of an $825.4 million mortgage securitized in two commercial mortgage-backed securities deals, according to Credit Suisse analyst Roger Lehman.
  • A new London-based hedge firm will target distressed asset-backed securities in its flagship fund, according to Derivatives Intelligence, an SI sister publication.
  • The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent decision to review the status of Real Estate Investment Trusts could signal a move to codify the exemptions and special privileges the REIT structure enjoyed—not the crackdown the industry fears—said Richard Ginn, managing director at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.
  • BlackRock says securities lending as well as advisory and administration fees helped raise revenue by 6% in the third quarter compared with a year earlier.