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Deals at the double as mall-backed issuance creeps up
Sponsors also inject $35m of equity
UBS headquarters among deals in enthusiastic SASB market
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Angelo Gordon announced on Monday that it has hired a managing director to its commercial real estate debt group, overseeing originations and management of the firm’s loan investments in the sector.
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GlobalCapital understands distressed debt buyers are seeking advice on how to target debt issued by intu Properties, especially its 2022 convertible bonds, now trading below 70, as the shopping centre company reels from the wave of restructurings and rent reductions by some of UK’s largest retailers. -
Three banks sold an $810.5m single asset CMBS deal backed by a loan on the office tower at 55 Hudson Yards this week.
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Continued low interest rates and the enduring strength of the US commercial real estate market will drive higher volumes of CMBS across all asset classes next year, said Kroll Bond Rating Agency in its 2020 outlook report.
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Bank of America Securities is marketing its fourth European CMBS of the year, looking to securitize a loan financing a Finnish shopping centre and offices owned by Blackstone — by far the most active sponsor in the market this year. The deal will hit the market with its covenants already triggered, as the offices backing the deal are still under construction.
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Morgan Stanley sold the latest conduit CMBS transaction at the end of last week, putting the US non-agency CMBS sector on track to eclipse the total volume issued in 2018.
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Newly appointed EMEA investment grade DCM head Mark Lewellen has outlined the management team for Deutsche Bank’s bond operations in the region, creating a new role running real estate origination, giving Achim Linsenmaier responsibility for the public sector business, and giving Federica Calvetti environmental, social and governance responsibilities.
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Asset manager AllianceBernstein has criticized the viability of shorting the CMBX.6 index, nicknamed the “next big short” by proponents of the trade, arguing that the decline of US shopping malls has been greatly exaggerated.
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The next economic downturn will be much more severe than the last financial crisis, predicted Dr. Edward Altman, a professor of finance at NYU Stern School of Business. That companies have twice as much debt outstanding as they did before the last crisis was the critical factor, he said.
