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The rise of the European master trust and the CLO market nears shut down
The trade is EdgeConneX’s euro debut, the first Dutch data centre ABS, the first data centre CMBS structure and the first master trust structure
'Super wide' guidance on triple-As brings in orders twice the tranche size
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A loan backing a post-crisis UK CMBS has suffered its second event of default (EOD) in 12 months, after being cured once. The Maroon Properties backing the deal saw a valuation decrease of £17.1m, triggering a loan to value covenant breach on Wednesday. -
The Federal Reserve continued its roll-out of initiatives to support the economy through the Covid-19 crisis this week, including the revival of the term asset-backed loan facility (TALF). However, market participants say the program is incomplete as long as it omits certain asset classes, specifically private label CMBS, and worry that some sectors will buckle without the support of the central bank.
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Around £1bn worth of CMBS deals could be subject to cash traps, withholding payments to certain parties in the transaction, in coming months with the UK in lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus.
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The US CMBS market, with its heavy dependence on corporate tenants to keep the cash flows to bond holders coming, is being buffeted by the turmoil stemming from the crisis in recent weeks, with the market exposed across dozens of deals to two particularly ailing sectors — airlines and oil and gas firms.
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Lloyds is among several lenders to announce that it will join NatWest, TSB and Nationwide in allowing borrowers affected by the coronavirus to take payment holidays on their mortgages, but that has raised legal questions for RMBS deals if borrowers require deferrals beyond the three month relief period.
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Bank of America is roadshowing Taurus 2020-1, a Blackstone-sponsored European CMBS and the first from the Taurus shelf to be backed entirely by Dutch properties.
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Commercial real estate finance firm Sabal Capital Partners came to the market this week with its first conduit CMBS transaction, a debut in a market dominated by the largest US and European banks.
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Barclays and JP Morgan were this week marketing the senior notes of Futura 2019 for Guber Banca and Varde at mid-300bps over six month Euribor. The deal gives investors a rare chance to buy publicly syndicated investment grade exposure to Italian non-performing loans.
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Link Group said it has agreed a €165m deal to acquire Pepper Group’s European loan servicing, asset management and advisory business, which will create a servicing group managing €130bn in assets.
