CMBS

Barclays Capital has made several appointments to its U.S. CMBS team.

Rising foreign investment flows into U.S. commercial real estate bode well for the CMBS sector, said Standard & Poor’s in a release.

Reinstating trust in the ratings process is key to growing investor interest, according to buyside participants in a Tuesday panel at the ABS East conference hosted by Information Management Network.

Fannie Mae's recently priced $577 million multifamily DUS REMIC highlights moves the agency is making to court an agency CMBS investor base that appears to be broadening as activity has subsided somewhat in the CMBS conduit market.

UBS Commercial Mortgage Securitization Corp. has filed a form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue a CMBS transaction, according to filing made yesterday

At the ABS East conference, organized by the Information Management Network, the message of ending the market’s over-reliance on ratings rang loud and clear.

There is a scarcity of investors at this year’s ABS East conference hosted by Information Management Network.

Loan servicer C-III Capital Partners has committed to put $10 million into commercial real estate services firm Grubb & Ellis Co. by investing in a line of credit issued earlier this year by Colony Capital.

When it comes to bond pricing, one message that rang out clear at Information Management Network’s ABS East Conference on Sunday: investors need to do their own homework and make sure they know what’s behind the valuation tools they employ.

Commercial real estate CDO delinquencies rose slightly last month following four straight months of decline, according to the latest index results from Fitch Ratings.