CMBS

JPMorgan Chase is in the market with its JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust Series 2010-C2. The $1.1 billion deal is managed by JPMorgan Securities.

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) appointed Simon Lewis as its chief executive. The new hire will assume his position on Oct. 1.

House Republicans blasted the proposed Basel III capital standards on Wednesday, arguing the plan would make the system more uncertain without making it substantially more safe.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Wednesday said the U.S. would implement proposed international capital rules aimed at helping financial institutions withstand future crises by 2012.

Standard & Poor's has launched Understanding Ratings, a new information and education resource for investors found on the Web site www.understandingratings.com.

Defaults on commercial real estate loans are beginning to play a larger role in the failure of FDIC-insured institutions than construction loans, according to Trepp.

As technical director of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Russell Golden is the person to whom financial institutions have been addressing their comment letters on a controversial proposal that would expand the use of fair value accounting.

U.S. commercial real estate (CRE) prices as measured by Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Indices (CPPI) dropped 3.1% in July, which is the second straight monthly dip exceeding 3%.

Poinsett Capital Advisors appointed Andrew Reiken as chief investment officer.

Six months into his tenure as MF Global's chief executive, Jon Corzine wants the futures broker to expand geographically, and he wants it to build a beachhead in investment banking.