CMBS

Two banking regulators approved a final rule Thursday to raise collateral requirements for uncleared swaps.

Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch's latest commercial mortgage bond is backed by a pool with unusually low leverage relative to conduits issued so far this year, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Progress Residential is back this year with a third securitization of single-family rental homes, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Goldman Sachs plans to securitize a portion of a $650 million commercial mortgage secured by the IBM Building located on 590 Madison Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets in New York City.

The same tony New York City address, 11 Madison Avenue, is showing up in another commercial mortgage securitization sponsored by Deutsche Bank and Cantor Fitzgerald.

The inclusion of a loan secured by Chicago’s Prudential Plaza in a recent CMBS is causing a stir. Some investors are on edge about the property’s recent financing history, which suggest sharply different appraisal values within weeks of each other.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch plans to securitize two European commercial mortgage loans worth €186 million.

Real estate finance expert Brian Olasov has joined the Atlanta office of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt as executive director, financial services consulting.

As China’s economic slowdown roils global equity and commodity markets for the third straight session, securitization investors have just one concern: whether the Federal Reserve will end its’ near-zero interest rate policy in September.