CMBS

Structured finance professionals aren’t losing much sleep over a new regulation barring federally-insured banks from engaging in certain kinds of swaps with vehicles that issue asset-backed securities

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is marketing €286 million ($331 million) of securities backed by three commercial mortgage loans on 14 office and retail centers located in Italy.

Final rules requiring sponsors of securitizations to retain “skin in the game” were published in the Federal Register today.

George Kok is set to join Morgan Stanley as a managing director in the bank’s Commercial Real Estate lending group.

International bank regulators finalized changes Thursday that will greatly diminish the role of external ratings agencies in weighting the risk of securitized assets in capital requirements.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange has launched a product designed to allow fixed-income investors to hedge against interest-rate volatility.