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Treasuries are also likely to be supported as inflation can keep slowing even if growth does remain relatively healthy. The investment bank is advising its clients buy Treasury five-year notes and 30-year inflation-linked debt.

One loan is secured by 1,376 single-family rental properties. It's a potential credit strength, because the trust could benefit from lower cash volatility.

The issuer underwriting (UW) rent for data center space is about 17.9% below the sponsor's market rent estimates, leaving potential opportunities for further rent revenue increases.

In their latest assessment of the bond market outlook, Morgan Stanley strategists are challenging the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's view that losses are likely to deepen.

They are bullish on equities in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea and recommend an overweight position in developed-market government bonds, including long-dated Treasuries

Gorman, who transformed Morgan Stanley after it nearly collapsed during the global financial crisis, plans to assume the role of executive chairman.

Corporations are navigating shifting geopolitics, and M&A bankers are advising them as they consider selling off faraway units and focusing more on assets closer to home or in friendlier countries.

Three announced deals from Woodward Capital, Redwood Trust and Wells Fargo are set to price before the end of the month; additional transactions are expected soon from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

The transaction involving 345 high-balance mortgages is just the third sponsored by Morgan Stanley's mortgage acquisition and trading arm since the financial crisis more than a decade ago.

Morgan Stanley agreed to purchase Eaton Vance for about $7 billion in CEO James Gorman's second major acquisition this year, both of which tilt the investment bank further toward the steadier business of money management.

As they prepare to exit government conservatorship, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have enlisted the investment banks to help them boost capital and evaluate market opportunities.

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are backing the first commercial mortgage-backed securities activity in two months, through two deals that exclude hotel or department store retail assets that are most exposed to pandemic-related stresses.

"We've proven we can operate with no footprint," said James Gorman, Morgan Stanley's CEO. "Can I see a future where part of every week, certainly part of every month, a lot of our employees will be at home? Absolutely."

The 52-story structure designed by postmodern architect Philip Johnson is backing a portion of a loan to Beacon Capital Partners for a cash-out refinancing of existing debt.

The single-loan securitization is through Morgan Stanley on suburban properties mostly concentrated in the Washington, D.C., area.

A continued "oversupply" of CLO deals, along with expectations for new debut or returning managers in the absence of risk-retention requirements, is expected to keep activity flowing.

It's now calling for volume of $110 billion, 10% higher than its previous forecast, based on the view that the repeal of risk retention will spur smaller managers and new managers to enter the market.

A $92 million portion of $194.4 million mortgage on a portfolio of 36 ExtraSpace Self Storage locations is the largest of 42 loans backed backing MSC 2017-HR2.

New issuance of U.S. collateralized loan obligations reached $11.9 billion across 24 deals, taking year-to-date volume past $72.3 billion, according to Thomson Reuters LPC. The eight-month total is higher than the total issuance for all of 2016.

Five deals launched in the first week include another whole loan participation in New York's GM Building, as well as a single-borrower ABS for the Park Avenue office tower complex that includes Facebook and Buzzfeed as tenants.