Vice president at the Foundation Investment Advisors, Zoe Greenwood, was peeking through the offering memorandum for a new commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) deal on April 1, 2010, a time when the chances for commercial mortgage investors were dismal to the point of comical.
This new CMBS deal represented the first opportunity to purchase CMBS backed by loans to multiple borrowers since the securitization pipeline in June 2008 had closed. The offering gave Greenwood a fresh investment opportunity to propose to her company’s latest customer. She had intended to recommend an expansion in her client's conventional commercial mortgage company, but these new bonds seemed intriguing. Could the new CMBS offer her customer a superior risk-return tradeoff compared with making individual mortgage loans?
Return of the Loan Commercial Mortgage Investing after the 2008 Financial Crisis case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: June 19, 2013 PRODUCT #: KEL757-PDF-ENG
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