Take Notes

Hosts Tom and Jim lead a rundown of our takeaways from IMN's recent CLO and leveraged loan conference, particularly on hot topics such as corporate credit themes, LIBOR cessation, and investor concerns, which were discussed at a roundtable "boxing ring" moderated by Brian O'Keefe.

Host Jim Manzi leads a discussion on the rising trend of co-working spaces with credit analysts Ana Lai, Jeevan Dhoot, and Senay Dawit, including the benefits (flexibility, free beer!), lease structures, and risks they could pose to CMBS and REITs.

Host Jim Manzi leads a discussion on the rising trend of co-working spaces with credit analysts Ana Lai, Jeevan Dhoot, and Senay Dawit, including the benefits (flexibility, free beer!), lease structures, and risks they could pose to CMBS and REITs.

Everything you ever wanted to know about covered bonds: what are they? How do cover pools work? Where are they issued and what's going on in the market today? Host Tom Schopflocher discusses the asset class' global expansion with credit analyst Antonio Farina.

It seems everyone's in on the crypto craze, but does blockchain have a future in structured finance? Tom Schopflocher talks with director of blockchain development Tom Zakrzewski, credit analyst Tim Moran, and Vanessa Purwin from Methodologies about the potential benefits and risks of using blockchain in the securitization process through the lens of the "five pillars" used to rate SF deals.

Jim Manzi talks with CMBS analysts Mathias Herzog and Edward Twort about the deal pipeline and two of the biggest topics in the European CMBS market—Brexit and retail. We also give an update on some new guidance related to our "CMBS Global Property Evaluation" criteria.

We discuss key themes from the largest SFIG Vegas Conference to date! Our hosts' quick takes on education finance, blockchain, LIBOR, and more.

Next stop on the conference train: CREFC. Host Jim Manzi talks leverage, lodging, retail, 2019 outlooks, and what we heard from issuers and investors at this year's conference with CMBS analysts Jim Digney and Natalka Chevance.

It sometimes takes a company's whole business to raise capital. In this episode of Take Notes, we dive into what whole business securitization is with an overview of this market's advantages and disadvantages, its general performance, and the type of company that usually partakes in this type of financing. We also discuss how we analyze and rate whole business securitizations.

The 2018 ABS East Conference just wrapped up, with our analysts hosting and attending panels and discussions on every major asset class. In the inaugural episode of Take Notes, hosts Tom Schopflocher and James Manzi explore hot topics at the conference, what's new in the market, and what we should expect as we close the book on 2018.