commercial-mortgage

Yields on commercial-mortgage securities averaged 8% for bonds rated triple-B, one notch above junk status, and higher.

Some Funds 'Junk' Strategy Prabha Natarajan 2011

They argue commercial-mortgage securities are less risky than junk bonds because they are backed by assets such as loans for hotels, offices and apartments.

Some Funds 'Junk' Strategy Prabha Natarajan 2011

Berkshire partnered with Leucadia in 2009 to buy Capmark Financial Group Inc.'s commercial-mortgage origination and servicing business, renaming it Berkadia Commercial Mortgage.

Berkshire Is in Group Bidding on Citi Unit Serena Ng 2011

Julianne Bass , who manages $1.6 billion of high-yield assets for USAA, recently bought some commercial-mortgage securities for USAA's High-Yield Opportunities Fund.

Some Funds 'Junk' Strategy Prabha Natarajan 2011

Mr. Rohrer also said that commercial-mortgage debt was structured with so many checks and balances, "there is an inability for one single market participant or one advisor to a market participant to game the system."

Ex-Banker Caught Up in Debt Brawl Al Yoon 2012

The rating firm already rates commercial-mortgage bonds and is in the early stages of developing municipal-bond ratings.

Challengers Take Aim at Credit-Rating Titans Jeannette Neumann 2011

Swiss bank Credit Suisse, which emerged from the crisis relatively unscathed, suffered losses from the spring market shift after building up a roughly $5 billion inventory of residential- and commercial-mortgage trading positions, according to people familiar with the matter.

Costly Rush Away From Risk Serena Ng 2011

Swiss bank Credit Suisse, which emerged from the crisis relatively unscathed, suffered losses from the spring market shift after building up a roughly $5 billion inventory of residential- and commercial-mortgage trading positions, according to people familiar with the matter.

Costly Rush Away From Risk Serena Ng 2011

The commercial real-estate market was shaken this summer when S&P pulled its rating on a commercial-mortgage deal at the last minute.

For S&P, an Uphill Slog Jeannette Neumann 2011

Less than 15% of the private mortgage bonds rated by Moody's Investors Service still carry an investment-grade rating, Baa3 or higher, compared with 53% of commercial-mortgage securities.

Investors Sour on Subprime Bonds Al Yoon 2012