Crunched Credit’s own Rick Jones spoke with the Mortgage Bankers Association about both the threats and opportunities facing the CMBS market as the global pandemic rages on. Covering everything from the Biden Administration, and what it means for regulation
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LIBOR: First They Blinked and Now Some Hope, But a New Problem and It’s Big
First, the ARRC, playing Charlton Heston, playing Moses, brings down from on high the ten commandments of SOFR and lo, we were sore afraid and with veneration, professed we had no God but SOFR. A solution of sorts to a
CREFC Annual Conference: The Virtual Edition
Last week, over 4,200 of our closest friends met virtually for the annual January conference by the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, which is usually held in Miami. While we have all learned to go without in the last
Highlights Of The Latest COVID-19 Relief Bill
The New Year is already proving to be a busy one. A new Congress, new COVID-19 strains and vaccine promises, and a new stimulus package making its way to American citizens and businesses. The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations
Elections Matter: My Dead Nuts Certain Guarantees for 2021
Happy Inauguration Day (I hope).
Every turning of the year makes for a convenient point to look backwards, and of course, forward, but this year seems to actually denote some sort of inflection point and, as a card-carrying member of
LIBOR: They Blinked!
My, my, my! Another governmental red line looks to be breached; at least this time no one gets hurt. We, at CrunchedCredit, have in some sense been carrying the government’s water about LIBOR transitions. We have been talking about how
Rick Jones Named to Mortgage Bankers Associations’ Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors
We’re happy to share some exciting news as Crunched Credit’s very own Rick Jones has been named as a newly elected member of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG). COMBOG drives Mortgage Bankers Association’s
2020 Golden Turkey Awards
So, once again, time for Dechert’s acclaimed (at least by us) Annual Golden Turkey Awards. It is rather a difficult time for comedy; we are in the throes of a completely unfunny pandemic. Sitting down to finalize this year’s
Inexorably SOFR…But Hang On!
Timing is everything. I published a piece two weeks ago on LIBOR transition to SOFR and suggested that folks get on with it and embrace this flawed but seemingly inevitable new SOFR index. Writing that piece, I thought of as
LIBORcast: A Conversation with David Bowman, Federal Reserve Board
Since nothing is happening in the news right now, we thought we would put out a second post on LIBOR this week. As you may know, Dechert has a LIBOR podcast which you can find on our YouTube page.