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White papersDefining and Capitalizing on the ABF Opportunity
Asset-Based finance (ABF) is gaining traction across private credit. In this Q&A with Private Debt Investor, Jim Moore, Head of Private Placements and ABF, shares how the market is evolving and why ABF is becoming a strategic focus for investors.
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White papersCRE lending index at fifth-highest level ever
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) recently published its 3Q25 Survey of Commercial / Multifamily Mortgage Banker Originations, which provides quarterly updates on changes in the originations market. It details changes in the volume of loans originated and breaks down the data by property type and investor type. Notably, in the latest release, lending activity rose meaningfully across nearly all segments of the market. The volume of commercial and multifamily loan originations increased 18% from the previous quarter, 36% year-over-year, and is now up 47% year-to-date compared with the same nine-month period in 2024. While seasonal patterns can influence quarter-over-quarter comparisons, the year-over-year and year-to-date gains indicate a broader recovery is underway in the CRE debt space.
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White papersU.S. CRE deal volume up 17% in 3Q 2025
MSCI Real Capital Analytics reports that U.S. commercial real-estate (CRE) transaction volume increased by 17% in 3Q 2025, with volumes year-to-date through September up 17% compared with the same period in 2024 — signalling renewed investor demand and confidence across most property types.
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White papersMIM Public Market Signals for Private Real Estate Investors Part II: Risk Assessment
Housing supply is tight in the Midwest and Northeast; inventory is building up in the Sun Belt
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White papersA good quarter for rates and spreads as the bond market inches along
The Fed does what it must and the everything rally resumes.
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PodcastEnhancing Insurance Portfolios Through Private & Alternative IG
How can insurers enhance spread and improve capital efficiency in today’s credit markets? Patrick O’Sullivan joined the InsuranceAUM.com podcast to explore opportunities across CLOs, commercial mortgage loans, portfolio finance, and private ABS.
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White papersShifting Dynamics in the CRE Lending Market
We see an array of differentiated opportunities across the commercial real estate credit market.
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White papersBond markets: An investor’s Swiss army knife
Fixed income markets provide investors with an abundance of tools to adapt portfolios in the face of heightened economic and policy uncertainty.
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White papersUnified Global Alternatives – Hedge Funds Bulletin
Risk assets were broadly positive in January on the back of optimism related to the expected pro-business and America first policies of the new US administration. In Equity Hedged, US Equity Hedged strategies generally produced positive returns. The majority of managers generated gains, with the highest absolute performance and value-add resulting from TMT managers collectively.
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White papersU.S. Housing Chartbook
The U.S. consumer remains strong on the back of a healthy labor market and inflation is moving back to target, albeit slowly.
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White papersABS: Normalizing Delinquent Behavior
Economic uncertainty and recession fears, combined with deteriorating metrics for consumer ABS, have given some investors pause, but we are relatively optimistic.
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White papersReal Estate House View: Switzerland - Second half-year 2024
The second kev interest rate cut by the SNB in June will enable the downward trend in debt financing costs to continue, although we are not expecting any further cut in interest rates before the end of 2024.
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White papersESG Momentum in Non-Investment Grade Credit
Issuers are facing an increasingly high bar in relation to environmental, social and governance standards. Our recent panel discussion provided ideas on setting goals and working toward achieving them.
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White papersEconomic Monthly: Strength or Softness?
Consumers have still not run out of runway. Despite having burned through the famous “excess savings” from pandemic-era stimulus, and despite a softer labor market, we continue to see consumers willing and able to spend. As we elaborate below, continued credit availability, investment spending and the labor market provide enough space for households to maintain their spending habits for the next several months.
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White papersLocal banks lead on physical climate risk
The increased frequency of wildfires and flash flooding is already hitting insurance companies. But what about the climate exposures faced by banks in their mortgage and commercial loan books? Will Farrell investigates.
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White papersThe Coming Wave of Homebuyers
How higher rates for longer could be positive for U.S. consumption.
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White papersEuropean structured credit review and outlook: From strength to strength
Structured Credit, and the European ABS market in particular, performed strongly during 2023, aided by attractive valuations, robust underlying collateral performance – despite higher borrowing costs for consumers and corporates – and significant income generation, attributes which have only become more compelling given the uncertain economic outlook.
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White papersHow the Australian canary shows this cycle is different
Across 2023 we had been using Australia as our “canary in the coalmine” to highlight why this cycle is different. Despite some of the shortest maturity mortgages in the world, Australia’s economy has hummed along nicely. Our canary remains singing and shows why meaningful recessions are unlikely.
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White papersWhy Shared Ownership housing economics now look compelling
London’s renters have seen rents rise by up to 10%, while some home owners have seen mortgage rates double on the back of interest rate rises. Likewise, affordability constraints have increased for shared owners, who face higher rents, mortgage payments and service charges. Yet Shared Ownership could still offer considerably better value than other housing options for new buyers.
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White papersThe Mortgage-Backed Moment
Securitized credit, and especially mortgage-backed securities, can be an attractive source of income while waiting for volatile bond markets to settle.
