Investors in several European commercial mortgage bonds that were originally sold with top credit ratings look set to suffer losses, say analysts, the first time since the global financial crisis that the safest tier of this debt has been hit.
Among those set for losses are holders of the most senior bonds in a commercial mortgage-backed security that originally made a loan to Oaktree Capital Management to finance three UK shopping centres. The recently agreed sale of the underlying properties is expected to raise less than the value of the outstanding debt.
Meanwhile, rating agency Fitch has predicted that investors in the safest tranche of two more CMBS deals, including one set up to lend to Brookfield, are also facing losses.