Moody's Investors Service, for example, has been at odds with other ratings agencies for months now about the appropriate
subordination levels, a measure of credit support based on principal outstanding for CMBS loans, according to a recent report from the Commercial Mortgage Alert, a newsletter that tracks the CMBS market.
Opacity — few can truly understand the economics of most securitizations, or whether
the subordination levels are right or not.
Remember the rating agencies calculating
subordination levels for ABS, RMBS & CMBS?
My, but I think that
subordination levels would rise.
As I've said before, it is impossible to set regulatory capital levels or
subordination levels for assets that have not been through a failure cycle.
Not exact matches
Others were created via
subordination, where the AAA portion took the losses only if they were greater than a highly stressed
level.