Investing in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

Introduction to Commercial Mortgage--Backed Securities (B. Lancaster). The Commercial Mortgage--Backed Securities Deal (A. Sanders). Floating--Rate Commercial Mortgage--Backed Securities (P. Corcoran and J. Phillips). Multifamily Project Securities (E. Daingerfield). Lehman Brothersa CMBS Index (S. Berkley and A. Golbin). The Efficient Frontier for CMBS and Commercial Mortgages Using a Risk--Return Framework (D. Jacob and J. Patel). Structure, Valuation, and Performance of CMBS (R. Gordon and L. Gibson). Value and Sensitivity Analysis of CMBS IOs (P. Obazee). Valuation and Analysis of Credit--Sensitive CMBS Tranches (P. Obazee). An Empirical Framework for Estimating CMBS Defaults (D. Westhoff, et al.). Project--Loan Prepayments and Defaults (S. Banerjee, et al.). Valuing the Prepayment and Credit Risks of Commercial Mortgage Securities (M. Youngblood). The CMBS Market, Swap Spreads, and Relative Value (B. Lancaster). The Effect of the Real Estate Cycle on Commercial Mortgage and CMBS Spreads (D. Jacob and C. Hong). CMBS in Japan (P. Corcoran and J. Phillips). Index.

Frank J. Fabozzi is a financial consultant, the editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management, and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale Universitya s School of Management.