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CMBS Market on Track for Reinvigoration in 2025
As we approach 2025, the Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) market is experiencing a resurgence in activity. This blog gives highlights of the current CMBS market, based on takeaways from the recent ABS East structured finance event.
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Key Findings from FINCAD’s ‘End of Libor’ Survey
The countdown has begun. By the end of 2021, Libor, the benchmark rate underpinning more than $350 trillion of financial products, will be discontinued. The anticipated elimination of Libor is already creating significant challenges as financial institutions prepare to transition to an entirely new benchmark rate. To gain a better understanding of how firms will and are already being impacted by
April 17, 2019
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FINCAD Named One of Canada’s Top SME Employers for 2019
We are pleased to announce that today FINCAD was named one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers of 2019. FINCAD has been recognized for our innovative work environment, health, financial, and family benefits, generous time off policy, training and skills development opportunities, social activities and community involvement. Now in its 6th year, Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers is an
April 15, 2019
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Connecting the SOFR Curve to SOFR Swaps
In my last blog, I wrote about my experience with building the SOFR curve. Now FINCAD F3 can handle any instrument market data for curve building. But at the moment an important question is, “ Which instruments are the right ones to use to build the SOFR curve?” Right now, the market for SOFR-linked derivatives is just starting to take shape, and market quotes are becoming available for CME SOFR
April 9, 2019
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FINCAD Travels to Amsterdam for a Python Breakfast Briefing
Last week FINCAD held a knowledge-sharing breakfast briefing in Amsterdam, “ Using Python to Solve Complex Modelling, Valuation and Risk Challenges.” David Fletcher, Managing Director for FINCAD in EMEA reported, “I am pleased to say we had a great turnout with more than 50 individuals in attendance from the Netherlands, representing over 20 different financial institutions. It was a pleasure to
March 27, 2019
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Building a SOFR curve was easy!
I have been a financial engineer at FINCAD since 2013. But only recently have I begun hearing a lot of talk in the industry about the end of the Libor interest rate. My fellow coworkers at FINCAD have been following this story for some time now and recently published a technical paper on the topic. Last month I got involved, working with some of my colleagues on building the new benchmark curves
March 12, 2019
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