Securitization and Structured Finance Post Credit Crunch: A Best Practice Deal Lifecycle Guide

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Trepp

20.1 COMPANY HISTORY

Trepp has been a pioneer in the structured finance community since it was founded in 1980. As the CMBS industry has evolved, the firm has remained at the forefront of the market and continues to be the leading provider of CMBS and commercial mortgage information, analytics, and technology to the global securities and investment management industries. Trepp is a wholly owned subsidiary of DMG Information, which is a part of the Daily Mail Group, a large media corporation in the U.K.

Trepp’s contributions to the CMBS market go far beyond the role of a traditional service provider and have become an integral part of the industry’s framework since its inception. From modeling the first CMBS and CRE CDO deals and being a founding member of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association (CMSA) to the creation of unique solutions that support complicated instruments such as CRE derivatives and CDS—the company is a provider of CMBS cash flows to

Bloomberg LP and cash flow power behind Markit’s CMBX indexes—Trepp’s reputation for excellence and accuracy is highly recognized by the industry. The company further cemented their market leader status when they were selected by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the collateral monitor for the TALF Lending Program in June 2009.

The firm provides both primary-market and secondary-market participants with the tools to increase their market intelligence, operational efficiencies, and information transparency. ...