CMBX Indices The New US Commercial Mortgage Backed Credit Default Swap Benchmark Indices
March 2006
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The New US CMBS CDS Benchmark - Themes
Liquidity
Diversification
Innovation
Standardization
Flexibility
Efficiency
Transparency
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Table of Contents
The New Benchmark CMBX Indices 4
CMBX.NA Index - Portfolio Rules of Construction 17
Reference Portfolio 20
Trading, Credit Events and Roll Mechanism 22
Contacts 28
The New Benchmark CMBX Indices
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CDS IndexCo Introduces Its Newest Series of Indices: CMBX
n CDS IndexCo
– Owns and maintains the CMBX, ABX & DJ CDX family of credit default swap (CDS) indices
– Liquidity commitments on CMBX, ABX & CDX from 14, 15, & 21 dealer institutions, respectively
– CMBX commences trading on March 7, 2006
– DJ CDX NA was formed from a merger of the major CDS indices (iBoxx and Trac-X) in April 2004
– Between $25 and $50 billion of CDX notional volume traded daily
– Introduction of second generation product such as index tranches and index options
n Broad market acceptance and effective management of the indices has resulted in increased:
– Liquidity
– Transparency
– Market consensus (portfolio names, correlation calculations)
– Standardization
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CDS IndexCo Creates the Benchmark for CDS of CMBS
n Liquidity
– Focus on the commercial mortgage backed sector
– Proven liquidity track record from the market-making group
– Multiple market-maker platform
n Transparency
– Objective, rules-based approach to portfolio construction
– Markit as administrator
– Daily prices available on Markit website
n Standardization
– Each index will reference a standardized basket of CMBS reference obligations
– Standardized documentation for contracts will promote operational efficiency
– Monthly payment amounts calculated and posted by Markit
– DTCC will offer efficient trade confirmation and settlement
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Key Features
n Clear rules for portfolio construction
n Standardization and multi-market maker platform to ensure transparency
n Active participation of Markit as Administration, Calculation, and Marketing Agent
n Approximately every six months
n One roll mechanism agreed across all market-makers
n Simple and clear roll mechanism
Liquidity & Track Record RollingTransparency
n Five separate indices at benchmark rating levels (AAA/Aaa, AA/Aa2, A/A2, BBB/Baa2, & BBB-/Baa3)
n Unfunded
n Future Products
– Funded Note Program
– Tranched Series
n ISDA Pay-As-You-Go template
– Fixed Cap Applicable
n Standardized documentation
n No fees
n Static portfolio
n No physical settlement
Structure Product Breadth
n Track record in CDS flow market and other credit indices
n The largest platform of leading market makers
n Inter-dealer broker participation
n Likely to increase trade flow in structured products
n Potential to impact cash spreads
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CMBX Participants
Five indices referencing similarly rated tranches from 25 deals
n Rules-based approach to construction
n New series of CMBX indices issued approximately every 6 months
n Suits a variety of investors looking for diversified CMBS exposure
Research
n Relative value trades
n Directional trading / macro view
n Relative value trades
n Directional trading
n Quick credit exposure / hedging
n Liquidity management tool
Hedge FundsAsset Managers Prop Trading Desks
n Source of credit spread data
n Suitable for portfolio hedging
n Easy ramp-up
n Quick credit exposure / hedging
n Transparent spread hedging
Correlation Trading Desks
Whole Loan Originators
Corporate Treasury
n Benchmark for product innovation
n Flow trading
Dealers
n Easy access to diversified US CMBS exposure
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Benchmark Liquidity and Tradability
Market-Makers of CMBX
Bank of America Goldman Sachs Nomura International
Bear Stearns JPMorgan RBS Greenwich Capital
Citigroup Lehman Brothers UBS
Credit Suisse Merrill Lynch Wachovia
Deutsche Bank Morgan Stanley
Inter-Dealer Brokers
CMBX is expected to trade in the inter-dealer broker market
Liquidity
n Securitizations backed by commercial mortgages are the 2nd largest sector in the US structured finance markets
n Increasing liquidity in the CDS of CMBS market
n Valuation analytics publicly available on www.markit.com
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CMBX Indices – Designed for Operational Efficiency
n Trades will confirm over DTCC from initial launch date
– DTCC confirms for all inter-dealer trades and trades with customers who are enabled
• Trades can be input using DTCC’s existing corporate index template
– Trades will be documented using two-page confirms, referencing a standard terms supplement and annex posted on Markit’s website
– Initial factors for underlying reference obligations will be posted on Markit’s website
n Standardized settlement calculation
– Markit will publish monthly fixed and floating payments for each contract
n Valuation analytics publicly available on www.markit.com
n Licensed dealers will provide daily closes for the most recent index series and monthly pricing on previously issued outstanding series
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About Markit
n Markit is the Administration, Calculation and Marketing Agent for the ABX.HE index program
n Markit is the Administration and Calculation Agent for the DJ CDX index program
n Markit Background:
– Founded in 2001 by a team of credit market professionals to aggregate and provide clean credit data across asset classes on a single platform
– Asset Classes include: CDS (Corporate, ABS, and CMBS), Bonds (corporate, financial, sovereign, convertible), Asset- and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, Syndicated Loans and Index Products
– Markit Reference Entity Database (RED) is the market standard for reference entity long legal names, reference entity-reference obligation relationships and “pair” identifiers
– The key industry source for accurate, consensus pricing for independent price verification, risk modelling and data back testing
– The industry source for standardized CDO and 1st-to-default valuations, OTC derivative valuations as well as corporate dividend payment and equity index constituent information
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Markit CMBX Calculator
Data on page is for example purposes only
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Holders of Commercial and Multifamily Mortgage Loans:Change in Market Share Since 1990 ($ Billions)
Source: CMSA, Commercial Mortgage Alert
1990 2005 3Q
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CMBS Issuance in the U.S. Bond Markets since 1990($ Billions)
Source: CMSA, Commercial Mortgage Alert
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CMBS Review of 2004 & 2005(Trading Volume in $ Billions)
Source: CMSA, CRE Direct News
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Portfolio Rules of Construction
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CMBX.NA Index Program – Index Construction Algorithm
Reference obligations considered must have the following characteristics prior to the launch/roll date
n Been issued within the last two years
n Minimum deal size of USD 700 million
n Be a debt or pass-through security referencing a pool of fixed rate securities
n Have a factor of 1.0
n Be secured by obligations from at least 50 separate mortgages from at least 10 unaffiliated borrowers
n No more than 40% of underlying obligations can be from the same state
n No more than 60% of underlying obligations can be of the same property type
n Ratings provided by at least two of the following: Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P; the lesser of all ratings will applyFive indices based upon the rating of the reference obligations: AAA, AA, A, BBB, and BBB-n One bond from each deal will be referenced in each index
– AAA will be comprised of the most credit enhanced tranche with the longest average life with an initial issuance size of at least $100MM & a weighted average life between 8 & 12 years based on 0% CPY at issuance
– AAA must be a publicly issued security, whereas other rating classes can be publicly or privately issued
n Reference obligations equally weighted by initial par amount as of roll date (4.0% each), subsequent weightings may change based on the prepayment and credit experience of the underlying transactions
n Based on standard ISDA Pay-As-You-Go template
n Index represents aggregate performance of the basket of credit default swaps
n Each index will contain this same list of reference obligations until all reference obligations have been fully paid off or have matured
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CMBX Index Family – Construction/Roll of the Index Timeline
Roll Date less 1 Day (5pm)
Roll Date less 1 Day (1pm)
Roll Date less 3 Days
Roll Date less 4 Days
Roll Date less 6 Days
Roll Date less 10 Days
Markit discloses the Fixed Rate to the public and all
Eligible CMBX Members
Markit solicits spreads for each index from each Eligible CMBX
Member and will compute the Fixed Rates
Markit publishes a draft of the
Annex for each forthcoming
CMBX to each Eligible CMBX Member & the
public
Markit informs all Eligible CMBX Members of the composition of the forthcoming CMBX index &
publishes to the public the
composition of such index
Markit proposes additional CMBS transactions to
replace any initial
transactions that received a 75%
majority vote for elimination &
continues until a final list is
compiled & discloses
additional names to the public
Markit determines an initial list of 25
CMBS transactions for inclusion in the index & submits to Eligible CMBX
Members
Reference Portfolio
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Reference Entities for the CMBX (Date of Publication: February 22, 2006)
MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-CKI125MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-LC124WACHOVIA BANK COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-C2223WACHOVIA BANK COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-C2122MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I TRUST 2006-TOP2121MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I TRUST 2005-IQ1020MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I TRUST 2005-HQ719LB-UBS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2006-C118LB-UBS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-C717LB-UBS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-C516J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., SERIES 2005-LDP515J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., SERIES 2005-LDP414J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., SERIES 2005-CIBC1313GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 2006-C1 Trust12GE Commercial Mortgage Corp. Series 2005-C411CSFB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-C610CSFB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-C59COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-GG58CD 2005-CD1 COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-CD17BEAR STEARNS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2005-TOP206Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2005-PWR95BEAR STEARNS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2005-PWR104Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., Series 2005-63Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., Series 2005-52Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., Series 2005-41
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CMBX: Indicative terms and conditions
n Indices:
n Notional: Amortization mirrors that of the underlying bonds
n Fixed Rate: Established 1-day prior to roll date. Payable monthly based on average balance
n Floating Rate Payments: Interest Shortfall, Writedown, Principal Shortfall
n Additional Fixed Payments: Interest Shortfall Reimbursement, Writedown Reimbursement, Principal Shortfall
Reimbursement
n Quotations: Dealers will quote a current market spread and exchange upfront amounts based on the difference between the current market spread and the Fixed Rate
n Physical Settlement: Not Applicable
n Accruals: Accrues 25th to 25th
n Payments: Payments made on the 25th of each month
n Day Count: Actual/360
IndicesScheduled
Termination Date
Fixed Rate
CMBX.NA.AAA.1 TBD [ ]CMBX.NA.AA.1 [ ]CMBX.NA.A.1 [ ]CMBX.NA.BBB.1 [ ]CMBX.NA.BBB-.1 [ ]
TBDTBDTBDTBD
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Trading - XYZ Sells Protection on $100MM CMBX.NA.A.1
Fixed Rate Payer = Protection Buyer = Index Buyer
n Pays [70] basis points per annum monthly to counterparty on notional amount
– Notional amount will decline over time based on the reference obligations amortization
n Receives Floating Payments in the event of a:
– Interest Shortfall (capped at fixed rate)
– Principal Shortfall
– Writedown
n Makes payment in the event of the following:
– Interest Shortfall Reimbursement Amount
– Principal Shortfall Reimbursement Amount
– Writedown Reimbursement Amount
n The Fixed Rate on CMBX.NA.A.1 Index is [70] basis points per annum, payable monthly
Floating Rate Payer = Protection Seller = Index Seller
n Receives [70] basis points per annum monthly to counterparty on notional amount
– Notional amount will decline over time based on the reference obligation’s amortization
n Pays Fixed Rate Payer in the event of a:
– Interest Shortfall (capped at fixed rate)
– Principal Shortfall
– Writedown
n Receives payment in the event of the following:
– Interest Shortfall Reimbursement Amount
– Principal Shortfall Reimbursement Amount
– Writedown Reimbursement Amount
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Credit Event (Writedown) - XYZ Sells Protection on $100MM CMBX.NA.A.1
Credit Event - Writedown
n Reference Obligation Original Factor = 1.0; Current Factor = 0.7
n A Writedown occurs on a Reference Obligation, for example, in year 3, in the amount of 1% of its current principal balance
– (Current Factor * Weighting * Loss) = (0.70 * .04 * .01) = .00028 = 0.028%
n Protection Seller pays to Protection Buyer a floating amount (0.028% x 100MM)= $28,000
n Index notional amount on which premium is paid reduces by 0.028%, in addition to the principal payments of the month
n Following the Floating Payment Event, protection seller receives premium of [70] bps on the remaining index notional amount
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CMBX.NA Trading Mechanics
• Seller of protection (Index Seller) pays Buyer of protection the difference in market value
• Seller of protection pays Buyer of protection the accrued premium for the period from the end of the last accrual period until the trade effective date
• Buyer of protection (Index Buyer) pays the Seller of protection the difference in market value
• Buyer of protection receives accrued premium from the Seller of protection for the period from the end of the last accrual period until the trade effective date
Trade Initiation
Index quoted lower than Fixed Rate• Implies spreads have tightened
Index quoted higher than Fixed Rate• Implies spreads have widened
Trade Date
Each CMBX Has a Fixed Rate
• Buyer of protection pays the Seller of protection the difference in market value
• Buyer of protection pays the Seller of protection the accrued premium for the period from the end of the last accrual period until the trade effective date
• Seller of protection pays the Buyer of protection the difference in market value
• Seller of protection receives the accrued premium from the end of the last accrual period until the trade effective date from the buyer of protection
Trade Termination
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Appendix
n Credit Derivatives Physical Settlement Matrix and Confirmation
– www.isda.org
n CMBX Confirmation
– www.markit.com
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MarkitAdministration Ben Logan
(212) 931-4925Public Relations Teresa Chick
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CitigroupJohn Caputo(212) 723-6156
Credit SuisseJames Hiatt(212) 325-4240
Morgan StanleyRoss Feldman(212) 761-2012
Merrill LynchShaun Heelan(212) 449-3860
JPMorganAndrew Taylor(212) 834-3813
Goldman SachsJosh Birnbaum(212) 902-5553
Deutsche BankStephen Schwartz(212) 250-5149
Lehman BrothersJohn Beaman(212) 526-0001
WachoviaFrank Tippett(704) 383-6778
UBSDavid McNamara(212) 713-6189
Bank of AmericaCharles Mather(704) 388-1597
RBS Greenwich CapitalBrian Schwartz(203) 625-2900
CDS IndexCoActing Chair Brad Levy
(212) 902-6590Public Relations Jennifer Lee
(310) 785-0810
Bear StearnsTodd Kushman(212) 272-4879
Nomura InternationalPhillip Evanski(212) 667-2485