Fitch Releases Updated Criteria for Analyzing Large Loans in U.S. CMBS; No Rating Impact [Professional Services Close – Up]

Fitch Ratings has released an updated criteria report for analyzing large loans in U.S. CMBS transactions.

There have been no material changes to Fitch's U.S. CMBS criteria for rating large loans. Therefore, there are no rating implications for existing or new transactions.

The new report replaces Fitch's Sept. 21, 2012</chron> criteria.

The revised report is available at 'fitchratings.com' or by clicking on the link.

Additional information is available at 'fitchratings.com'.

Applicable Criteria and Related Research:

--Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria (May 2013)

--Surveillance Criteria for U.S. CREL CDOs and CMBS Large Loan Floating-Rate Transactions (November 2012)

--U.S. Commercial Mortgage Servicer Rating Criteria (February 2011)

--Criteria for Analyzing Multiborrower U.S. Commercial Mortgage Transactions (August 2013)

--U.S. Fixed-Rate Multiborrower CMBS Surveillance and Re-REMIC Criteria (December 2012)

--Managing and Developing Criteria and Models (July 2013)

--Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds (May 2013)

--Criteria for Rating Caps and Limitations in Global Structured Finance Transactions (June 2013)

--Terrorism Insurance and U.S. CMBS (December 2009)

--Environmental Site Assessments and Environmental Insurance in U.S. CMBS Transactions (December 2009)

--Addressing Extreme Events (July 2011)

Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Criteria for Analyzing Large Loans in U.S. Commercial Mortgage Transactions

http://fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/ report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=718468

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