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      Scope updates its CRE Loan and CMBS Rating Methodology and calls for comments
      MONDAY, 04/11/2024 - Scope Ratings GmbH
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      Scope updates its CRE Loan and CMBS Rating Methodology and calls for comments

      Scope proposes an update to its CRE Loan and CMBS Rating Methodology and calls for comments from market participants by 4 December 2024. The proposed update clarifies and refines Scope’s analytical approach.

      The proposed updated methodology can be downloaded here.

      The CRE loan and CMBS Rating Methodology supplements the General Structured Finance Rating Methodology and should be read together with the Counterparty Risk Methodology.

      Summary of the proposed key changes

      This proposed update includes the following adjustments:

      1. A clarification of how we incorporate sponsor and business plan analysis into the rating process
         
      2. Aligns our liquidity coverage expectations with the General Structured Finance Rating Methodology
         
      3. Updates to our rating conditional rental value haircuts and discount rates approaches
         
      4. A clarification of our vacancy assumptions
         
      5. A clarification of our foreclosure assumptions for CMBS
         
      6. A clarification of how we capture ESG risks in our ratings
         
      7. Amendments to our CRE loan and CMBS data guidelines
         
      8. Editorial changes

      The proposed changes are expected to affect two existing ratings assigned by Scope in a range of up to two notches on the upside and up to two notches on the downside.

      Call for comments

      Scope invites issuers, investors, and other interested parties to comment on the methodology by 4 December 2024 as part of the agency’s ongoing commitment to transparency and an open dialogue with market participants.

      Scope will review and publish the content of written responses in accordance with regulatory requirements unless the respondent has specifically requested confidentiality.

      Please send your comments to consultation@scoperatings.com.

       
       

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