Morningstar Credit Ratings DealView Surveillance Reports for CMBS Transactions Rated at Issuance Now Available to All Investors

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC today announced its commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) DealView(SM) surveillance reports, for public deals it was selected to rate at issuance, are now available to all investors, portfolio managers, analysts, and traders at ratingagency.morningstar.com

"We're addressing investor demand for more transparency and access to our industry-leading surveillance coverage of CMBS transactions through this initiative," Vickie Tillman, president of Morningstar Credit Ratings, said. "Since 2001, we've provided subscribers of our CMBS ratings and surveillance product with comprehensive monthly reports for the vast majority of secondary market CMBS transactions. We are now expanding the availability of our industry leading DealView(SM) surveillance reports, for transactions we are selected to rate at issuance, to a significantly larger number of CMBS investors."

Morningstar provides ratings for more than 600 CMBS transactions and thousands of CMBS securities. Morningstar's CMBS ratings and surveillance services are designed for portfolio managers, analysts, and traders in the CMBS market. The Morningstar CMBS DealView(SM) surveillance report, which is updated monthly, includes a comprehensive credit review, in-depth loan and property analysis, applicable letter ratings, and rating outlooks, for a CMBS transaction. Morningstar's ratings and surveillance process involves detailed loan- and property-level analyses, a review of operating cash flow, tenant base, property condition, and market performance, as well as timely reviews of credit events affecting the CMBS market.

More information about Morningstar's CMBS ratings and surveillance services is available at ratingagency.morningstar.com

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