MTMS Advanced Leadership Summit

Under the Hood: The Inner Workings of Commercial Mortgages

Looking to optimize your fixed income and total portfolio solutions with a consistent, income-generating asset class with low interest rate risk? Private Canadian commercial mortgages have been providing pensions, insurance companies and top fixed-income investment managers with a structural illiquidity premium to enhance their portfolios for over 50 years. Learn about the risks, mitigations and strategies employed by Canadian commercial mortgage managers to deliver compelling, risk-adjusted returns to investors.

This deep dive is designed specifically for MTMS graduates and will cover the following topics to help trustees better understand commercial mortgages:

1. Fundamentals of commercial mortgage investments
2. Assessing, mitigating and pricing credit risk
3. Considerations for including mortgages in your asset mix
4. Implications for mortgage fund/portfolio construction, management and other risk considerations.