02 Oct
Member News, News

Trepp | Domestic CMBS Market Keeps Cooking

Domestic private-label CMBS issuance topped $100 billion this year through the end of September. That means 2026 is shaping up to be among the busiest years in the CMBS new-issue market since 2007, when for the full year, $230.5 billion of deals were brought to market. As has been the case in recent years, today's CMBS market is not your father's CMBS market. What was developed as a mechanism to tap the capital markets to fund middle-market commercial property loans...

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02 Oct
Member News, News

KeyBank | Middle Market Snapshot: How Private Capital is Reshaping the Modern Capital Stack

Middle market companies keep investing despite the noise.While headlines on private credit have focused on high-profile defaults and concerns about late-cycle excess, the companies making capital decisions in this segment are leaning in, engaging with private capital partners, blending it with traditional bank financing, and using it to fund growth rather than to patch the balance sheet. The findings come from KeyBank’s Middle Market Snapshot Survey, which polled 319 owners and senior executives in April 2026 across revenue bands from...

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01 Oct
Member News

EIB | European Commission and EIB Group launch Institutional Investors Pact to boost investment in tech scale-ups

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group launched today the European Institutional Investors Pact (EIIP) at the TechEU Equity Summit. The Pact is a new voluntary framework designed to channel more long-term institutional capital into Europe’s technology and scale-up ecosystem. Thirteen institutional investors have already expressed their intention to channel investments into Europe’s innovation and scale-up ecosystem, including through the €15 billion European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI) 2.0 and the €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund. President of the...

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01 Oct
Member News

IPTI | October Newsletter

Presidents Message: There is no respite from the turmoil currently affecting much of the USA in relation to property taxes. In an article with the title “The Property-Tax Temper Tantrum”, the author refers to a recent paper to which we have published a link on the IPTI website. The article states: “Everyone wants the government to pay for stuff. We need our Social Security, our Medicare, our police and fire protection, our elementary schools; heck, some would add universal...

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01 Oct
Member News, Trade & TTIP Related

Jaguar Freight | The Freight Outlook for Q4 2026

Higher Rates and Fuel Costs, while Congestion remains Elevated. And So Do the Geopolitical Tensions. Global Ports The Headlines: Global port congestion has reached a new record, surpassing even the worst levels of the pandemic era. In September, nearly 4 million TEU of container capacity sat idle outside ports for a variety of reasons. Ship waiting times this year have nearly doubled compared to the same period in 2019, and schedule reliability has plateaued in the 50 to 65 percent...

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30 Sep
News, TRIA News

EIB | Naftogaz Sets a Greener Course for Ukraine’s Energy Future with EIB Support

Naftogaz has adopted a new decarbonisation strategy to reduce emissions and develop cleaner energy solutions. The strategy was developed with €400,000 in technical assistance funded by the EIB. The EIB and Naftogaz will continue working together to support a cleaner, more resilient Ukrainian energy sector. Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz Group has adopted a new decarbonisation strategy, with support from the European Investment Bank (EIB), marking an important step towards a cleaner and more sustainable energy future....

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30 Sep
Chapter News, Member News, News

EIB | European Commission and EIB Group launch Institutional Investors Pact to boost investment in tech scale-ups

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group launched today the European Institutional Investors Pact (EIIP) at the TechEU Equity Summit. The Pact is a new voluntary framework designed to channel more long-term institutional capital into Europe’s technology and scale-up ecosystem. Thirteen institutional investors have already expressed their intention to channel investments into Europe’s innovation and scale-up ecosystem, including through the €15 billion European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI) 2.0 and the €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund. President of the...

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28 Sep
Member News, News

Barnes & Thornburg | Russia Sanctions and Tariffs: What Businesses Need to Know About the Graham Act

Highlights New tariffs create immediate supply chain exposure. The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (the Graham Act) authorizes duties of up to 100% on all goods from countries that are top-five purchasers of Russian energy or top-five facilitators of oil sanctions evasion. It also requires duties of up to 500% on Russian-origin goods, stacked on top of existing duties. The president's first country determinations are due within 30 days of enactment, or about Oct....

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28 Sep
Member News, New York Related News, News

Littler | New York Proposes Workplace Opioid Antagonist Regulations

The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has proposed regulations implementing New York Labor Law section 27-f, which requires certain employers to make an opioid antagonist, such as naloxone or Narcan, available for workplace first aid or emergency treatment. The proposed rules would require covered employers to determine an adequate supply for each workplace, make the medication quickly accessible, recruit and train employee volunteers, and establish inspection, replacement, and disposal practices before the statute takes effect in December...

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28 Sep
Member News, News

Jaguar Freight | Rate Trends in Ocean Freight, New Enforcement at the Border, Managing the growth of AI in the industry, and more

In this week’s Roar: Rate trends in ocean freight, new enforcement at the border, the Asia-Pacific air cargo market, Chinese-backed cyber espionage, and managing the growth of AI in the industry. The global container freight market continues to show diverging trends across major trade lanes, according to the latest WCI. On the Transpacific trade, Shanghai to Los Angeles rates rose 2% while Shanghai to New York held steady, and blank sailings are set to climb from nine to 15 this...

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