What is happening in Commerical Real Estate and the CMBS market‪?‬ Cornerstone Unplugged Podcast

Pasquale Cardone II is the Founder and CIO of PC2 Capital, a private investment firm that invests across both fixed-income and equity securities in the commercial real estate sector. With over 20 years of experience in the financial industry, he’s worked as a commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) trader completing over $10 billion in transactions in less than four years at Citigroup Global Markets. Pasquale held a similar role at Wells Fargo Securities and was a research analyst and global bond portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, where he was responsible for over $6 billion in global bond multi-sector portfolios. 
In this episode… The recent bank failures in March of 2023 has slowly shifted the spotlight on the commerical mortgage sector and the possibility of it being the next "issue" for investors to navigate.  How has the FED tightening of interest rates and the stubborn vacancies within office spaces in larger metropolitan areas effected commerical mortgage-backed securities?
In this episode of Cornerstone Unplugged, JP Cavaliere interviews Pasquale Cardone II, Founder and CIO of PC2 Capital. Pasquale shares insights on the current state of the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market, how it has been affected by the pandemic, and the FED response to higher inflation.  He also reveals some of the strenghts and weaknesses he sees in the CMBS space and commerical mortgage sector as a whole.