Fetzer, Thiemo; Guin, Benjamin; Netto, Felipe; Saidi, Farzad - 2024
to holders of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). Using detailed micro data, we show that cash flow shocks …, reflecting lower demand for these properties. Insurers react to such cash flow shocks by selling more exposed CMBS—mirrored by a … surge in small banks holding CMBS—and the composition of their CMBS portfolio affects their trading behavior in other assets …