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Institutional Mortgage Capital (“IMC”) is pleased to announce that Ken McKinnon has joined the IMC team as Senior Managing Director and Equity Partner. Ken will be reporting to IMC’s CEO and Managing Partner, John Ho. As the newest member of the senior leadership team, Ken will be responsible for managing IMC’s relationships and capital raising activities for its growing debt and equity businesses. Ken will be a member of IMC’s investment committee and will work alongside Darren Schmidt and Bob Fitzpatrick, Senior Managing Directors and Equity Partners who are co-heads of IMC’s origination and portfolio management platform.

Ken McKinnon, joins IMC from TD Bank where he was the Head of Real Estate Corporate Banking at TD Securities since 2014. In total, Ken was with TD Bank Group for over 23 years and within the Real Estate Corporate and Investment Banking team for 18 years. At TDS, he was responsible for a team of over 20 professionals covering all sectors of the real estate space across Canada and the US. Ken and his team originated, advised and risk managed over $100B in debt transactions and actively built leading relationships with both large and small public and private real estate owners and operators across North America.

“We are very excited for the future of IMC” said John Ho. “The addition of Ken reinforces our commitment to building an organization that will provide best-in-class investment solutions to our clients for years to come.”

We are pleased to announce that Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed IMS Limited Partnership’s commercial primary servicer rating of CPS 2-. This primary servicer rating reflects IMS’s demonstrated high performance in overall servicing ability, as well as the company’s highly experienced senior management, strong asset management capabilities, its servicing technology, and the company’s internal control environment.

We are pleased to announce that Fitch Ratings has affirmed IMS Limited Partnership’s commercial primary servicer rating of CPS 2-. This primary servicer rating reflects IMS’s demonstrated high performance in overall servicing ability, as well as the company’s highly experienced senior management, strong asset management capabilities, its servicing technology, and the company’s internal control environment.

For the last decade, a persistent low interest rate environment has created challenges for institutional investors looking to generate income from bond investments. The authors examine how trustees can utilize commercial mortgages to boost portfolio yields without significantly changing the risk profiles of their pension portfolios.

Commercial mortgages have long been an attractive asset class for institutional investors, with excess liquidity, who are seeking to safely enhance the yields in their fixed income portfolios.

Commercial mortgages can add significant value to investors’ portfolios by providing stable, reliable income and an enhanced yield relative to traditional fixed income investments.