KBRA's Akshay Maheshwari Named CREFC's 20 Under 40

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA is pleased to announce Akshay Maheshwari, Senior Director in KBRA’s CMBS group, was recognized as one of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Finance Council’s 20 Under 40. This recognition highlights those who have positively impacted the CRE finance industry across lenders, investors, borrowers, rating agencies, legal and accounting firms.

“Throughout Akshay’s 9-year tenure at KBRA he has continually embodied the firm's core values and strong credit culture and made significant value-add contributions that shape all of our Securitized CRE offerings,” Nitin Bhasin, Senior Managing Director at KBRA, said.

Akshay is a leader in the CRE ratings analytics team and co-manages KBRA’s single family rental (SFR) transactions. He has participated in the ratings process of nearly $400 billion in CRE securities across 500+ transactions including conduit, agency, CRE CLO, SASB, large loan, SBC, and SFR. He has played leading roles in the development of ratings methodologies and credit models as well as fundamental CRE research across U.S. and Europe.

Additionally, Akshay's media recognition includes multiple quotes in prominent publications such as the WSJ, Bloomberg, Asset Securitization Report, Business Insider, SCI, and the MBA. He also conducted a CRE CLO 101 webinar for CREFC and has participated in SFR webinars. Akshay holds a Master’s in Financial Risk Management (University of Connecticut) and a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering (Nirma University, India).

View the full CREFC 20 Under 40 spotlight here.

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About KBRA

KBRA is a full-service credit rating agency registered in the U.S., the EU, the UK, and Taiwan, and is designated to provide structured finance ratings in Canada. KBRA’s ratings can be used by investors for regulatory capital purposes in multiple jurisdictions.

About CREFC

The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) is the trade association for the commercial real estate finance industry with member firms including balance sheet and securitized lenders, loan and bond investors, private equity firms, servicers and rating agencies, among others. CREFC promotes liquidity, transparency, and efficiency in the commercial real estate finance markets, and acts as a legislative and regulatory advocate for the industry, playing a vital role in setting market standards and best practices, and providing education for market participants.