v3.26.1
Investment Securities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investment Securities Investment Securities
Investment securities were comprised of the following as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 (amounts in thousands):
Carrying Value as of
March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
RMBS, available-for-sale$86,717 $88,283 
RMBS, fair value option (1)400,263 404,688 
CMBS, fair value option (1), (2)1,236,128 1,284,863 
HTM debt securities, amortized cost net of credit loss allowance of $46,910 and $37,369
182,722 179,567 
Equity security, fair value— 628 
SubtotalInvestment securities
1,905,830 1,958,029 
VIE eliminations (1)(1,597,627)(1,657,029)
Total investment securities$308,203 $301,000 
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(1)Certain fair value option CMBS and RMBS are eliminated in consolidation against VIE liabilities pursuant to ASC 810.
(2)Includes $142.5 million and $146.5 million of non-controlling interests in the consolidated entities which hold certain of these CMBS as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.
Purchases, sales and redemptions, and principal collections for all investment securities were as follows (amounts in thousands):
RMBS,
available-for-sale
RMBS, fair
value option
CMBS, fair
value option
HTM
Securities
Equity
Security
Securitization
VIEs (1)
Total
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
Purchases/fundings$— $— $6,527 $16,206 $— $— $22,733 
Sales and redemptions— — 3,865 — 625 (3,865)625 
Principal collections1,939 8,175 43,477 2,526 — (51,286)4,831 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
Purchases/fundings$— $— $8,666 
(2)
$9,799 $— $(4,639)$13,826 
Sales and redemptions— — — — 1,350 — 1,350 
Principal collections2,073 10,080 62,084 50,850 — (72,120)52,967 
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(1)Represents RMBS and CMBS, fair value option amounts eliminated due to our consolidation of securitization VIEs. These amounts are reflected as issuance or repayment of debt of, or distributions from, consolidated VIEs in our consolidated statements of cash flows.
(2)There was an additional $3.4 million of CMBS purchased from a consolidated partnership that is eliminated in consolidation.
RMBS, Available-for-Sale
The Company classified all of its RMBS not eliminated in consolidation as available-for-sale as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. These RMBS are reported at fair value in the balance sheet with changes in fair value recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”).

The tables below summarize various attributes of our investments in available-for-sale RMBS as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 (amounts in thousands):
Unrealized Gains or (Losses)
Recognized in AOCI
Amortized
Cost
Credit
Loss
Allowance
Net
Basis
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Net
Fair Value
Adjustment
Fair Value
March 31, 2026
RMBS$75,836 $— $75,836 $12,673 $(1,792)$10,881 $86,717 
December 31, 2025
RMBS$76,723 $— $76,723 $13,340 $(1,780)$11,560 $88,283 
Weighted Average Coupon (1)WAL 
(Years) (2)
March 31, 2026
RMBS4.5 %7.4
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(1)Calculated using the March 31, 2026 SOFR rate of 3.665% for floating rate securities.
(2)Represents the remaining WAL of each respective group of securities as of the balance sheet date. The WAL of each individual security is calculated using projected amounts and projected timing of future principal payments.
As of March 31, 2026, approximately $77.1 million, or 89%, of RMBS were variable rate. We purchased all of the RMBS at a discount, a portion of which is accreted into income over the expected remaining life of the security. The majority of the income from this strategy is earned from the accretion of this accretable discount.
We have engaged a third party manager who specializes in RMBS to execute the trading of RMBS, the cost of which was less than $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, recorded as management fees in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The following table presents the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of any available-for-sale securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, and for which an allowance for credit losses has not been recorded (amounts in thousands):
Estimated Fair ValueUnrealized Losses
Securities with a
loss less than
12 months
Securities with a
loss greater than
12 months
Securities with a
loss less than
12 months
Securities with a
loss greater than
12 months
As of March 31, 2026
RMBS$623 $10,778 $(10)$(1,782)
As of December 31, 2025
RMBS$480 $10,943 $— $(1,780)
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, there were 17 and 14 securities, respectively, with unrealized losses reflected in the table above. After evaluating the securities, we concluded that the unrealized losses reflected above were noncredit-related and would be recovered from the securities’ estimated future cash flows. We considered a number of factors in reaching this conclusion, including that we did not intend to sell the securities, it was not considered more likely than not that we would be forced to sell the securities prior to recovering our amortized cost, and there were no material credit events that would have caused us to otherwise conclude that we would not recover our cost. Credit losses, if any, are calculated by comparing (i) the estimated future cash flows of each security discounted at the yield determined as of the initial acquisition date or, if since revised, as of the last date previously revised, to (ii) our net amortized cost basis. Significant judgment is used in projecting cash flows for our non-agency RMBS. As a result, actual income and/or credit losses could be materially different from what is currently projected and/or reported.
CMBS and RMBS, Fair Value Option
As discussed in the “Fair Value Option” section of Note 2 herein, we elect the fair value option for certain CMBS and RMBS in an effort to eliminate accounting mismatches resulting from the current or potential consolidation of securitization VIEs. As of March 31, 2026, the fair value and unpaid principal balance of CMBS where we have elected the fair value option, excluding the notional value of interest-only securities and before consolidation of securitization VIEs, were $1.2 billion and $2.8 billion, respectively. As of March 31, 2026, the fair value and unpaid principal balance of RMBS where we have elected the fair value option, excluding the notional value of interest-only securities and before consolidation of securitization VIEs, were $400.3 million and $326.3 million, respectively. The $1.6 billion total fair value balance of CMBS and RMBS represents our economic interests in these assets. However, as a result of our consolidation of securitization VIEs, the vast majority of this fair value (all except $38.8 million at March 31, 2026) is eliminated against VIE liabilities before arriving at our GAAP balance for fair value option investment securities.
As of March 31, 2026, none of our CMBS or RMBS were variable rate.
HTM Debt Securities, Amortized Cost
The table below summarizes our investments in HTM debt securities as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 (amounts in thousands):
Amortized
Cost Basis
Credit Loss
Allowance
Net Carrying
Amount
Gross Unrealized
Holding Gains
Gross Unrealized
Holding Losses
Fair Value
March 31, 2026
CMBS$90,130 $(7)$90,123 $492 $(10,959)$79,656 
Preferred interests99,041 (36,743)62,298 — (30,030)32,268 
Infrastructure bonds40,461 (10,160)30,301 906 — 31,207 
Total$229,632 $(46,910)$182,722 $1,398 $(40,989)$143,131 
December 31, 2025
CMBS$92,629 $(13)$92,616 $603 $(11,436)$81,783 
Preferred interests82,844 (27,166)55,678 — (22,942)32,736 
Infrastructure bonds41,463 (10,190)31,273 650 — 31,923 
Total$216,936 $(37,369)$179,567 $1,253 $(34,378)$146,442 
The following table presents the activity in our credit loss allowance for HTM debt securities (amounts in thousands):
CMBSPreferred
Interests
Infrastructure
Bonds
Total HTM
Credit Loss
Allowance
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
Credit loss allowance at December 31, 2025$13 $27,166 $10,190 $37,369 
Credit loss (reversal) provision, net
(6)9,577 (30)9,541 
Credit loss allowance at March 31, 2026$$36,743 $10,160 $46,910 
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we had a $10.0 million specific credit loss allowance on a $19.2 million infrastructure bond that is collateralized by a first priority lien on a coal-fired power plant in Mississippi. It was deemed credit deteriorated when we acquired the Infrastructure Lending Segment in 2018 and was placed on nonaccrual under the cost recovery method in 2023 due to a forbearance and restructuring plan agreed between the lenders and borrower that was necessitated by operating shortfalls at the plant.
We also had seven commercial lending preferred interests with a combined amortized cost basis of $81.2 million on nonaccrual that were not 90 days or greater past due as of March 31, 2026, with total unfunded commitments of $60.2 million. As of December 31, 2025, we had seven commercial lending preferred interests with a combined amortized cost basis of $65.0 million on nonaccrual that were not 90 days or greater past due, with total unfunded commitments of $76.4 million. All of these investments were made in connection with loan modifications, but are not considered credit deteriorated.

The table below summarizes the maturities of our HTM debt securities by type as of March 31, 2026 (amounts in thousands):
CMBSPreferred
Interests
Infrastructure
Bonds
Total
Less than one year$25,453 $30,707 $— $56,160 
One to three years— 15,513 5,431 20,944 
Three to five years64,670 16,078 4,943 85,691 
Thereafter— — 19,927 19,927 
Total$90,123 $62,298 $30,301 $182,722 
Equity Security, Fair Value
During 2012, we acquired 9,140,000 ordinary shares from a related-party in Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited (“SEREF”), a debt fund that is externally managed by an affiliate of our Manager and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. As of December 31, 2025, we held 536,129 shares of SEREF that had not yet been redeemed, with a fair value of $0.6 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, this entity entered liquidation and was delisted from the London Stock Exchange. The remaining 536,129 shares were redeemed by SEREF for proceeds of $0.6 million, reducing our basis to zero.