Secondary trading and loan portfolio sales

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Secondary debt trading is the activity of one investor purchasing debt on the Secondary loan market from another investor, who may have become a lender upon origination or primary syndication of the relevant debt, or have previously acquired it from another investor on the Secondary loan market. It generally involves the transfer of single loans or a small number of loans (for example a number of tranches made available under one loan agreement) in one transaction. These transfers are documented using market standard documentation.

Broadly speaking, sellers engage in secondary trading activity in order to manage their loan portfolios more efficiently—they may need to deleverage their balance sheets for regulatory reasons or to maximise shareholder value, rid themselves of non-performing loans or seek to remove loans which do not meet their strategic aims (for example they may wish to focus on particular types of customer or 'core' business areas).

A loan portfolio sale is a transfer of multiple

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