Introductory guide to loan portfolio sales
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Practice notesIntroductory guide to loan portfolio sales
Published by a LexisNexis Banking & Finance expert
Practice notesThis Practice Note provides an introduction to loan portfolio sales, considering in particular the types of portfolios that exist for sale and the identities and motivations of typical sellers and buyers. It also describes a typical portfolio sale process.
For information on the key issues which may arise on loan portfolio sales, see Practice Note: Loan portfolio sales—key issues and for information on the main legal documentation used, see Practice Note: Loan Portfolio Sales—legal documentation.
What is a portfolio sale?
A loan portfolio sale is the disposal by a lender of a group of Loans, rather than a single loan (as might be undertaken in a trade on the Secondary loan market). The selling lender may have been involved in origination or initial Syndication of the relevant loans, or acquired them on the secondary loan market from other Investors.
Portfolio sales gained prominence following the global financial crisis in 2008, (see 'Motivations of sellers' below). Many regulated lenders needed to de-leverage their balance sheet and improve regulatory capital ratios owing to political and regulatory
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