James HesterItalian financial group UniCredit has agreed to sell a portfolio of non-performing loans to Italian banking name Mediobanca and New York-based private investment firm Cerberus Capital Management.
The portfolio of secured and unsecured credits has a gross value of around €715m ($852.7m), marking a major drive by UniCredit to clear non-performing loans from its books.
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Mediobanca unit MBCredit Solutions has purchased the unsecured segment of the portfolio, with a gross book value of €450m, while Cerberus has bought the secured segment, with a gross book value of €265m.
UniCredit confirmed that the sale formed part of a strategy to lower its exposure to non-performing loans, saying that the transaction would be reflected in its fourth-quarter results.