According to new data from the Debtwire ABS NPL Database presented today at Debtwire’s Italian Restructuring Forum in Milan, Italy is expected to lead the pack of European loan portfolio sellers again in 2019.
The Government of Belarus could issue a Russian ruble-denominated bond in the next two months, according to a source at the country’s Ministry of Finance.
A block of Istanbul’sThird Bosphorus Bridge project loan is set to swap hands, as local lender Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (Garanti) is selling a portion of its exposure to another Turkey-based bank, said two sources familiar with the situation.
Only last year it was the new frontier, but 2019 will see Greece as the main player in the European loan portfolio market. For the first time, at the end of 1Q19 there was a higher volume of ongoing sales in Greece than in any other country, according to the Debtwire European NPLs 1Q19 report.
With non-performing loan markets at a pivotal point, investors set to expand geographical reach, according to A Global NPL Perspective, a new report by Ashurst, in partnership with Debtwire.
