After its 2017 debut, throughout buying a €500 million portfolio, the nonperforming asset manager Bain Capital keeps investing in Portugal, having now closed the acquisition of project “Atlantico”, with a gross book value of 850 million, from the Portuguese bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos.
In its Report and Consolidated Accounts from 1stSemester 2018, the Portuguese public bank announced it would be selling the non-performing loans portfolio named “Atlântico”. In the occasion, Caixa’s president, Paulo Macedo, stated that the public offer had attracted several potential buyers. According to him, this transaction would allow Caixa’s NPL ratio to be under 10%.
After completing two transactions, Bain Capital admits its plans to keep investing in Portugal. «I assume we’re going to [buy more]. (…) We like the fact this is a small market, and, because of that, some of our major competitors don’t participate that frequently», Alon Avner, Bain Capital Credit’s Europe responsible, explains.
Original Story: ECO
Photo: Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Translation and Edition: Prime Yield