Portugal’s first synthetic securitsation on tap

Banco Comercial Portugues (BCP) and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) are bringing to market the first synthetic securitisation transaction in Portugal. A portfolio consisting of Portuguese small and medium-size enterprise (SME) loans will be brought to market through KfW's platform Promise.

The underlying portfolio, called Promise Caravela, comprises 7,369 loans to SMEs amounting to €3.5 billion exclusively generated in Portugal. The transaction is arranged by Merrill Lynch International and BCP Investimento.

For the securitisation KfW will initially assume the default risk of the underlying credit portfolio of BCP. Under the leadership of Merrill Lynch and BCP Investimento, the risk will then be placed in the international capital and swap markets.

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