Lloyds Banking Group is to divest its Irish home loans to an affiliated company of private equity firm Apollo Global Management in a deal worth GBP 257 million.
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Lloyds sells portfolio of Irish mortgages to Goldman Sachs and CarVal
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) has sold a 1.6-billion-pound ($2.50 billion) portfolio of Irish mortgages to Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and CarVal, a private equity group, the Financial Times newspaper reported.
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Westpac Bank has received approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to purchase the Australian assets of Lloyd's Banking Group for USD1.45 billion.
U.S. hedge fund Cerberus has bought a 1 billion euro ($1.4 billion) book of commercial real estate loans from Lloyds Banking Group at a 21 percent discount to their nominal value, the UK bank said on Friday.
A report from The Sunday Times said Aberdeen Asset Management was close to reaching a deal to acquire Scottish Widows Investment Partnership from Lloyds Banking Group.
An internal inquiry is to be conducted by Lloyds Banking Group as to its foreign currency trading operations after being advised by the Financial Conduct Authority to review its processes and report irregularities.
Former Co-operative Group chief executive Barry Tootell said he and other company executives had doubts over the capability of the mutual fund to acquire 632 Lloyds Banking Group branches for USD750 million.
Lloyds Banking Dublin portfolio creates buzz for investors. A number of US investment companies such as Apollo Global Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Lone Star Funds have forwarded their bids for 25 properties located in Dublin to be sold off by Lloyds Banking Group.
A source told Bloomberg that the Macquarie Group had made an offer for Lloyds Banking Group's Australian assets.
The British goverment said in a statement today that through UK Financial Investments Ltd, it has sold its 6% of its issuing stock in Lloyds Banking Group Plc for GBP3.2 billion.
Britain announced that it would sell its stake in Lloyds Banking Group priced at least GBP0.50 a share.
