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Secure Trust Bank - Selling debt purchase loan book

813 Views14 Mar 2022 16:20
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Secure Trust Bank (STB) disclosed on 11 March that it is exiting the debt purchase market by agreeing to sell its Debt Managers Service (DMS) portfolio to Intrum UK Finance, a debt purchase specialist. The deal is expected to complete towards the end of Q222. DMS accounts for 4% of STB’s loans balance and STB disclosed that DMS made a small £0.5m loss in 2021. The deal looks to be earnings enhancing. STB estimates that £72m of risk weighted assets will be released (about 50bp of capital), which is useful – our forecast FY22 pre-deal CET 1 was 12.3%. The sale seems consistent with the new management team’s aim to focus on ‘specialist lending segments that have the strongest prospects for delivering sustainable and profitable medium to long-term growth’. STB will report its FY21 results on 24 March and update its medium-term targets to reflect the sale (STB expects a better cost income ratio, but with a reduced net interest margin due to the loan mix change), having already released an upbeat pre-close statement on 14 January.

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