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Coltrane loan auction proves a winner

By Paul J Davies

Published: May 1 2008 01:30 | Last updated: May 1 2008 01:30

An innovative auction of a portfolio of mainly European leveraged loans from a collapsed structured investment fund has completed with all assets sold for an average price of 86.7 per cent of face value, the receivers announced on Wednesday.

The €394.6m portfolio was formerly managed by Deerfield Capital of the US in a vehicle called Coltrane, a special kind of collateralised loan obligation sensitive to changes in the market value of the loans it held.

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