Lloyds makes disposals of loans
Lloyds has announced today that it has sold a portfolio of Irish commercial loans with a face value of &pound;2.6bn for approximately &pound;827mn in cash to a consortium comprising Ennis Property Finance (Goldman Sacks affiliate), Feniton Property Finance Limited, and Bank of Ireland.
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group (>> Lloyds Banking Group PLC) said it sold a portfolio of Irish commercial loans with a face value of 2.6 billion pounds to a consortium including Goldman Sachs and Bank of Ireland (>> Bank of Ireland).

Lloyds said on Thursday it sold the portfolio for about 827 million pounds in cash to a consortium comprising Ennis Property Finance, which is affiliated to Goldman; Feniton Property Finance Limited, affiliated to U.S. specialist investor CarVal; and Bank of Ireland.

Lloyds said the gross assets of the portfolio were 2.6 billion pounds, of which 2.3 billion were impaired. The assets made a loss of 130 million pounds in 2014.

It said the transaction is not expected to have a material impact on it but will add about 7 basis points to its capital ratios.

(Reporting by Steve Slater; Editing by Sinead Cruise)