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NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group (GS.N) has offered $1 billion of private loans from its client unit, Marcus, to different funding agency Varde Partners, a supply accustomed to the matter mentioned on Thursday.
This was the second tranche of unsecured loans offloaded by Goldman after it disclosed earlier it had offered about $1 billion from the $4.5 billion mortgage portfolio within the first quarter.
The Wall Street large booked a $470 million loss on the sale of some Marcus loans within the first quarter, which dragged down its earnings.
The financial institution additionally launched $440 million from its reserves to melt the hit from its client mortgage portfolio.
In February it had introduced its intentions to additional promote down the portfolio.
Marcus was folded into the corporate’s merged asset and wealth administration arm final 12 months. The newly-formed Platform Solutions unit homes transaction banking, bank cards and a fintech unit, GreenSky bought for $2.2 billion in 2021
Goldman has put GreenSky on the market.
The sale to Varde was reported by Bloomberg News earlier on Thursday, citing individuals with data of the transaction, saying the loans have been offered at a reduction to their face worth to Varde.
Goldman and Varde declined to remark.
Founded in 1993, Varde has invested $95 billion throughout each private and non-private credit score markets.
Varde presently manages over $12 billion in belongings with groups in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific targeted on company and traded credit score, actual property, and monetary providers, it says on its web site.
Reporting by Saeed Azhar in New York and Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli and Josie Kao
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