Alert: Treasury Provides Details On Legacy Securities PPIP and Names Asset Managers
On July 8, 2009, the Treasury announced further details regarding its Legacy Securities Public-Private Investment Program. This program is aimed at relieving financial institutions of illiquid assets that continue to hamper the flow of credit markets.
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Under this program, the Treasury will invest up to $30 billion of equity and debt side-by-side with private investors through public-private investment partnerships (PPIPs). The PPIPs will be managed by select asset managers and will invest in eligible assets. The eligible assets will initially include certain commercial mortgage-backed securities and non-agency residential mortgage backed-securities issued prior to 2009.
With a pool of over 100 applicants, the Treasury named the following nine firms as initial asset managers of the PPIPs:
- Alliance Bernstein, LP and its subadvisors Greenfield
Partners, LLC and Rialto Capital Management, LLC - Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. and GE Capital Real Estate
- Blackrock, Inc.
- Invesco Ltd.
- Marathon Asset Management, L.P.
- Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
- RLJ Western Asset Management, L.P.
- The TCW Group, Inc.
- Wellington Management Company, LLP
Each firm will have up to 12 weeks to raise at least $500 million from private investors for the PPIP. The Treasury will match the equity from private investors and also provide debt financing up to 100% of the total equity of the PPIP. Subject to total leverage limits, the PPIPs may also obtain private debt financing through the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) for assets eligible for that program.
For a complete term sheet relating to the legacy securities PPIPs, please visit http://www.financialstability.gov/docs/S-PPIP_LOI_Term-Sheets.pdf.
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