The securitisation market's failure to recover from its slump during the crisis is complicating efforts by Citigroup and other troubled financial groups such as AIG to sell unwanted assets and repair their balance sheets, bankers and executives say.
People close to the situation said that Citi had opened talks with private equity groups and hedge funds over the sale of $3bn worth of car loans as part of its efforts to cleanse its balance sheet of billions of dollars in troubled assets.
To make the business more attractive, Citi is believed to have offered to provide the buyers of the loans with finance for a few years after the sale.
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