FDIC Seeks Buyers for $18.5 Billion of Signature Bank Loans Tied to Private Equity

  • Regulator is working on sales of Signature Bank’s loans
  • Sale includes debt tied to Starwood, Carlyle, Blackstone

The Signature Bank headquarters at 565 Fifth Avenue in New York.

Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. launched the sale of an $18.5 billion loan portfolio from Signature Bank this week, a pool of debt tied to major private equity and investing firms.

The portfolio comprises 201 performing capital-call loans tied to firms including Starwood Capital Group, Carlyle Group Inc., Blackstone Inc., Thoma Bravo and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified citing private information.