Credit Suisse Sells Soured Loans to Apollo
NEW YORK (
) --
Credit Suisse
(CS) - Get Report
is selling a $2.8 billion portfolio of distressed commercial real-estate loans to
Apollo Management
for $1.2 billion, according to a published media report.
The report, published Thursday on
The Wall Street Journal's
Web site, cited anonymous sources familiar with the transaction.
The deal is one of the largest bank sales of soured real-estate loans since the financial crisis began and will be closely watched by real-estate investors, the report noted.
The loans are backed by properties including German apartment buildings as well as hotels in Denmark, Sweden and France, according to the report.
Shares of Credit Suisse closed Friday up 12 cents at $40.34.
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