Issuer: Optimum Finance
Amount: $650 million
Issue type: Asset-backed floating-rate notes
Launched: January 28 1998
Bookrunner: SBC Warburg Dillon Read
How many firsts can you get into one deal? Last month’s $650 million deal, issued through special-purpose vehicle Optimum Finance, was the first capital-markets transaction for the Italian export credit agency Sace (Sezione Speciale
per l’Assicurazione del Credito all’Esportazione).
It was also the first repackaging of sovereign debt into a portfolio and the first time Paris Club debts have been securitized. What’s more, by overcollateralizing so that $805 million-worth of debt is included in the pool, bookrunner sbc Warburg Dillon Read and Sace have managed to secure an overall rating of aaa for debts from countries with bbb ratings or lower.
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