Securitization: Lazio gets biggest ever revolving commitment

Investment banks Nomura and Mediobanca are about to close Italy’s largest ever securitization of regional healthcare receivables, according to market sources in Italy and London. “This is the largest ever deal of its type, and it has unique structural features that have never been used before in this asset class,” says a source close to the €2 billion transaction.

By John Ferry

The banks are believed to have jointly arranged a sophisticated investment structure that effectively gives Lazio, the region around and including Rome, a revolving credit facility that is also designed to give creditors security on future payments. Nomura and Mediobanca would not comment on the transaction but the source says investors are being asked to buy a type of three-year variable rate note – a partly paid note structure that will be sold with a commitment to payment but with unknown actual monthly payout amounts.

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