Cerberus firm buys last of PTSB's British loans

Sale completes plan agreed with EU over bank's restructure

PTSB chief Jeremy Masding says British sale 'milestone'. Pic: Fennells

Permanent TSB has agreed to sell its remaining loans in Britain to a company owned by investment fund Cerberus Capital Management for £1.95 billion in cash.

Under the deal, the bank is selling £2.29 billion worth of loans to Cerberus.

A cerberus-linked company had already acquired half of the loan assets of PTSB’s former subsidiary Capital Home Loans (CHL ) a year ago.

The money from the sale will be used to reduce ...