May
08
Home Capital Stalls a Nascent Canadian Mortgage Bond Market
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At least two uninsured deals on hold as market weighs outcome
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Investors want to see how Home Capital situation resolves
Trouble at lender Home Capital Group Inc. is stalling efforts to create what would be the closest thing Canada has to a subprime mortgage bond market.
At least two bond sales are on hold in Canada as investors wait to see how the Home Capital situation shakes out, according to people with knowledge of the matter. While discussions on both bond offerings were in early stages, one of the deals would be backed by loans from MCAP Corp., and the other, marketed by Royal Bank of Canada, with loans from Home Capital and Equitable Group Inc., said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private…