YBR closes in on securitisation goal
Yellow Brick Road has some rare good news to report, with the announcement that it has entered into two separate term sheets relating to the establishment of a new securitisation initiative.Last September, the company said it was in negotiations to establish a A$300 million warehouse facility and launch a securitisation program.Now it has entered into what it describes as two "non-binding but detailed" term sheets, which will fund initial working capital requirements for the project and the initial $6 million subordinated first loss C note required for the warehouse.One term sheet is with an unnamed "alternative asset manager" that is taking a 50 per cent equity interest in Resi Wholesale Funding - the intended trust manager and sponsor of the securitisation businesses. The other 50 per cent is held by Yellow Brick Road.The equity stake is worth $18 million and there is also a facility for $64 million of future funding for C notes and B notes for the warehouse.The other term sheet is with "a private Australian counterparty" that will provide, among other things, a back-up facility for another $20 million of funding for C notes.Each term sheet is subject to the completion of due diligence.