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Strategic Finance, which gained approval for its moratorium from debenture and noteholders in December, has struggled to refinance outstanding debts as deterioration in the property sector makes it difficult for its borrowers to raise capital.
As a “forced seller,” the weak property market has meant the finance company hasn’t been able to secure a fair value for some of its assets, and it will reevaluate the value of future cash flows, it said in its quarterly update today. The company said aggressive cuts to the official cash rate by the central bank indicated an economic recovery would be gradual. Strategic has set a date of January 7 next year to repay at least 9% of principal to stockholders.
“We believe the market conditions will remain challenging for the remainder of the year,” the company said in its update. Strategic “will continue to focus our efforts in securing the very best outcome for all investors to meet our obligations as outlined under the moratorium.”
The company posted a first-half loss of $32.8 million in February as the downturn in the property and finance sectors increased provisioning and bad debts. Under its moratorium proposal interest on investments was re-set at 8% for all security holders, which will be paid out in quarterly installments to December 2013. Strategic froze repayments to 15,000 investors owed $325 million in August.
Close to 50 finance companies are in receivership, liquidation or moratorium as of last month, with more than NZ$6 billion of deposits at risk. The finance company sector in total is worth about $22 billion.
Businesswire.co.nz
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