UKAR announces £11.8 billion sale of Bradford & Bingley assets

UK Financial Investments Limited (UKFI), today confirms that following an open and competitive sales process, UK Asset Resolution Limited (UKAR), the holding company for the government owned businesses of Bradford & Bingley plc (B&B) and NRAM Limited (NRAM), has agreed to sell two separate asset portfolios of performing buy-to-let loans from B&B to Prudential plc and to funds managed by Blackstone for £11.8 billion.