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Making Good

Bank Loans Better

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A Neutral Platform that Uses the Capital Markets to Reallocate Credit Risk and Reduce Regulatory Capital Burdens for Lending Institutions Making Senior Secured Loans.

Matches Senior Bank Loan Credit Exposures to Institutional Investors Via Standardized Proprietary Credit Enhancement Contracts Called CECs.

CECs are Eligible Guarantees,   

that Provide Uniform Regulatory Capital Relief for Bank Lenders and are Collateralized by Investors Seeking Senior Loan Exposure.

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CECs Deliver a "Win-Win"Dynamic Between Banks and Investors

Banks 

Want

 

to Optimize Balance Sheets  with Tools that Reduce Loan

Reg. Capital and Concentration

Investors

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Low-Cost Origination of Quality Bank Loan Exposure with Enhanced Risk-Return Profiles

CECs on the CEC-X Platform

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LENDERS employ CECs in the transfer of quality CRE loan credit risk. 

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INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS provide the investment collateral

required for tranches of CEC protection to obtain CRE debt exposures. 

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CECs for Bank Lenders

CECs Enable Banks to Achieve

Targeted Low Cost, Regulatory

Capital Relief and Reduce Loan Concentrations 

Without Insurance,

Derivatives or

Other Compromises 

"...CECs can provide

(bank) lenders with an alternative to offload risk, receive valuable regulatory capital relief, increase return on equity (ROE) related to bank lending operations and maintain long term borrower relationships."

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from Patomak Global Partners White Paper

“Use of Credit Enhancement Contracts by Bank Commercial Real Estate Lenders and Institutional Debt Investors” December 2023

Banks Employing CECs

Substitute First-Dollar Loan Exposure for an Eligible Guarantee Creating  

a 45% Credit Supported Super,

Senior Position.

CECs for
Credit Investors

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CECs Act Like First Lien Direct Loans – but with Significant Advantages 

Unavailable with Direct Origination 

or Secondary Loan Purchases.

CEC Paticipants

CEC-X Inc.
and the CEC-X
Platform

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CEC-X Inc. is Comprised of
the CEC-X Platform and its Affiliated Operations Within Contract Management, CEC Clearing and Data Analytics that Share a Mission for Expanding the Global Market for Credit Enhancement Contracts. 

CEC-X Clearing Operations

Accept, Process, Monitor, Safeguard,

Settle and Guarantee the Market for CECs

and Ensure Every CEC is a Qualifying Eligible Guarantee

CECs
Make Quality
Loans Better for Banks and Investors

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