Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 December 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion
2:00 pm
Mr. Cormac Ryan:
That case is in a specific portfolio and does not apply across the whole Pepper portfolio. I understand and would need to check that these customers were on standard variable rates, not tracker rates. It is at the discretion of the holder. I am happy to come back with the exact detail. I understand that Pepper was not the sole decision-maker as we would not have been the beneficial owner in that circumstance. It was in a single portfolio, not across all the portfolios that we manage. I need to clarify the exact decision-making process. It was before my time so I cannot give an exact answer. We are here to talk about Glenbeigh and what that means for its future. It was part of what I said in the opening statement. The setting of standard variable rates has been delegated to the master servicer in this situation, which is Pepper. Pepper will have the ability to move rates up and down. Many people have made mistakes in predicting interest rates. I confirm that that is our capacity and we will have the ability to move rates up and down.
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