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- Hoist Finance AB (publ) (HOFI.ST) is a Sweden-based credit market company and asset manager specialized in acquiring, managing, and restructuring non-performing loans (NPLs) from international banks and financial institutions across Europe. Founded in 1915 and headquartered in Stockholm, the company operates in 13 European markets, including Sweden, Germany, Poland, Finland, and others, with approximately 1,100 employees; it offers core services encompassing the purchase of unsecured and secured NPL portfolios, in-house debt collection through collection centers, amicable debt restructuring with sustainable repayment plans for consumers and SMEs, third-party servicing, and retail deposit products via online savings services such as HoistSpar. As a regulated entity under the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Hoist Finance focuses on ethical collections, regulatory compliance, and converting non-performing debt to performing debt to support financial inclusion and bank balance sheet optimization.
In recent developments, the company invested SEK 2.4 billion in new NPL portfolios during Q3 2025 across eight markets, including its first portfolio in Finland via co-investment, advancing toward a SEK 36 billion total portfolio target by end-2026; it also completed SEK 2.6 billion in Q2 2025 investments with additional SEK 1.9 billion agreements post-quarter. Hoist Finance issued SEK 200 million in perpetual Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital in August 2025 at STIBOR 3M + 500 bps to optimize its capital structure and sustain high investment pace, while preparing euro deposit platforms in select markets starting with Germany by year-end 2025 and pursuing Specialized Debt Restructuring (SDR) status notification in February 2026 to boost CET1 ratio by 2.5-3%. These initiatives reflect ongoing portfolio growth, market expansion, and funding enhancements amid stable cash flows and a 15% return on equity in Q2 2025.