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About LA BANQUE POSTALE HOME LOAN SFH

La Banque Postale Home Loan SFH is a French covered bond issuer affiliated with La Banque Postale, set up to refinance residential mortgage lending through obligations de financement de l’habitat under the Société de Financement de l’Habitat legal framework. The vehicle acquires eligible French home loans originated within the group and funds them by issuing covered bonds to institutional investors, primarily in euros. Its cover pool consists of residential mortgage assets secured by liens or by guarantees commonly used in the French market, with assets segregated for the benefit of bondholders under the statutory legal privilege. The program is subject to oversight by the French prudential supervisor (ACPR) and a specific controller, and it operates with requirements on asset-liability matching, overcollateralization, and a liquidity buffer, with interest rate and, where applicable, currency risks mitigated through hedging. Issuances are typically listed and are eligible as collateral with the Eurosystem, and the program is rated by major credit rating agencies. The entity does not originate loans or take deposits; origination, servicing, and collections are performed by La Banque Postale or other group entities under contractual arrangements, with periodic investor reporting that details pool composition, arrears, loan-to-value metrics, seasoning, and geographic distribution. Key sensitivities for the program include borrower credit performance, developments in the French housing market, prepayment behavior, regulatory or legal changes affecting covered bonds, and exposures to counterparties providing guarantees or derivatives.