Investor Portal Definitions

General terms

SCP: An acronym for Southern Cross Partners Limited

Investor Portal: SCP online platform where you can operate your investment functions from including viewing your investment portfolio, accessing stateme new investments.

On-Call Account: Our non-interest earning Trust account that ‘holds’ funds for you as you choose to Invest, reinvest or have funds repaid to you. Each invest an individual, joint, trust or company, will have their own On-Call Account symbolised by a number.

My investments: Definitions of some terms and symbols found in this section

Owned: Identifies investments owned by you in your own individual entity.

Joint: Identifies investments owned by a joint entity if you are linked with one.

Associated: Identifies investments owned by a trust or company entity, that invests with SCP, if you are associated with one.

Anticipated Maturity Date: The date the borrower has agreed they need the funds until. This date however is indicative only as a borrower may repay early to extend the term. NOTE: Funds are not automatically repaid on this date.

Status: Indicates if there are any actions or available actions for this loan:

  • Opportunity: This loan is still an active opportunity on the Investments opportunity page and investors are able to invest further funds if they wish.
  • Sale (Pending): You have sent a request to on-sell this investment via the secondary market and your request is being processed by the Investment admin.
  • For Sale: Your requested to sell this investment has been approved and it is available for sale on the Investment.

Opportunities page Details: Click this button to see details of the investment you placed plus view the investment opportunity details.

Pending: Identifies an investment order that requires additional funds to fully complete the order and begin the investment.

Repayment Option: Displays how funds from loans repaying will be processed. Either held in your on-call account repaid to your bank account held on file.

Investment Opportunities: Definitions of some terms and symbols found in this section

LVR: Loan to Value Ratio – the total loan amount calculated as a percentage of the value of the property.

Registered First Mortgage: Our investments are secured with a first mortgage, registered on the title of the property taken as security for the loan. All first are held in trust for investors via our trustee company Loan Investment Trustees Limited and puts our financial interest in the property ahead of any other pa the IRD, see GST definition for further information).

GST exclusive: The GST portion has been deducted from the value. Generally used for loans that have a business aspect to them such as developments or spe builds. This ensures we have accounted for paying the GST at the end of the project if the borrowers have not and the IRD asses it is payable.

Valuation Method: a description of the method we have used to verify the value of the property/properties used as security.

  • Registered Panel Valuer: A valuer that is on our preferred list of professional valuers acceptable to Southern Cross Partners.
  • Real Estate Appraisal: An appraisal by a local REINZ real estate agent commenting on the market price range for the property.
  • Desktop Appraisal: A Comparative Market Appraisal (CMA) obtained by the SCP Credit team using the real estate website Core Logic which details sales properties across NZ.
  • Rating Value: The value of the council valuation that determines a property’s rates.
  • Sales & Purchase agreement: The value on the contract the property was purchased or sold with.

Compounding: Some investments are labelled ‘Compounding’ which denotes the investors interest is not paid out monthly, but instead calculated daily, on th balance invested, and then paid out in its entirety when the borrower repays their loan in full.

Anticipated Maturity Date: The date the borrower has agreed they need the funds until. This date however is indicative only as a borrower may repay early to extend the term. NOTE: Funds are not automatically repaid on this date.

Credit Score: This is an internal scoring system that our Credit Team utilise in order to indicate the level of risk involved with each loan application we receive and is not an indication of the borrowers Credit Rating. The score will be in the range of 1 (lowest risk) through to 5 (highest risk). The Credit Score is calculated using a variety of different categories including:

  • Loan to Value Ratio
  • Loan Amount
  • Type and Location of Security Property
  • Servicing Ability of the Borrower
  • Requirement to Consolidate other Debts
  • Credit History
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