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Hedge fund buying Fremont loans -report

Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:29am EDT

NEW YORK, April 18 (Reuters) - A hedge fund is finalizing a deal with Fremont General Corp. FMT.N to buy $2.9 billion worth of loans and the lender's real estate business, including its mortgage bond investments and loan origination platform, the New York Post reported on its Web site on Wednesday.

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Ellington Capital Management, which has $4 billion in assets, signed a letter of intent for the purchase, the Post reported, citing the fund's founder, Michael Vranos.

Ellington Capital could not immediately be reached for comment.

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