Sale brings First Marblehead $13m

First Marblehead Corp. (FMD US) climbed the most in the Russell 2000 Index, advancing 9.9 percent to $1. The Boston- based private education lending services company sold its variable interests in its National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts to VCG Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd. for $13 million in cash.

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