New York, January 07, 2015 -- Moody's ABCP rating actions for the fourteen-day period ending
January 5, 2015
MOODY'S UPDATES ABCP QUERY
Moody's has published its ABCP Query product with information as of September
30, 2014. All U.S., European and Canadian
programs are complete through September 2014. This report is published
monthly and can be found with Moody's other ABCP research products at
www.moodys.com.
NO RATING IMPACT ON THE FOLLOWING ABCP PROGRAMS DURING THE PERIOD DECEMBER
23, 2014 THROUGH JANUARY 5, 2015:
Moody's has reviewed the following ABCP programs in conjunction
with the proposed amendments. The amendments, in and of themselves
and at this time, will not result in any rating impact on the respective
programs. For the mentioned programs, Moody's believes that
the amendments do not have an adverse effect on the credit quality of
the securities such that the Moody's ratings are impacted.
Moody's does not express an opinion as to whether the amendment could
have other, non-credit-related effects.
SYNDICATE OF ABCP CONDUITS ADDS INTERESTS IN $713 MILLION STUDENT
LOAN FACILITY
A syndicate of banks has added interests in a $713 million unrated
Class A variable funding note backed by private student loans.
Transaction-specific credit enhancement is in the form of overcollateralization
equal to a minimum of 12%. In addition, there is a
0.25% cash reserve account that was funded at closing.
The liquidity facility for each participating conduit is sized at 100%
(plus all CP interest) or 102% of the conduit's respective commitment.
The liquidity facilities are not available to fund against defaulted student
loans, which include loans that are more than 60 days delinquent.
Additionally, liquidity is structured to limit investor's
exposure to losses to 30-60 days, depending on the conduit.
The following ABCP conduits rated by Moody's participated in the
facility:
• JPMorgan's Jupiter Securitization Company LLC has a $142.5
million interest in the facility and their program-level credit
enhancement is 10% of outstanding ABCP issued with respect to this
transaction.
• Royal Bank of Canada's Thunder Bay Funding, LLC has a $142.5
million commitment and their program-level credit enhancement is
10% of outstanding ABCP.
• Barclays' Sheffield Receivables Corp. has a $142.5
million interest and its program-level credit enhancement is 10%
of facility limits.
The remaining commitments are from non-conduit lenders or conduits
not rated by Moody's.
BANK OF MONTREAL'S CANADIAN MASTER TRUST ADDS C$250 MILLION RESIDENTIAL
MORTGAGE FACILITY
Canadian Master Trust ("CMT"), a partially supported, multiseller
ABCP program administered by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., a subsidiary
of Bank of Montreal (Aa3 (negative outlook)/Prime-1/C+) has
added a residential mortgage facility to its portfolio. The facility
is backed by a revolving pool of conventional mortgages originated by
a Canadian company.
Transaction-specific credit enhancement is comprised of a cash
reserve account (sized at 5% of outstanding mortgages subject to
a floor of 50% of the highest ever cash account balance),
and minimum excess spread. This transaction is partially supported
by a liquidity facility provided by Bank of Montreal.
CMT does not have any program-wide credit enhancement. At
November 30, 2014, CMT had C$2.10 billion of
purchase commitments and C$1.54 billion of Canadian ABCP
outstanding.
BARCLAYS' SHEFFIELD ADDS $125 MILLION SERVICER ADVANCE FACILITY
Sheffield Receivables Corp. ("Sheffield"), a partially supported,
multiseller ABCP conduit administered by Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays",
A2/Prime-1/C-), has added a $125 million facility
backed by servicer advances. The facility consists of four variable
funding notes (VFNs) issued out of the same trust.. All
four VFNs are purchased by Sheffield.
This transaction is fully supported by a liquidity facility provided by
Prime-1-rated Barclays. The liquidity facility is
sized to cover the principal and interest on the commercial paper issued
to finance the transaction.
Sheffield's program-level credit enhancement is required
to be increased by 10% of purchase limits excluding those explicitly
rated Aaa (sf) by Moody's. Sheffield has approximately $5.7
billion of outstanding CP and its program-level credit enhancement
is $851.4 million.
RABOBANK'S NIEUW AMSTERDAM AMENDS EXISTING TRADE RECEIVABLES FACILITY
Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corporation ("Nieuw Amsterdam"), a partially
supported, multiseller conduit sponsored by Rabobank Nederland ("Rabobank",
Aa2/Prime-1/B-), has amended its liquidity support
for an existing facility; a EUR$110 million trade receivables
transaction.
Transaction-specific credit enhancement is in the form of overcollateralization
equal to a minimum of 6%. The amount fluctuates depending
on asset performance. Nieuw Amsterdam's commitment is partially
supported by a liquidity facility provided by Rabobank.
With this transaction, Nieuw Amsterdam's program-level
credit enhancement is required to be increased by 7% of purchase
commitments excluding those assets fully supported by liquidity.
As of Oct 31, 2014, Nieuw Amsterdam had $5.59
billion of commercial paper notes outstanding and $273 million
program wide credit enhancement.
TD'S BANNER, MERIT, PRIME AND ZEUS AMEND EXISTING TRADE RECEIVABLES
FACILITY
Banner Trust ("Banner"), Merit Trust ("Merit"),
Prime Trust ("Prime") and Zeus Receivables Trust ("Zeus"),
four partially supported, multiseller Canadian ABCP programs sponsored
by Toronto Dominion Bank ("TD", Aa1/Prime-1/B) and administered
by TD Securities Inc., have amended an existing C$900
million revolving facility backed by trade receivables originated by an
investment grade rated Canadian communication and media company.
Amendments include (i) the ability to finance the company's dealer
receivables, (ii) an increase in the facility's commitment
to C$1.050 billion and (iii) an extension of the commitment
for an additional three years to January 2018.
Transaction-specific credit enhancement is in the form of dynamic
overcollateralization equal to a minimum of 13% of the Aggregate
Cash Paid. The transaction is partially supported by a program-level
liquidity facility provided by Prime-1 rated TD and sized to cover
100% of outstanding ABCP issued by Banner, Merit, Prime
and Zeus.
The four programs do not have any program-level credit enhancement.
Banner has C$2.095 billion in outstanding ABCP; Merit
has C$2.740 billion in outstanding ABCP; Prime has
C$2.704 billion in outstanding ABCP and Zeus has C$2.157
billion in outstanding ABCP
TD'S PRIME TRUST EXTENDS COMMITMENT FOR EXISTING TRADE RECEIVABLES FACILITY
Prime Trust ("Prime") , a partially supported,
multiseller Canadian ABCP program sponsored by Toronto Dominion Bank ("TD",
Aa1/Prime-1/B) and administered by TD Securities Inc.,
has extended the commitment for an existing C$1.3 billion
revolving facility for an additional three years to December 2017.
The facility is backed by trade receivables originated by an investment
grade rated Canadian communication and media company.
Transaction-specific credit enhancement is in the form of dynamic
overcollateralization equal to a minimum of 13% of the Aggregate
Cash Paid. The transaction is partially supported by a program-level
liquidity facility provided by Prime-1 rated TD and sized to cover
100% of outstanding ABCP issued by Prime.
Prime does not have any program-level credit enhancement and has
C$2.704 billion in outstanding ABCP.
SCALDIS CAPITAL (IRELAND) LTD. ABCP RATING UNAFFECTED BY PROGRAMME
AMENDMENT
On 22 December 2014, Scaldis Capital (Ireland) Limited (Scaldis)
entered into agreements to replace Deutsche Bank AG ("DB", A3/P-2/baa3)
as ECP operating account bank with BNP Paribas Securities Services (A1/P-1),
as successor account bank. All proceeds held in existing ECP operating
accounts will be transferred to the new ECP operating accounts held with
the successor bank.
The above amendment was in response to the downgrade of DB's short
term rating to P-2 from P-1 on 29 July 2014. For
more information regarding the rating actions, please see press
release "Moody's downgrades Deutsche Bank senior debt and deposit
ratings to A3".
The replacement of a P-2 rated operating account bank to a P-1
rated operating account bank is credit positive for Scaldis because the
risk of cash being held in a P-2 rated operating account is removed.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach
to Rating Asset-Backed Commercial Paper" published in May 2012.
Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for
a copy of this methodology.
Moody's monitors and analyzes ABCP programs on an ongoing basis.
A detailed description of each program is published in the ABCP Program
Review. Some ABCP programs have monthly updated performance information,
which is published in the Performance Overviews. All publications
are available on www.moodys.com.
This publication does not announce a credit rating action. For
any credit ratings referenced in this publication, please see the
ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com
for the most updated credit rating action information and rating history.
Valerie Oliveri
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
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Moody's ABCP rating actions ending January 5, 2015