Approximately JPY 6.0 billion of Mortgage Beneficial Interests Rated
Tokyo, February 28, 2011 -- Moody's Japan K.K. has assigned a definitive rating
to the BTMU Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Beneficial Interests Series
7 (JHF guarantee) transaction ("Mortgage Beneficial Interests").
The Mortgage Beneficial Interests are backed by residential mortgages
originated by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
and are insured by the Japan Housing Finance Agency ("JHF").
The scheduled dividends and principal payments on the Mortgage Beneficial
Interests are also guaranteed pursuant to a Credit Support and Liquidity
Support Agreement by JHF.
The rating addresses the expected loss posed to investors by the final
maturity date. The structure allows for timely payments of dividends
(in scheduled amounts, on scheduled payment dates), and full
repayment of principal by the final maturity date.
Although payments of the residual dividends to the Mortgage Beneficial
Interests could be made, JHF guarantees the scheduled dividends
and principal payments on the Mortgage Beneficial Interests and therefore
the rating does not address payments of such residual dividends.
The complete rating actions are as follows:
Transaction name: BTMU Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Beneficial
Interests Series 7 (JHF guarantee)
Class, Issue Amount, Scheduled Dividend Rate, Payment
Frequency, Rating
Mortgage Beneficial Interests, JPY 6,028,028,317,
Fixed, Monthly, Assigned Aa2 (sf)
Credit Enhancement: JHF's guarantee of the scheduled dividends and
principal payments on the Mortgage Beneficial Interests pursuant to a
Credit Support and Liquidity Support Agreement
Underlying Assets: Residential mortgage loan receivables (entitled
"Flat 35 [Guarantee Program]," originated under the JHF Guarantee
Model, a JHF Securitization Support Activities Scheme) and cash
reserve
Entrustment Date: February 18, 2011
Closing Date: February 28, 2011
Final Maturity Date: October 10, 2046
Seller/Servicer: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,
Ltd. (Aa2/P-1, "Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
UFJ")
Asset Trustee: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
Housing Loan Insurance Underwriter: Japan Housing Finance Agency
(Aa2, "JHF")
Credit and Liquidity Support Provider: Japan Housing Finance Agency
Arranger: BNP Paribas Securities (Japan) Limited, Tokyo Branch
RATING RATIONALE
The scheduled dividends and principal payments on the Mortgage Beneficial
Interests are guaranteed pursuant to a Credit Support and Liquidity Support
Agreement by JHF (Aa2). Moody's assigned the rating to the Mortgage
Beneficial Interests based solely on JHF's guarantee capability.
The rating of the Mortgage Beneficial Interests is linked to that of JHF
in principle. The rating does not factor in the credit quality
of the underlying residential mortgage loan pool.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ ("Seller") entrusted a
pool of its residential mortgage loans -- as originated by itself
-- as well as cash to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
("Asset Trustee") and received the Mortgage Beneficial Interests
and the Reserve Beneficial Interests.
The Seller sold the Mortgage Beneficial Interests to investors,
but holds the Reserve Beneficial Interests.
The entrusted receivables are insured by Housing Loan Insurance provided
by JHF. The Seller's rights and its position as the insurance policy
holder were entrusted to the Asset Trustee.
JHF and the Asset Trustee entered into a Credit Support and Liquidity
Support Agreement under which JHF will be obliged to guarantee the principal
of and scheduled dividend payments on the Mortgage Beneficial Interests.
The Seller acts as the Servicer.
The Seller/Servicer, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.,
headquartered in Tokyo, has branch offices in principal cities nationwide
in Japan. It is one of the main Japanese city banks. In
addition to banking, it provides various services through its associated
companies, including leasing, securities, credit cards,
etc.
MU Frontier Servicer Co., Ltd., which will service
part of the asset pool under the responsibility of the Servicer,
is the succeeding entity of Frontier Servicer Co., Ltd.
and Tokyo Diamond Servicing and Revitalization Co., Ltd.,
which were subsidiaries of UFJ Group and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group,
respectively.
Moody's met on-site with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
UFJ and MU Frontier Servicer Co., Ltd., focusing
on their business franchises and policies, and the bank's role as
an originator. Moody's also reviewed their servicer operations
and considers both to be sufficiently capable of servicing the pool.
Japan Housing Finance Agency, acting as Housing Loan Insurance Underwriter
as well as Credit and Liquidity Support Provider for this transaction,
was founded on April 1, 2007, succeeding the Governmental
Housing Loan Corporation. As of April 1, 2010, staff
totaled 955. The governmental agency will have capital of JPY 927.655
billion. JHF's securitization support activities, which help
private financial institutions execute housing loans, are some of
its key businesses.
For more details on this transaction, please see the new issue report
which is available at www.moodys.co.jp.
The principal methodology used in this rating was "Updated:
Moody's Approach to Rating RMBS Transactions in Japan" published
on September 30, 2010, and available on www.moodys.co.jp.
Moody's did not receive or take into account a third-party
due diligence report on the underlying assets or financial instruments
in this transaction.
Two out of the four factors to determine V scores, relevant to historical
data and performance variability, are not applicable to our ratings
analysis therefore, we are not assigning a V score to this transaction.
Moody's assigned the rating to the Mortgage Beneficial Interests based
solely on JHF's capability to perform its guarantee obligation.
The rating of the Mortgage Beneficial Interests is linked to that of JHF
in principle. For instance, if the rating of JHF changed
to Aa3 or A1, the rating of the Mortgage Beneficial Interests would
change from Aa2 to Aa3 and A1, respectively.
The methodology, "V Scores and Parameter Sensitivities in the Asia/Pacific
RMBS Sector" ,published on September 30, 2010, is available
on moodys.co.jp.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For an explanation of the (sf) indicator, please see "Moody's
Structured Finance Rating Scale" on www.moodys.com.
The principal information used to prepare the credit rating comprised
loan-by-loan data and contracts.
Information sources used to prepare the credit rating are the following
parties involved in the ratings (such as the Arranger, the Originator,
etc.); public information; and confidential and proprietary
Moody's information.
Measures taken to ensure the quality of this information include representations
and warranties and reviews by a third party.
Moody's considers the quality of information available on the issuer
or obligation satisfactory for the purposes of assigning a credit rating.
Moody's encouraged rating-related entities to disclose any
information that may be pertinent to this transaction, including
items described in "Information Considered Important in Evaluating
the Appropriateness of a Credit Rating" on www.moodys.co.jp,
or to take other measures to enable third parties to verify the appropriateness
of the credit rating.
Rating-related entities have responded to us that they would disclose
the related information pertinent to this transaction through Moody's
press release and its new issue report.
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in assigning a credit rating is of sufficient quality and from sources
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Shinichiro Kan
Asst Vice President - Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Japan K.K.
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Moody's assigns Aa2 (sf) to BTMU Mortgage Trust 7 (JHF guarantee)