London, 11 December 2017 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") announced today that it has taken
rating actions on the following classes of notes:
Issuer: Alba 7 SPV S.r.l.
....EUR200M (Current Outstanding balance:
EUR43,034,240) Class A2 Notes, Confirmed at Aa2 (sf);
previously on Jul 27, 2017 Aa2 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible
Downgrade
Moody's also upgraded the following tranches of Alba 7 SPV S.r.l.:
....EUR100M Class B1 Notes, Upgraded
to Aa2 (sf); previously on Apr 4, 2017 Upgraded to Aa3 (sf)
....EUR50M Class B2 Notes, Upgraded
to Aa2 (sf); previously on Apr 4, 2017 Upgraded to Aa3 (sf)
Issuer: ALBA 8 SPV S.r.l.
....EUR335.3M (Current Outstanding
balance: EUR16,831,825.29) Class A1 Notes,
Confirmed at Aa2 (sf); previously on Jul 27, 2017 Aa2 (sf)
Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade
....EUR304.8M Class A2 Notes,
Confirmed at Aa2 (sf); previously on Jul 27, 2017 Aa2 (sf)
Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade
Moody's also upgraded the following tranches of Alba 8 SPV S.r.l.:
....EUR127M Class B Notes, Upgraded
to Aa3 (sf); previously on Jul 27, 2017 A1 (sf) Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade
....EUR45.7M Class C Notes, Upgraded
to A3 (sf); previously on Apr 4, 2017 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Today's rating actions conclude the reviews of the notes whose ratings
were placed on review for downgrade on 27 July 2017 following Moody's
revised approach to assessing counterparty risks in structured finance
transactions (http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PR_369760).
Alba 7 SPV S.r.l. is a securitisation of lease receivables
originated by Alba Leasing S.p.A. and granted to
individual entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises
(SME) domiciled in Italy mainly in the regions of Lombardia and Emilia
Romagna. Assets are represented by receivables belonging to different
sub-pools: real estate (18.37%), Cargo
(15.33%) and Construction & Building assets (7.93%).
The securitized portfolio does not include the so-called "residual
value instalment", i.e. the final instalment amount
to be paid by the lessee (if option is chosen) to acquire full ownership
of the leased asset. The residual value instalments are not financed
- i.e. it is not accounted for in the portfolio purchase
price - and is returned back to the originator when and if paid
by the borrowers.
Alba 8 SPV S.r.l. is a securitisation of lease receivables
originated by Alba Leasing S.p.A. and granted to
individual entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises
(SME) domiciled in Italy mainly in the regions of Lombardia and Emilia
Romagna. The assets are represented by receivables belonging to
different sub-pools: real estate (24.68%),
Energy (12.42%) and - Construction & Building
(12.31%). The securitized portfolio does not include
the so-called "residual value instalment", i.e.
the final instalment amount to be paid by the lessee (if option is chosen)
to acquire full ownership of the leased asset. The residual value
instalments are not financed - i.e. it is not accounted
for in the portfolio purchase price - and is returned back to the
originator when and if paid by the borrowers.
RATINGS RATIONALE
The rating actions are prompted by the two following reasons: (1)
the amendment of the term "Eligible Investments" in the terms
and conditions of the notes where by the minimum required Moody's
rating is now A3 and (2) the good performance and deleveraging of the
underlying leases in each transaction.
Moody's reassessed the default probability of the transactions'
account bank provider by referencing the bank's deposit rating.
The ratings of the notes are constrained by the issuer account bank exposure
in accordance with Moody's updated approach in assessing the risk
posed by the linkage to the issuer account bank as part of the consolidated
methodology to evaluating counterparty risks in structured finance transactions
published in July 2017 (http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_1038135).
Revision of key collateral assumption
The performance of Alba 7 SPV S.r.l. has been stable
with 1.69% overall cumulative defaults and 90+ delinquencies
at 0.03%. As part of the analysis, Moody's
maintained the current balance default probability assumption at 15.30%
and fixed recovery rate of 30%. These assumptions together
with portfolio credit enhancement of 25% result in coefficient
of variation of 34.32%.
The performance of Alba 8 SPV S.r.l. has also been
stable with 1.14% overall cumulative defaults and 0.04%
90+ delinquencies. Moody's maintained the current balance
default probability assumption at 12.10% and fixed recovery
rate of 30%. These assumptions together with portfolio credit
enhancement of 21% result in coefficient of variation of 37.17%.
Principal Methodology:
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach
to Rating ABS Backed by Equipment Leases and Loans" published in December
2015. Please see the Rating Methodologies page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of this methodology.
Factors that would lead to an upgrade or downgrade of the ratings:
Factors or circumstances that could lead to an upgrade of the ratings
include: (1) performance of the underlying collateral that is better
than Moody's expected, (2) deleveraging of the capital structure,
(3) improvements in the credit quality of the transaction counterparties,
and (4) reduction in sovereign risk.
Factors or circumstances that could lead to a downgrade of the ratings
include: (1) performance of the underlying collateral that is worse
than Moody's expected, (2) deterioration in the notes' available
credit enhancement, (3) deterioration in the credit quality of the
transaction counterparties, and (4) an increase in sovereign risk.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For further specification of Moody's key rating assumptions and sensitivity
analysis, see the sections Methodology Assumptions and Sensitivity
to Assumptions of the disclosure form.
The analysis relies on an assessment of collateral characteristics to
determine the collateral loss distribution, that is, the function
that correlates to an assumption about the likelihood of occurrence to
each level of possible losses in the collateral. As a second step,
Moody's evaluates each possible collateral loss scenario using a
model that replicates the relevant structural features to derive payments
and therefore the ultimate potential losses for each rated instrument.
The loss a rated instrument incurs in each collateral loss scenario,
weighted by assumptions about the likelihood of events in that scenario
occurring, results in the expected loss of the rated instrument.
Moody's quantitative analysis entails an evaluation of scenarios
that stress factors contributing to sensitivity of ratings and take into
account the likelihood of severe collateral losses or impaired cash flows.
Moody's weights the impact on the rated instruments based on its
assumptions of the likelihood of the events in such scenarios occurring.
For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to each rating of a subsequently issued bond or note of the same series
or category/class of debt or pursuant to a program for which the ratings
are derived exclusively from existing ratings in accordance with Moody's
rating practices. For ratings issued on a support provider,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to the credit rating action on the support provider and in relation to
each particular credit rating action for securities that derive their
credit ratings from the support provider's credit rating.
For provisional ratings, this announcement provides certain regulatory
disclosures in relation to the provisional rating assigned, and
in relation to a definitive rating that may be assigned subsequent to
the final issuance of the debt, in each case where the transaction
structure and terms have not changed prior to the assignment of the definitive
rating in a manner that would have affected the rating. For further
information please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page for the
respective issuer on www.moodys.com.
For any affected securities or rated entities receiving direct credit
support from the primary entity(ies) of this credit rating action,
and whose ratings may change as a result of this credit rating action,
the associated regulatory disclosures will be those of the guarantor entity.
Exceptions to this approach exist for the following disclosures,
if applicable to jurisdiction: Ancillary Services, Disclosure
to rated entity, Disclosure from rated entity.
Regulatory disclosures contained in this press release apply to the credit
rating and, if applicable, the related rating outlook or rating
review.
Please see www.moodys.com for any updates on changes to
the lead rating analyst and to the Moody's legal entity that has issued
the rating.
Please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com
for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating.
Bongani Dlamini
Asst Vice President - Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service Ltd.
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London E14 5FA
United Kingdom
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Mehdi Ababou
VP - Senior Credit Officer
Structured Finance Group
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