New York, June 14, 2012 -- Moody's Investors Service has placed the ratings of three interest rate
swaps on review for possible upgrade. Each of the affected swap
is between a US RMBS trust and either Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche,
rated Aa3 on review for downgrade, Prime-1) or Barclays Bank,
PLC (Barclays, rated Aa3 on review for downgrade, Prime-1),
as counterparty. The rating on the swaps address the credit exposure
of the swap counterparty to the respective RMBS trust's ability to honor
its obligations under the swap. The drivers of these swap rating
actions are: (1) The RMBS trusts' ability to honor their swap
obligations have improved, (2) Moody's rating actions on February
15, 2012, which placed the long term ratings of Deutsche and
Barclays on review for possible downgrade and (3) the implementation of
"Moody's Approach to Counterparty Instrument Ratings ("CIRs")."
The complete rating actions are as follows:
For Swaps where Barclays Bank PLC is the counterparty:
Issuer: BCAP LLC Trust 2006-AA2
Swap (Reference Number 1439003B), A3 (sf) Placed Under Review for
Possible Upgrade; previously on March 2, 2009 assigned A3 (sf)
For Swaps Where Deutsche Bank AG is the counterparty:
Issuer: MortgageIT Securities Corp. Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2007-1
Swap II (Reference Number N614223N), A3 (sf) Placed Under Review
for Possible Upgrade; previously on July 28, 2010 assigned
A3 (sf)
Swap III (Reference Number N614227N), A3 (sf) Placed Under Review
for Possible Upgrade; previously on July 28, 2010 assigned
A3 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The three drivers of the rating action work in opposite directions,
but the net effect is positive for the swaps' ratings. For
instance, the improved ability of the RMBS trusts' to honor
their obligations under the swap contracts and the application of the
new approach to CIRs both put upward pressure on the swaps' ratings,
while Moody's potential rating actions on the banks put downward pressure
on the swaps' ratings. At this time, itis highly likely
that the ratings of these swaps will be upgraded. However,
the exact magnitude of that upgrade will not be known until the watch
status of the banks is resolved.
These swaps are all currently passing stressed cashflow scenarios that
are consistent with our Aaa assumptions. Additionally, these
swaps have low linkage to their counterparty so, per the new approach
to CIRs, they will be eligible for up to a three notch uplift from
the rating of their respective counterparties. In the PR dated
February 15th 2012, Moody's indicated that the ratings of
swap counterparties in these three transactions will likely not be downgraded
by more than two notches. The low linkage to the rating of the
counterparty is primarily due to the stipulation in the transaction documents
that the issuer will use any upfront payment received from a replacement
counterparty towards discharging the termination payment owing to the
swap counterparty in priority to any other creditors of the issuer,
as described in the methodology.
In determining the degree of linkage for these swaps, Moody's believed
that uncertainty surrounding the enforceability of contractual provisions
allowing for the subordination of swap termination payments will cause
RMBS trustees to find replacement swap providers prior to terminating
existing swap contracts.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was Moody's Approach to
Counterparty Instrument Ratings published in February 2012. Please
see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy
of this methodology.
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The Global Scale Credit Ratings on this press release that are issued
by one of Moody's affiliates outside the EU are endorsed by Moody's
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3 of the Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on Credit Rating Agencies.
Further information on the EU endorsement status and on the Moody's
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Moody's places three interest rate swaps in US RMBS transactions on review for possible upgrade