Approximately $605 million of asset-backed securities affected
New York, January 20, 2017 -- Moody's Investors Service, ("Moody's") has
placed on review for upgrade nine classes of notes from five Access Group
securitizations. The underlying collateral consists of private
student loans that were extended primarily to graduate and professional
students.
Complete rating actions are as follow:
Issuer: Access Group Inc. Private Student Loan asset-Backed
Floating Rate Notes, Series 2005-B
2005-B Cl. A-3, Aa1 Placed Under Review for
Possible Upgrade; previously on Oct 28, 2013 Upgraded to Aa1
2005-B Cl. B-2, B1 Placed Under Review for
Possible Upgrade; previously on Oct 28, 2013 Downgraded to
B1
Issuer: Access Group, Inc. Private Student Loan Asset-Backed
Floating Rate Notes, Series 2007-A
2007-A-A-3, Aa2 Placed Under Review for Possible
Upgrade; previously on Oct 28, 2013 Upgraded to Aa2
2007-A-B, Ba3 Placed Under Review for Possible Upgrade;
previously on Oct 28, 2013 Downgraded to Ba3
Issuer: Access Group, Inc., Federal Student Loan
Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2001
Cl. II A-1 Group II, A2 Placed Under Review for Possible
Upgrade; previously on Oct 28, 2013 Upgraded to A2
Cl. B, B1 Placed Under Review for Possible Upgrade;
previously on Oct 28, 2013 Downgraded to B1
Issuer: Access Group, Inc., Private Student Loan
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Notes, Series 2005-A
2005-A-A-3, A3 Placed Under Review for Possible
Upgrade; previously on Oct 28, 2013 Upgraded to A3
2005-A-B-1, B3 Placed Under Review for Possible
Upgrade; previously on Oct 28, 2013 Downgraded to B3
Issuer: Access Group, Inc., Series 2003-A
Senior Ser. 2003-A Cl. B, B1 Placed Under Review
for Possible Upgrade; previously on Oct 28, 2013 Downgraded
to B1
RATINGS RATIONALE
The rating actions are a result of a continued build-up in overcollateralization
as a result of lower than expected defaults. Additionally,
the top-pay senior classes have benefitted from the rapid deleveraging
due to the substantial pay down of the classes in a sequential-pay
structure.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach
to Rating U.S. Private Student Loan-Backed Securities"
published January 2010. 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:
Up
Among the factors that could drive the ratings up are a decrease in basis
risk and lower net losses on the underlying assets than Moody's expects.
Down
Among the factors that could drive the ratings down are an increase in
basis risk and higher net losses on the underlying assets than Moody's
expects.
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.
Moody's did not use any stress scenario simulations in its analysis.
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.
Vincent Raia
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Caroline Pichon
Vice President - Senior Analyst
Structured Finance Group
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