New York, May 05, 2014 -- Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the ratings of seven tranches from
three transactions and downgraded the ratings of 19 tranches from nine
transactions backed by Subprime mortgage loans.
Complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: Chase Funding Trust, Series 2002-3
Cl. IA-5, Downgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously
on Apr 23, 2012 Downgraded to Baa1 (sf)
Issuer: Chase Funding Trust, Series 2002-4
Cl. IA-5, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously
on Apr 23, 2012 Upgraded to Baa3 (sf)
Cl. IM-1, Downgraded to B3 (sf); previously on
Apr 23, 2012 Upgraded to B1 (sf)
Cl. IIM-1, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously
on Apr 23, 2012 Confirmed at Baa3 (sf)
Issuer: Chase Funding Trust, Series 2003-2
Ser. 2003-2 Cl. IA-5, Downgraded to
Ba1 (sf); previously on Apr 10, 2012 Downgraded to Baa3 (sf)
Issuer: Chase Funding Trust, Series 2003-3
Cl. IA-5, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously
on Apr 10, 2012 Downgraded to Baa3 (sf)
Issuer: Chase Funding Trust, Series 2003-6
Cl. IA-5, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously
on Apr 23, 2012 Confirmed at Baa2 (sf)
Cl. IA-7, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously
on Apr 23, 2012 Confirmed at Baa2 (sf)
Cl. IIA-2, Downgraded to A3 (sf); previously
on Apr 23, 2012 Downgraded to A1 (sf)
Cl. IM-1, Downgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously
on Oct 21, 2013 Downgraded to B3 (sf)
Issuer: Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.
Series 2004-4
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on
Mar 15, 2011 Downgraded to Ba3 (sf)
Cl. M-3, Upgraded to Caa1 (sf); previously on
Mar 15, 2011 Downgraded to Caa3 (sf)
Cl. M-4, Upgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously on
Mar 15, 2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Issuer: CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp 2001-HE25
Cl. M-1, Downgraded to B1 (sf); previously on
Apr 9, 2012 Confirmed at Ba3 (sf)
Issuer: Equifirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-1
Cl. M-1, Downgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously
on Mar 15, 2013 Affirmed A3 (sf)
Cl. M-2, Downgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on
Mar 15, 2013 Affirmed Ba1 (sf)
Issuer: Equifirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1
Cl. M-4, Upgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on
Apr 19, 2012 Confirmed at B1 (sf)
Cl. M-5, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Apr
19, 2012 Confirmed at B3 (sf)
Cl. M-6, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Apr
19, 2012 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Issuer: Fremont Home Loan Trust 2004-C
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Caa3 (sf); previously on
Apr 18, 2012 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Issuer: Wells Fargo Home Equity Asset-Backed Securities 2004-2
Trust
Cl. M-3, Downgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on
May 4, 2012 Downgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Cl. M-4, Downgraded to B1 (sf); previously on
Jul 18, 2013 Confirmed at Ba2 (sf)
Cl. M-5, Downgraded to B3 (sf); previously on
Jul 18, 2013 Confirmed at B1 (sf)
Cl. M-6, Downgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously
on Jul 18, 2013 Confirmed at B3 (sf)
Issuer: Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust 2004-1
Cl. M1, Downgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on Mar 13,
2011 Downgraded to Ba2 (sf)
Cl. M2, Downgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Mar 13,
2011 Downgraded to B2 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The actions are a result of the recent performance of the underlying pools
and reflect Moody's updated loss expectations on the pools. The
upgrades are a result of improving performance of the related pools and/or
faster pay-down of the bonds due to high prepayments/faster liquidations.
The downgrades are a result of deteriorating performance and/or structural
features resulting in higher expected losses for the bonds than previously
anticipated.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "US RMBS Surveillance
Methodology" published in November 2013. Please see the Credit
Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this methodology.
Factors that would lead to an upgrade or downgrade of the rating:
The primary source of assumption uncertainty is the uncertainty in our
central macroeconomic forecast and performance volatility due to servicer-related
issues. The unemployment rate fell from 7.5% in March
2013 to 6.7% in March 2014. Moody's forecasts an
unemployment central range of 6.5% to 7.5%
for the 2014 year. Moody's expects house prices to continue to
rise in 2014. Performance of RMBS continues to remain highly dependent
on servicer procedures. Any change resulting from servicing transfers
or other policy or regulatory change can impact the performance of these
transactions.
A list of these actions including CUSIP identifiers may be found at:
Excel: http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF366773
A list of updated estimated pool losses is being posted on an ongoing
basis for the duration of this review period and may be found at:
Excel: http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF345728
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 received and took into account one or more third party assessments
on the due diligence performed regarding the underlying assets or financial
instruments in these transactions and the assessments had a neutral impact
on the rating.
The analysis includes an assessment of collateral characteristics and
performance to determine the expected collateral loss or a range of expected
collateral losses or cash flows to the rated instruments. As a
second step, Moody's estimates expected collateral losses or cash
flows using a quantitative tool that takes into account credit enhancement,
loss allocation and other structural features, to derive the expected
loss for each rated instrument.
As the section on loss and cash flow analysis describes, 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 rating action on the support provider and in relation to each particular
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 rating action, and
whose ratings may change as a result of this 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.
Edwin Wang
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Deepika Kothari
VP - Sr Credit Officer/Manager
Structured Finance Group
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Moody's takes action on $347 Million of Subprime RMBS issued by various trusts