Milan, August 12, 2021 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today
upgraded the ratings of seven notes and affirmed the ratings of three
notes in AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VI, FTH, AyT GÉNOVA
HIPOTECARIO VII, FTH and AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VIII,
FTH. The rating action reflects better than expected collateral
performance for AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VI, FTH and AyT GÉNOVA
HIPOTECARIO VII, FTH and, for all three transactions,
the increased levels of credit enhancement available for the affected
notes.
Moody's affirmed the ratings of the notes that had sufficient credit enhancement
to maintain the current rating on the affected notes.
Issuer: AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VI, FTH
....EUR524M Class A2 Notes, Affirmed
Aa1 (sf); previously on Nov 10, 2020 Affirmed Aa1 (sf)
....EUR7M Class B Notes, Upgraded to
Aa3 (sf); previously on Nov 10, 2020 Affirmed A2 (sf)
....EUR7.7M Class C Notes, Upgraded
to A2 (sf); previously on Nov 10, 2020 Upgraded to Baa1 (sf)
....EUR7.3M Class D Notes, Upgraded
to Baa1 (sf); previously on Nov 10, 2020 Upgraded to Baa3 (sf)
Issuer: AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VII, FTH
....EUR1048.45M Class A2 Notes,
Affirmed Aa1 (sf); previously on Jun 29, 2018 Affirmed Aa1
(sf)
....EUR22.4M Class B Notes, Upgraded
to A3 (sf); previously on Jun 29, 2018 Upgraded to Baa1 (sf)
....EUR21.15M Class C Notes,
Affirmed Ba1 (sf); previously on Jun 29, 2018 Affirmed Ba1
(sf)
Issuer: AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VIII , FTH
....EUR1575M Class A2 Notes, Upgraded
to Aa2 (sf); previously on Jun 29, 2018 Upgraded to Aa3 (sf)
....EUR21M Class B Notes, Upgraded to
Baa1 (sf); previously on Jun 29, 2018 Upgraded to Baa2 (sf)
....EUR21M Class C Notes, Upgraded to
Ba2 (sf); previously on Jun 29, 2018 Confirmed at Ba3 (sf)
Maximum achievable rating is Aa1 (sf) for structured finance transactions
in Spain, driven by the corresponding local currency country ceiling
of the country.
RATINGS RATIONALE
The rating action is prompted by:
- decreased key collateral assumptions, namely the portfolio
Expected Loss (EL) assumptions, for AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO
VI, FTH and AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VII, FTH due to
better than expected collateral performance
- an increase in credit enhancement for the affected tranches in
all three transactions
Revision of Key Collateral Assumptions
As part of the rating action, Moody's reassessed its lifetime loss
expectation for the portfolio reflecting the collateral performance to
date.
The performance of AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VI, FTH and AyT
GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VII, FTH has continued to improve since
the last respective rating actions. Total delinquencies have increased
only marginally in the past year for AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VI,
FTH and they have decreased for AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VII,
FTH; 90 days plus arrears currently stand at 0.00%
and 0.13% of the respective current pool balances.
Cumulative defaults currently stand at, respectively, 0.44%
and 0.75% of the original pool balances for AyT GÉNOVA
HIPOTECARIO VI, FTH and AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VII,
FTH, unchanged from a year earlier.
Moody's decreased the expected loss assumption to 0.17%
as a percentage of original pool balance from 0.20% due
to the improving performance for AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VI,
FTH. Moody's also decreased the expected loss assumption
for AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VII, FTH to 0.38%
as a percentage of original pool balance from 0.40% due
to the improving performance.
Moody's has also assessed loan-by-loan information as a
part of its detailed transaction review to determine the credit support
consistent with target rating levels and the volatility of future losses.
As a result, Moody's has maintained the MILAN CE assumptions
for all three transactions at their current level of 6.00%.
Increase in Available Credit Enhancement
Sequential amortization and non-amortizing reserve funds led to
the increase in the credit enhancement available in the three transactions.
For instance, the credit enhancement for Class B notes in AyT GÉNOVA
HIPOTECARIO VI, FTH increased to 10.35% from 9.21%
since the last rating action. The credit enhancement for Class
B notes in AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VII, FTH increased to 6.62%
from 5.51% since the last rating action. Finally,
the credit enhancement for Class A2 notes in AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO
VIII, FTH increased to 9.18% from 7.94%
since the last rating action.
Counterparty Exposure
Today's rating actions took into consideration the notes'
exposure to relevant counterparties, such as servicer, account
banks or swap providers.
Moody's assessed the exposure to Banco Santander S.A.
(Spain) acting as swap counterparty in AyT GÉNOVA HIPOTECARIO VI,
FTH. Moody's analysis considered the risks of additional losses
on the notes if they were to become unhedged following a swap counterparty
default by using the CR assessment as reference point for swap counterparties.
Moody's concluded that the ratings of the Class C notes in AyT GÉNOVA
HIPOTECARIO VI, FTH are constrained by the swap agreement entered
between the issuer and Banco Santander S.A. (Spain).
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach
to Rating RMBS Using the MILAN Framework" published in December 2020 and
available at https://www.moodys.com/researchdocumentcontentpage.aspx?docid=PBS_1248130.
Alternatively, please see the Rating Methodologies page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of this methodology.
The analysis undertaken by Moody's at the initial assignment of ratings
for RMBS securities may focus on aspects that become less relevant or
typically remain unchanged during the surveillance stage. Please
see "Moody's Approach to Rating RMBS Using the MILAN Framework" for further
information on Moody's analysis at the initial rating assignment and the
on-going surveillance in RMBS.
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: (i) performance of the underlying collateral that is better
than Moody's expected; (ii) an increase in available credit enhancement;
(iii) improvements in the credit quality of the transaction counterparties;
and (iv) a decrease in sovereign risk.
Factors or circumstances that could lead to a downgrade of the ratings
include: (i) an increase in sovereign risk; (ii) performance
of the underlying collateral that is worse than Moody's expected;
(iii) deterioration in the notes' available credit enhancement; and
(iv) deterioration in the credit quality of the transaction counterparties.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For further specification of Moody's key rating assumptions and
sensitivity analysis, see the sections Methodology Assumptions and
Sensitivity to Assumptions in the disclosure form. Moody's
Rating Symbols and Definitions can be found at: https://www.moodys.com/researchdocumentcontentpage.aspx?docid=PBC_79004.
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, category/class of
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Giovanni Ferretti
Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Italia S.r.l
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Milan 20122
Italy
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Gaby Trinkaus, CFA
VP - Senior Credit Officer
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