London, 27 June 2014 -- Moody's Investors Service announced today that it has upgraded the ratings
of notes issued by Faxtor ABS 2003-1 B.V. (Faxtor
2003-1) and Faxtor ABS 2004-1 B.V. (Faxtor
2004-1).
Issuer: Faxtor ABS 2003-1 B.V.
....EUR23M (EUR14,170,569 Current
Outstanding Balance) Class A-2E Floating Rate Notes, Upgraded
to Aa2 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013 Downgraded to A3 (sf)
....EUR9M (EUR5,545,005 Current
Outstanding Balance) Class A-2F Fixed Rate Notes, Upgraded
to Aa2 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013 Downgraded to A3 (sf)
....EUR7.5M Class A-3E Floating
Rate Notes, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Feb 13,
2013 Downgraded to Caa1 (sf)
....EUR15M Class A-3F Fixed Rate Notes,
Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013 Downgraded
to Caa1 (sf)
....EUR5.5M Class BE Floating Rate
Notes, Affirmed Caa3 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013
Downgraded to Caa3 (sf)
....EUR9.5M Class BF Fixed Rate Notes,
Affirmed Caa3 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013 Downgraded to
Caa3 (sf)
Issuer: Faxtor ABS 2004-1 B.V.
....EUR264M (EUR6,024,144 Current
Outstanding Balance) Class A-1 Floating Rate Notes, Affirmed
Aaa (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013 Upgraded to Aaa (sf)
....EUR35M Class A-2 Floating Rate
Notes, Upgraded to Aa1 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013
Affirmed Aa3 (sf)
....EUR25M Class A-3 Floating Rate
Notes, Upgraded to A2 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013
Downgraded to Ba1 (sf)
....EUR12M Class BE Floating Rate Notes,
Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013 Downgraded
to B3 (sf)
....EUR5M Class BF Fixed Rate Notes,
Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013 Downgraded
to B3 (sf)
....EUR8M Class S Combination Notes,
Upgraded to Baa2 (sf); previously on Feb 13, 2013 Downgraded
to Ba1 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The rating actions are primarily due to the deleveraging of the senior
notes and an increase in the transactions' over-collateralization
(OC) ratios since the recent payment date of each transaction, May
2014 for Faxtor 2003-1 and January 2014 for Faxtor 2004-1.
For Faxtor 2003-1, the Class A-1E notes have been
redeemed in full and the Classes A-2E and A-2F have been
partially redeemed by EUR12.3 million (38.4% of closing
balance). For Faxtor 2004-1, the principal account
balance reported by the Trustee in May 2014 is sufficient to redeem in
full the EUR 6.0 million remaining of Class A-1 and partially
redeem Class A-2 by approximately 11% of its closing balance.
According to the May 2014 Trustee Report, the OC ratios of Faxtor
2003-1 Classes A and B are currently 141% and 99%
versus 120% and 96% respectively in November 2013.
Similarly, for Faxtor 2004-1, the OC ratios of Classes
A and B are currently 159% and 126% versus 140% and
119% respectively in November 2013.
The rating on the combination notes addresses the repayment of the rated
balance on or before the legal final maturity. For the Class S
notes, the 'rated balance' at any time is equal to the principal
amount of the combination note on the issue date minus the sum of all
payments made from the issue date to such date, of either interest
or principal. The rated balance will not necessarily correspond
to the outstanding notional amount reported by the trustee. The
rated balance of the Class S note is currently overcollateralized by the
Class BE notes.
Methodology Underlying the Rating Action:
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach
to Rating SF CDOs" published in March 2014. 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:
In addition to the base case analysis, Moody's also conducted a
sensitivity analysis to the credit quality of the approximately 25%
of assets on review for upgrade. The two notch upward adjustment
of the rating of each asset on review for upgrade was reversed.
The sensitivity model output was within one notch of the base case model
output.
These transactions are subject to a number of factors and circumstances
that could lead to either an upgrade or downgrade of the ratings,
as described below:
1) Macro-economic uncertainty: Primary causes of uncertainty
about assumptions are the extent of any slowdown in growth in the current
macroeconomic environment and in the residential real estate property
markets. The residential real estate property market is subject
to uncertainty about housing prices; the pace of residential mortgage
foreclosures, loan modifications and refinancing; the unemployment
rate; and interest rates.
2) Deleveraging: One source of uncertainty in this transaction is
whether deleveraging from unscheduled principal proceeds, recoveries
from defaulted assets, and excess interest proceeds will continue
and at what pace. Faster deleveraging than Moody's expects could
have a significant impact on the notes' ratings.
3) Recovery of defaulted assets: The amount of recoveries received
from defaulted assets reported by the trustee and those that Moody's assumes
as having defaulted as well as the timing of these recoveries create additional
uncertainty. Moody's analysed defaulted assets assuming no recoveries,
and therefore, realisation of any recoveries in the future would
positively impact the notes' ratings.
4) Lack of portfolio granularity: The performance of the portfolios
depend to a large extent on the credit conditions of a few large obligors,
some of them rated Caa1 or lower. The ratings of the notes are
significantly affected by the credit quality migration of these assets,
up or down.
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 receive or take into account a third-party
assessment on the due diligence performed regarding the underlying assets
or financial instruments related to the monitoring of these transactions
in the past six months.
The analysis relies on a Monte Carlo simulation that generates a large
number of collateral loss or cash flow scenarios, which on average
meet key metrics Moody's determines based on its assessment of the
collateral characteristics. Moody's then evaluates each simulated
scenario using model that replicates the relevant structural features
and payment allocation rules of the transaction, to derive losses
or payments for each rated instrument. The average loss a rated
instrument incurs in all of the simulated collateral loss or cash flow
scenarios, which Moody's weights based on its assumptions
about the likelihood of events in such scenarios actually occurring,
results in the expected loss of the 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.
Bongani Dlamini
Asst Vice President - Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service Ltd.
One Canada Square
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United Kingdom
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Ian Perrin
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Structured Finance Group
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Moody's upgrades EUR 119.2m SF CDO notes of Faxtor ABS 2003-1 B.V. and Faxtor ABS 2004-1 B.V.