London, 10 February 2015 -- Moody's Investors Service announced today that it has taken rating actions
on the following classes of notes issued by Faxtor ABS 2003-1 B.V.:
....EUR23M Class A-2E Floating Rate
Notes, Affirmed Aa2 (sf); previously on Jun 27, 2014
Upgraded to Aa2 (sf)
....EUR9M Class A-2F Fixed Rate Notes,
Affirmed Aa2 (sf); previously on Jun 27, 2014 Upgraded to Aa2
(sf)
....EUR7.5M Class A-3E Floating
Rate Notes, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2014 Upgraded to B1 (sf)
....EUR15M Class A-3F Fixed Rate Notes,
Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on Jun 27, 2014 Upgraded to
B1 (sf)
....EUR5.5M Class BE Floating Rate
Notes, Affirmed Caa3 (sf); previously on Jun 27, 2014
Affirmed Caa3 (sf)
....EUR9.5M Class BF Fixed Rate Notes,
Affirmed Caa3 (sf); previously on Jun 27, 2014 Affirmed Caa3
(sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The rating actions on the notes are a result of the material improvement
in the credit quality of the collateral as well as the deleveraging of
the Class A notes.
Since the last rating action in June 2014, 31% of the portfolio
aggregate amount was upgraded by an average of 1.85 notch.
Also Moody's notes that on the 23 January 2015, 4 European
structured finance transactions included in the portfolio and representing
16% of the collateral, were placed on review for upgrade
following the revision of the methodology on country ceilings and the
new ceiling applied to euro area countries. For more information
on the underlying rating action please refer to the action "Moody's
takes rating actions on Irish, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish ABS/RMBS deals" published on Moodys.com. Additionally
the amount of assets rated within the Caa range by Moody's has remained
stable at 29% of the portfolio performing par while the defaulted
assets have decreased to EUR 6.6 million as reported in the December
2014 trustee report.
Since the interest payment of May 2014 the Classes A-2 have repaid
EUR 3.2 million or 10% of the tranche original balance.
The amortisation of the Classes A-2 has also improved the overcollateralization
ratios ("OC ratios") across the capital structure. As per the December
2014 trustee report, the Class A and Class B overcollateralization
ratios are reported at 156.40% and 105.62%
respectively, compared to 141.47% and 99.15%
as per the May 2014 trustee report.
Moody's notes that the interest coverage test fails to pass its
trigger and that at the last interest payment in November 2014,
the interest payment to Classes A-3 was made partially using cash
from the principal proceeds.
Methodology Underlying the Rating Action:
The principal methodology used in this rating 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 conducted
sensitivity analyses on the key parameters for the rated notes:
Amounts of defaulted assets - Moody's considered a model run where
all the Caa assets in the portfolio were assumed to be defaulted.
The model outputs for these runs are consistent with today's ratings.
This transaction is subject to a high level of macroeconomic uncertainty,
which could negatively affect the ratings on the notes, in light
of 1) uncertainty about credit conditions in the general economy 2) divergence
in the legal interpretation of CDO documentation by different transactional
parties due to or because of embedded ambiguities.
• Portfolio amortisation: The main source of uncertainty in
this transaction is the pace of amortisation of the underlying portfolio,
which can vary significantly depending on market conditions and have a
significant impact on the notes' ratings. Amortisation could accelerate
as a consequence of high prepayment levels or collateral sales by the
collateral manager. Fast amortisation would usually benefit the
ratings of the notes beginning with the notes having the highest prepayment
priority.
• Recovery of defaulted assets: Market value fluctuations in
trustee-reported defaulted assets and those Moody's assumes have
defaulted can result in volatility in the deal's over-collateralisation
levels. Further, the timing of recoveries and the manager's
decision whether to work out or sell defaulted assets can also result
in additional uncertainty. Recoveries higher than Moody's expectations
would have a positive impact on the notes' ratings.
In addition to the quantitative factors that Moody's explicitly modelled,
qualitative factors are part of the rating committee's considerations.
These qualitative factors include the structural protections in the transaction,
its recent performance given the market environment, the legal environment,
specific documentation features, the collateral manager's track
record and the potential for selection bias in the portfolio. All
information available to rating committees, including macroeconomic
forecasts, input from other Moody's analytical groups, market
factors, and judgments regarding the nature and severity of credit
stress on the transactions, can influence the final rating decision.
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 this transaction
in the past six months.
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.
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.
Philippe Joly
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service Ltd.
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Canary Wharf
London E14 5FA
United Kingdom
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Ian Perrin
Senior Vice President/Manager
Structured Finance Group
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Moody's upgrades approx. EUR 22.5m SF CDO Notes of Faxtor ABS 2003-1 B.V.