Frankfurt am Main, October 18, 2022 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today upgraded the ratings of notes in IM CAJA LABORAL 1, FTA. The rating action reflects the increased in the levels of credit enhancement for the affected notes.
Moody's affirmed the ratings of the notes that had sufficient credit enhancement to maintain their current ratings.
....EUR856.3M Class A Notes, Affirmed Aa1 (sf); previously on Nov 25, 2020 Affirmed Aa1 (sf)
....EUR10.8M Class B Notes, Upgraded to Aa2 (sf); previously on Nov 25, 2020 Affirmed Aa3 (sf)
....EUR14.9M Class C Notes, Affirmed A2 (sf); previously on Nov 25, 2020 Affirmed A2 (sf)
....EUR18M Class D Notes, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on Nov 25, 2020 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
The 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 an increase in credit enhancement for the affected tranches.
Increase in Available Credit Enhancement
A non-amortizing reserve fund led to the increase in the credit enhancement available in this transaction.
For instance, the credit enhancement for the most senior tranche affected by today's rating action, Class B, increased to 12.3% from 10.7% since the last rating action on 25 Nov 2020.
Additionally, Moody's assessed the exposure to Banco Santander S.A. (Spain) acting as swap counterparty. 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 are constrained by the swap agreement entered between the issuer and the swap counterparty.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach to Rating RMBS Using the MILAN Framework" published in July 2022 and available at https://ratings.moodys.com/api/rmc-documents/390481. Alternatively, please see the Rating Methodologies page on https://ratings.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 (1) performance of the underlying collateral that is better than Moody's expected, (2) an increase in available credit enhancement and (3) a decrease in sovereign risk.
Factors or circumstances that could lead to a downgrade of the ratings include (1) an increase in sovereign risk, (2) performance of the underlying collateral that is worse than Moody's expected, (3) deterioration in the notes' available credit enhancement and (4) 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 on https://ratings.moodys.com/rating-definitions.
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 debt or security this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation to each rating of a subsequently issued bond or note of the same series, category/class of debt, security 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 issuer/deal page for the respective issuer on https://ratings.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.
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Regulatory disclosures contained in this press release apply to the credit rating and, if applicable, the related rating outlook or rating review.
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Johann Grieneisen
Vice President - Senior Analyst
Structured Finance Group
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Olga Gekht
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