Paris, February 18, 2022 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today
upgraded the ratings of Notes in HIPOCAT 7, FTA, HIPOCAT 8,
FTA and TDA 29, FTA. The upgrades reflect increased levels
of credit enhancement for the affected Notes.
Issuer: HIPOCAT 7, FTA
....EUR1148.3M Class A2 Notes,
Affirmed Aa1 (sf); previously on Apr 20, 2021 Affirmed Aa1
(sf)
....EUR21.7M Class B Notes, Affirmed
Aa1 (sf); previously on Apr 20, 2021 Affirmed Aa1 (sf)
....EUR42M Class C Notes, Affirmed Aa1
(sf); previously on Apr 20, 2021 Affirmed Aa1 (sf)
....EUR28M Class D Notes, Upgraded to
Aa1 (sf); previously on Apr 20, 2021 Upgraded to A1 (sf)
Issuer: HIPOCAT 8, FTA
....EUR1155.5M Class A2 Notes,
Affirmed Aa1 (sf); previously on Apr 20, 2021 Affirmed Aa1
(sf)
....EUR26.2M Class B Notes, Affirmed
Aa1 (sf); previously on Apr 20, 2021 Affirmed Aa1 (sf)
....EUR35.6M Class C Notes, Affirmed
Aa1 (sf); previously on Apr 20, 2021 Affirmed Aa1 (sf)
....EUR32.7M Class D Notes, Upgraded
to A2 (sf); previously on Apr 20, 2021 Upgraded to Baa2 (sf)
Issuer: TDA 29, FTA
....EUR435M Class A2 Notes, Affirmed
Aa1 (sf); previously on May 5, 2021 Affirmed Aa1 (sf)
....EUR17.4M Class B Notes, Upgraded
to Aa2 (sf); previously on May 5, 2021 Upgraded to Aa3 (sf)
....EUR9.3M Class C Notes, Upgraded
to Baa3 (sf); previously on May 5, 2021 Upgraded to Ba3 (sf)
Moody's affirmed the ratings of the Classes of Notes that had sufficient
credit enhancement to maintain their current ratings.
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 upgrades of the ratings of the Notes are prompted by the increase
in credit enhancement for the affected tranches. For instance,
the credit enhancement of the tranches increased as follows: for
HIPOCAT 7, FTA, classes A2, B, C and D to 44.97%,
37.38%, 22.69% and 12.90%
from 43.19%, 35.61%, 20.92%
and 11.13% respectively; for HIPOCAT 8, FTA classes
A2, B, C and D to 50.61%, 38.44%,
21.90% and 6.71% from 49.88%,
37.70%, 21.17% and 5.97%
respectively; and for TDA 29, FTA, classes A2,
B and C to 11.39%, 5.82% and 2.84%
from 11.15%, 5.58% and 2.60%
respectively since the previous rating actions in April and May 2021.
In addition, the anticipated increase in defaults by borrowers who
benefited from the payment holiday schemes has not materialized.
Key Collateral Assumptions
As part of the rating actions, Moody's reassessed its lifetime loss
expectations and recovery rates for the portfolios reflecting their collateral
performance to date.
The performance of the transactions continued to be stable since the last
rating actions. Cumulative defaults remain largely unchanged in
the past year and are as follows across the transactions: HIPOCAT
7, FTA, currently at 3.90%, HIPOCAT 8,
FTA, currently at 6.43% and TDA 29, FTA currently
at 5.04% as a percentage of the original pool balance.
Moody's maintained its expected loss assumptions for HIPOCAT 7,
FTA, at 2.10%, HIPOCAT 8, FTA, at
3.33% and TDA 29, FTA, at 2.12%
as a percentage of the original pool balance.
Moody's also assessed loan-by-loan information as 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 at
11.0% for HIPOCAT 7, FTA and HIPOCAT 8, FTA
and at 8.0% for TDA 29, FTA.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach
to Rating RMBS Using the MILAN Framework" published in February 2022 and
available at https://www.moodys.com/researchdocumentcontentpage.aspx?docid=PBS_1278125.
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 the Notes' 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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same series, category/class of debt, security or pursuant
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Bongani Dlamini
Asst Vice President - Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's France SAS
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Paris 75008
France
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Olga Gekht
Senior Vice President/Manager
Structured Finance Group
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