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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Fitch Ratings assigns the following rating and Rating Outlook to Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund/LLC:
–$320,000,000 class A notes ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable.
Fitch does not rate the class B, C, D, E, F or subordinated notes.
TRANSACTION SUMMARY
Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund (the issuer) and Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund LLC (the co-issuer) represent an arbitrage cash flow collateralized loan obligation (CLO) that will be managed by Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (Prudential). Net proceeds from the issuance of notes will be used to purchase a portfolio of approximately $500 million of leveraged loans. The CLO will have a four-year reinvestment period.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
Sufficient Credit Enhancement: Credit enhancement (CE) of 36% for class A, in addition to excess spread, is sufficient to protect against portfolio default and recovery rate projections in the ‘AAAsf’ stress scenario. The level of CE for the class A notes is below the average for recent CLO issuances; however, cash flow modeling indicates performance in line with other ‘AAAsf’ rated CLO notes.
‘B+/B’ Asset Quality: The average credit quality of the indicative portfolio is ‘B+/B’, which is slightly better than that of recent CLOs. Issuers rated in the ‘B’ rating category denote relatively weak credit quality; however, in Fitch’s opinion, the class A notes are unlikely to be affected by the foreseeable level of defaults. The class A notes are robust against default rates of up to 57.4%.
Strong Recovery Expectations: The indicative portfolio consists of 96.4% first-lien senior-secured loans. Approximately 89.5% of the indicative portfolio has either strong recovery prospects or a Fitch-assigned Recovery Rating of ‘RR2’ or higher, resulting in a base case recovery assumption of 76.1%. In determination of the class A note rating, Fitch stressed the indicative portfolio by assuming a higher portfolio concentration of assets with lower recovery prospects and further reduced recovery assumptions for higher rating stress assumptions. The analysis of Dryden 37 class A notes assumed a 34.7% recovery rate in Fitch’s ‘AAAsf’ scenario.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
Fitch evaluated the structure’s sensitivity to the potential variability of key model assumptions including decreases in weighted average spread or recovery rates and increases in default rates or correlation. Fitch expects the class A notes to remain investment grade even under the most extreme sensitivity scenarios. Results under these sensitivity scenarios ranged between ‘A-sf’ and ‘AAAsf’ for the class A notes.
Sources of information used to assess these ratings were provided by the arranger, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and the public domain.
Key Rating Drivers and Rating Sensitivities are further described in the accompanying new issue report, which will be available shortly to investors on Fitch’s website at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
For more information about Fitch’s comprehensive subscription service FitchResearch, which includes all presale reports, surveillance and credit reports on more than 20 asset classes, contact product sales at +1-212-908-0800 or at ‘webmaster@fitchratings.com‘.
Additional information is available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
Applicable Criteria & Related Research:
–‘Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria’ (Aug. 4, 2014);
–‘Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs’ (July 25, 2014);
–‘Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds’ (Dec. 19, 2014);
–‘Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds’ (May 14, 2014).
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=754389
Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=753057
Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=838868
Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=744158
Additional Disclosure
Solicitation Status
http://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=981238
ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY’S PUBLIC WEBSITE ‘WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM‘. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH’S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE ‘CODE OF CONDUCT’ SECTION OF THIS SITE. FITCH MAY HAVE PROVIDED ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TO THE RATED ENTITY OR ITS RELATED THIRD PARTIES. DETAILS OF THIS SERVICE FOR RATINGS FOR WHICH THE LEAD ANALYST IS BASED IN AN EU-REGISTERED ENTITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTITY SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS ISSUER ON THE FITCH WEBSITE.
Investment & Company InformationFinanceFitch Ratings Contact:
Fitch Ratings
Primary Analyst
Aaron Hughes
Director
+1-312-368-2074
Fitch Ratings, Inc.
70 West Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602
or
Secondary Analyst
Cristina Feracota
Associate Director
+1-312-606-2300
or
Committee Chairperson
Derek Miller
Senior Director
+1-312-368-2076
or
Media Relations:
Sandro Scenga, +1-212-908-0278
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Link to Fitch Ratings’ Report: Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2015-2 — Appendix
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=863049
Fitch Ratings has assigned the following ratings and Outlooks to two groups in Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2015-2:
Group 1 Securities
–$75,728,000 class 1A1 ‘BBBsf’; Outlook Stable;
–$77,368,033 initial exchangeable class 1A2 not rated;
–$9,678,000 subsequent exchangeable class 1A3 ‘BBsf’; Outlook Stable;
–$9,072,000 subsequent exchangeable class 1A4 ‘Bsf’; Outlook Stable;
–$58,618,033 subsequent exchangeable class 1A5 not rated;
–$18,750,000 subsequent exchangeable class 1A6 ‘Bsf’; Outlook Stable;
–$43,964,000 subsequent exchangeable class 1A7 not rated;
–$14,654,033 subsequent exchangeable class 1A8 not rated.
Group 2 Securities
–$26,758,000 class 2A1 ‘BBBsf’; Outlook Stable;
–$12,569,031 class 2A2 not rated.
CMLTI 2015-2 is comprised of five groups. Fitch is rating five bonds from two of the groups. Two of the rated classes are the most senior tranche while the other three are subsequent exchangeable securities from group 1. Each group is a resecuritization of an ownership interest in a residential mortgage-backed security. As a resecuritization, the securities will receive their cash-flow from the underlying security. The Fitch-rated groups are collateralized with a senior class from Alt-A transactions issued from 2006 to 2007. Collateral performance has shown improvement over the past few years. The underlying pools have exhibited significant declines in the percentage of loans seriously delinquent. Also, the percentage of loans transitioning from current to delinquent has slowed as well.
For the Fitch rated groups, interest is paid pro-rata and principal is paid sequentially. Realized losses are applied reverse sequentially.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
Key rating drivers include the performance of the underlying pool as well as the collateral characteristics, such as sustainable loan-to-value ratio (sLTV), credit score and geographic concentration. For the Fitch rated groups, Fitch ran various prepayment speeds and loss timing scenarios in its analysis of the deal structure. This analysis was done to determine that the cash flow to the Fitch rated bonds would not be exposed to losses as a result of potential alternative cash flow timing stress scenarios.
Based on the collateral composition of the Group 1 underlying pool, Fitch assumed a base-case scenario expected loss (XL) of 34%. In the rating stress scenarios, Fitch assumed a ‘BBBsf’ XL of 51.33%, a ‘BBsf’ XL of 45.53% and a ‘Bsf’ XL of 40.13. Fitch ran these loss assumptions through 12 different interest rate, prepayment and timing scenarios and used the most conservative value to determine the required credit enhancement (CE). The required CE to support a ‘BBBsf’ rating is 50.54%, a ‘BBsf’ rating is 44.21% and a ‘Bsf’ rating is 38.29%. The lower CE compared to the XL is due to the underlying deal structure, which allows for excess spread.
Based on the collateral composition of the Group 2 underlying pool, Fitch assumed a base-case scenario XL of 20%. In the rating stress scenarios, Fitch assumed a ‘BBBsf’ XL of 33.8%. Fitch increased the model-expected loss severity on liquidated loans by 10% at each rating scenario to better reflect recent loss severity trends. Fitch ran the loss assumptions through 12 different interest rate, prepayment and timing scenarios and used the most conservative value to determine the required credit enhancement (CE). The required CE to support a ‘BBBsf’ rating is 31.96%. The lower CE compared to the XL is due to the underlying class, which still had roughly 3.5% of CE.
Fitch is assigning the ratings based on underlying pool collateral composition, the results of its cashflow analysis, review of final structure and supporting deal documents.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
Fitch analyzes each bond in a number of different scenarios to determine the likelihood of full principal recovery and timely interest. The scenario analysis incorporates various combinations of the following stressed assumptions: mortgage loss, loss timing, interest rates, prepayments, servicer advancing and loan modifications.
The analysis includes rating stress scenarios from ‘CCCsf’ to ‘AAAsf’. The ‘CCCsf’ scenario is intended to be the most likely base-case scenario. Rating scenarios above ‘CCCsf’ are increasingly more stressful and less likely outcomes. Although many variables are adjusted in the stress scenarios, the primary driver of the loss scenarios is the home price forecast assumption. In the ‘Bsf’ scenario, Fitch assumes home prices decline 10% below their long-term sustainable level. The home price decline assumption is increased by 5% at each higher rating category up to a 35% decline in the ‘AAAsf’ scenario.
The group-to-bond association for the Fitch-rated groups are as follows:
–Group 1 represents a 100% interest in the Lehman XS Trust, Series 2007-7N class 2A1A;
–Group 2 represents a 20.70% interest in the Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-AR15 Trust Class 1A.
Additional information is available in the ‘Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2015-2 Representations and Warranties Appendix, published Feb. 27 and available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
Additional information is available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
–‘Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria’ (May 2014);
–‘U.S. RMBS Master Rating Criteria,’ (July 2014);
–‘U.S. RMBS Surveillance and Re-REMIC Criteria’ (June 2014);
–‘U.S. RMBS Loan Loss Model Criteria’ (November 2014);
–‘Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds’ (May 2014);
–‘U.S. RMBS Cash Flow Analysis Criteria’ (April 2014);
–‘Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds’ (December 2014);
–‘Rating Criteria for US Residential and Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Servicers’ (January 2014).
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=744158
Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=838868
Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=754389
U.S. RMBS Master Rating Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=750719
U.S. RMBS Surveillance and Re-REMIC Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=750110
U.S. RMBS Cash Flow Analysis Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=746027
Rating Criteria for US Residential and Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Servicers
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=731747
U.S. RMBS Loan Loss Model Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=810788
Additional Disclosure
Solicitation Status
http://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=980536
ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY’S PUBLIC WEBSITE ‘WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM‘. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH’S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE ‘CODE OF CONDUCT’ SECTION OF THIS SITE. FITCH MAY HAVE PROVIDED ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TO THE RATED ENTITY OR ITS RELATED THIRD PARTIES. DETAILS OF THIS SERVICE FOR RATINGS FOR WHICH THE LEAD ANALYST IS BASED IN AN EU-REGISTERED ENTITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTITY SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS ISSUER ON THE FITCH WEBSITE.
FinanceInvestment & Company InformationFitch Ratings Contact:
Fitch Ratings
Primary Analyst
Ryan O’Loughlin
Analyst
+1-212-908-0387
Fitch Ratings, Inc., 33 Whitehall Street, New York, NY 10004
or
Secondary Analyst
Grant Bailey
Managing Director
+1-212-908-0544
or
Committee Chairperson
Rui Pereira
Managing Director
+1-212-908-0766
or
Media Relations:
Sandro Scenga, +1-212-908-0278 (New York)
sandro.scenga@fitchratings.com […]
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Fitch Ratings expects to assign the following rating and Rating Outlook to Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund/LLC:
–$320,000,000 class A notes ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable.
Fitch does not expect to rate the class B, C, D, E, or F notes, or the subordinated notes.
TRANSACTION SUMMARY
Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund (the issuer) and Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund LLC (the co-issuer) represent an arbitrage cash flow collateralized loan obligation (CLO) that will be managed by Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (Prudential). Net proceeds from the issuance of notes will be used to purchase a portfolio of approximately $500 million of leveraged loans. The CLO will have a four-year reinvestment period.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
Sufficient Credit Enhancement: Credit enhancement (CE) of 36% for class A, in addition to excess spread, is sufficient to protect against portfolio default and recovery rate projections in the ‘AAAsf’ stress scenario. The level of CE for the class A notes is below the average for recent CLO issuances.
‘B+/B’ Asset Quality: The average credit quality of the indicative portfolio is ‘B+/B’, which is slightly better than that of recent CLOs. Issuers rated in the ‘B’ rating category denote relatively weak credit quality; however, in Fitch Ratings’ opinion, the class A notes are unlikely to be affected by the foreseeable level of defaults. The class A notes are robust against default rates of up to 57.0%.
Strong Recovery Expectations: The indicative portfolio consists of 96.3% first-lien senior-secured loans. Approximately 83% of the indicative portfolio has either strong recovery prospects or a Fitch-assigned recovery rating of ‘RR2’ or higher, resulting in a base case recovery assumption of 76.2%. In determination of the class A note rating, Fitch stressed the indicative portfolio by assuming a higher portfolio concentration of assets with lower recovery prospects and further reduced recovery assumptions for higher rating stress assumptions. The analysis of Dryden 37 class A notes assumed a 34.7% recovery rate in Fitch’s ‘AAAsf’ scenario.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
Fitch evaluated the structure’s sensitivity to the potential variability of key model assumptions including decreases in weighted average spread or recovery rates and increases in default rates or correlation. Fitch expects the class A notes to remain investment grade even under the most extreme sensitivity scenarios. Results under these sensitivity scenarios ranged between ‘A-sf’ and ‘AAAsf’ for the class A notes.
The expected ratings are based on information provided to Fitch as of Jan. 29, 2015. Sources of information used to assess these ratings were provided by the arranger, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and the public domain.
Key Rating Drivers and Rating Sensitivities are further detailed in the accompanying presale report, available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘ or by clicking on the link.
Additional information is available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
Applicable Criteria & Related Research:
–‘Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria’ (Aug. 4, 2014);
–‘Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs’ (July 25, 2014);
–‘Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds’ (Dec. 19, 2014);
–‘Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds’ (May 14, 2014).
Applicable Criteria and Related Research: Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund/LLC
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=861208
Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=754389
Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=753057
Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=838868
Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=744158
Additional Disclosure
Solicitation Status
http://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=978867
ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY’S PUBLIC WEBSITE ‘WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM‘. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH’S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE ‘CODE OF CONDUCT’ SECTION OF THIS SITE. FITCH MAY HAVE PROVIDED ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TO THE RATED ENTITY OR ITS RELATED THIRD PARTIES. DETAILS OF THIS SERVICE FOR RATINGS FOR WHICH THE LEAD ANALYST IS BASED IN AN EU-REGISTERED ENTITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTITY SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS ISSUER ON THE FITCH WEBSITE.
Security Upgrades & DowngradesInvestment & Company InformationFitch Ratings Contact:
Fitch Ratings
Primary Analyst
Aaron Hughes
Director
+1-312-368-2074
Fitch Ratings, Inc.
70 West Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602
or
Secondary Analyst
Cristina Feracota
Associate Director
+1-312-606-2300
or
Committee Chairperson
Derek Miller
Senior Director
+1-312-368-2076
or
Media Relations
Sandro Scenga, +1 212-908-0278
sandro.scenga@fitchratings.com […]
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Fitch Ratings assigns the following rating to GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX, Limited/LLC:
–$409,500,000 class A notes ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable.
Fitch does not rate the class B-1, B-2, C, D, E or F notes or the subordinated notes.
TRANSACTION SUMMARY
GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX, Limited (the issuer) and GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX, LLC (the co-issuer) together comprise an arbitrage cash flow collateralized loan obligation (CLO) that will be managed by GoldenTree Asset Management LP (GoldenTree). Net proceeds from the issuance of the secured and subordinated notes will be used to purchase a portfolio of approximately $650 million of primarily senior-secured leveraged loans. The CLO will have a four-year reinvestment period and a two-year noncall period.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
Sufficient Credit Enhancement (CE): CE of 37% for the class A notes, in addition to excess spread, is sufficient to protect against portfolio default and recovery rate projections in a ‘AAAsf’ stress scenario. The degree of CE available to the class A notes is slightly lower than the average CE of recent CLO issuances; however, cash flow modeling indicates performance is in line with other ‘AAAsf’ CLO notes.
‘B/B-‘ Asset Quality: The average credit quality of the indicative portfolio is approximately ‘B/B-‘, which is comparable to recent CLOs. Issuers rated in the ‘B’ rating category denote a highly speculative credit quality; however, in Fitch’s opinion, class A notes are unlikely to be affected by the foreseeable level of defaults. Class A notes are projected to be able to withstand default rates of up to 64.2%.
Strong Recovery Expectations: The indicative portfolio consists of 96.9% first-lien senior-secured loans. Approximately 95% of the indicative portfolio has either strong recovery prospects or a Fitch-assigned Recovery Rating of ‘RR2’ or higher, resulting in a base case recovery assumption of 76%. In determining the class A note rating, Fitch stressed the indicative portfolio by assuming a higher portfolio concentration of assets with lower recovery prospects and further reduced recovery assumptions for higher rating stress scenarios. The analysis of GoldenTree IX class A notes assumed a 35.2% recovery rate in Fitch’s ‘AAAsf’ scenario.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
Fitch evaluated the structure’s sensitivity to the potential variability of key model assumptions, including decreases in weighted average spread or recovery rates and increases in default rates or correlation. Fitch expects the class A notes to remain investment grade even under the most extreme sensitivity scenarios. Results under these sensitivity scenarios ranged between ‘A-sf’ and ‘AAAsf’ for the class A notes.
Key Rating Drivers and Rating Sensitivities are further described in the accompanying new issue report, which will be available shortly to investors on Fitch’s website at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
For more information about Fitch’s comprehensive subscription service FitchResearch, which includes all presale reports, surveillance and credit reports on more than 20 asset classes, contact product sales at +1-212-908-0800 or at ‘webmaster@fitchratings.com‘.
Additional information is available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
The sources of information used to assess these ratings were the transaction documents provided by the arranger, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and the public domain.
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
–‘Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria’ (Aug. 4, 2014);
–‘Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs’ (July 25, 2014);
–‘Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds’ (Jan. 23, 2014);
–‘Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds’ (May 14, 2014).
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=754389
Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=753057
Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=725537
Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=744158
Additional Disclosure
Solicitation Status
http://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=917375
ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY’S PUBLIC WEBSITE ‘WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM‘. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH’S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE ‘CODE OF CONDUCT’ SECTION OF THIS SITE. FITCH MAY HAVE PROVIDED ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TO THE RATED ENTITY OR ITS RELATED THIRD PARTIES. DETAILS OF THIS SERVICE FOR RATINGS FOR WHICH THE LEAD ANALYST IS BASED IN AN EU-REGISTERED ENTITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTITY SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS ISSUER ON THE FITCH WEBSITE.
Security Upgrades & DowngradesFinanceFitch Ratings Contact:
Fitch Ratings
Primary Analyst:
Robert Rhein, +1-312-606-2314
Director
Fitch Ratings, Inc.
70 West Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602
or
Secondary Analyst:
Joseph Farfsing, +1-312-368-3346
Associate Director
or
Committee Chairperson:
Derek Miller, +1-312-368-2076
Senior Director
or
Media Relations:
Sandro Scenga, New York, +1-212-908-0278
sandro.scenga@fitchratings.com […]
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to Sound Harbor Loan Fund 2014-1 Ltd./LLC (SHLF 2014-1):
–$281,200,000 class A-1 notes ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable.
Fitch does not rate the class A-2, B, C, D or subordinated notes.
TRANSACTION SUMMARY
Sound Harbor Loan Fund 2014-1 Ltd. (the issuer) and Sound Harbor Loan Fund 2014-1 LLC (the co-issuer) together comprise an arbitrage cash flow collateralized loan obligation (CLO) that will be managed by Sound Harbor Partners LLC (Sound Harbor). Net proceeds from the issuance of the secured and subordinated notes will be used to purchase a portfolio of approximately $450 million of primarily senior secured leveraged loans. The CLO will have a four-year reinvestment period and a two-year noncall period.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
Sufficient Credit Enhancement: Credit enhancement (CE) of 37.5% for the class A-1 notes, in addition to excess spread, is sufficient to protect against portfolio default and recovery rate projections in an ‘AAAsf’ stress scenario. The degree of CE available to the class A-1 notes is slightly above the average CE of recent CLO issuances.
‘B’ Asset Quality: The average credit quality of the indicative portfolio is ‘B’, which is comparable to recent CLOs. Issuers rated in the ‘B’ rating category denote relatively weak credit quality; however, in Fitch’s opinion, class A-1 notes are unlikely to be affected by the foreseeable level of defaults. Class A-1 notes are projected to be able to withstand default rates of up to 63.2%.
Strong Recovery Expectations: The indicative portfolio consists of 98.6% first lien senior-secured loans. Approximately 93.9% of the indicative portfolio has either strong recovery prospects or a Fitch-assigned recovery rating of ‘RR2’ or higher, resulting in a base case recovery assumption of 77.6%. In determining the class A-1 note rating, Fitch stressed the indicative portfolio by assuming a higher portfolio concentration of assets with lower recovery prospects and further reduced recovery assumptions for higher rating stress assumptions. The analysis of the class A-1 notes assumed a 36.1% recovery rate in Fitch’s ‘AAAsf’ scenario.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
In addition to Fitch’s stated criteria, the agency analyzed the structure’s sensitivity to the potential variability of key model assumptions including decreases in weighted average spread or recovery rates and increases in default rates or correlation. Fitch expects the class A-1 notes to remain investment grade even under the most extreme sensitivity scenarios. Results under these sensitivity scenarios ranged between ‘A+sf’ and ‘AAAsf’ for the class A-1 notes.
The sources of information used to assess these ratings were provided by the arranger, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and the public domain.
Key Rating Drivers and Rating Sensitivities are further described in the accompanying new issue report, which will be available shortly to investors on Fitch’s website at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
For more information about Fitch’s comprehensive subscription service FitchResearch, which includes all presale reports, surveillance and credit reports on more than 20 asset classes, contact product sales at +1-212-908-0800 or at ‘webmaster@fitchratings.com‘.
Additional information is available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
Applicable Criteria & Related Research:
–‘Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria’ (Aug. 4, 2014);
–‘Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs’ (July 25, 2014);
–‘Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds’ (Jan. 23, 2014);
–‘Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds’ (May 14, 2014).
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=754389
Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=753057
Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=725537
Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=744158
Additional Disclosure
Solicitation Status
http://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=911575
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[…]
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Fitch Ratings expects to assign the following rating and Rating Outlook to GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX, Limited/LLC:
–$409,500,000 class A notes ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable.
Fitch does not expect to rate the class B-1, B-2, C, D, E or F notes, or the subordinated notes.
TRANSACTION SUMMARY
GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX, Limited (the issuer) and GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX, LLC (the co-issuer) together comprise an arbitrage cash flow collateralized loan obligation (CLO) that will be managed by GoldenTree Asset Management LP (GoldenTree). Net proceeds from the issuance of the secured and subordinated notes will be used to purchase a portfolio of approximately $650 million of primarily senior secured leveraged loans. The CLO will have a four-year reinvestment period and a two-year noncall period.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
Sufficient Credit Enhancement (CE): CE of 37% for the class A notes, in addition to excess spread, is sufficient to protect against portfolio default and recovery rate projections in a ‘AAAsf’ stress scenario. The degree of CE available to the class A notes is slightly lower than the average CE of recent CLO issuances; however, cash flow modeling indicates performance is in line with other ‘AAAsf’ CLO notes.
‘B/B-‘ Asset Quality: The average credit quality of the indicative portfolio is approximately ‘B/B-‘, which is comparable to recent CLOs. Issuers rated in the ‘B’ rating category denote a highly speculative credit quality; however, in Fitch’s opinion, class A notes are unlikely to be affected by the foreseeable level of defaults. Class A notes are projected to be able to withstand default rates of up to 64.8%.
Strong Recovery Expectations: The indicative portfolio consists of 96.6% first-lien senior secured loans. Approximately 96.6% of the indicative portfolio has either strong recovery prospects or a Fitch-assigned recovery rating of ‘RR2’ or higher, resulting in a base case recovery assumption of 76.2%. In determining the class A note rating, Fitch stressed the indicative portfolio by assuming a higher portfolio concentration of assets with lower recovery prospects and further reduced recovery assumptions for higher rating stress scenarios. The analysis of GoldenTree IX class A notes assumed a 35.4% recovery rate in Fitch’s ‘AAAsf’ scenario.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
Fitch evaluated the structure’s sensitivity to the potential variability of key model assumptions, including decreases in recovery rates and increases in default rates or correlation. Fitch expects the class A notes to remain investment grade, even under the most extreme sensitivity scenarios. Results under these sensitivity scenarios ranged between ‘A-sf’ and ‘AAAsf’ for the class A notes.
The expected ratings are based on information provided to Fitch as of Oct. 3, 2014. Sources of information used to assess these ratings were provided by the arranger, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and the public domain.
Key Rating Drivers and Rating Sensitivities are further detailed in the accompanying presale report, available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘ or by clicking on the link.
Additional information is available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
Applicable Criteria & Related Research:
–‘Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria’ (Aug. 4, 2014);
–‘Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs’ (July 25, 2014);
–‘Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds’ (Jan. 23, 2014);
–‘Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds’ (May 14, 2014).
Applicable Criteria and Related Research: GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX, Limited/LLC
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=780648
Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=754389
Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=753057
Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=725537
Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=744158
Additional Disclosure
Solicitation Status
http://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=889814
ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY’S PUBLIC WEBSITE ‘WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM‘. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH’S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE ‘CODE OF CONDUCT’ SECTION OF THIS SITE. FITCH MAY HAVE PROVIDED ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TO THE RATED ENTITY OR ITS RELATED THIRD PARTIES. DETAILS OF THIS SERVICE FOR RATINGS FOR WHICH THE LEAD ANALYST IS BASED IN AN EU-REGISTERED ENTITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTITY SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS ISSUER ON THE FITCH WEBSITE.
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Associate Director
or
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Media Relations:
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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Fitch Ratings expects to assign the following ratings to Sound Harbor Loan Fund 2014-1, Ltd./LLC (SHLF 2014-1):
–$281,200,000 class A-1 notes ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable.
Fitch does not expect to rate the class A-2, B, C, D or subordinated notes.
TRANSACTION SUMMARY
Sound Harbor Loan Fund 2014-1, Ltd. (the issuer) and Sound Harbor Loan Fund 2014-1, LLC (the co-issuer) together comprise an arbitrage cash flow collateralized loan obligation (CLO) that will be managed by Sound Harbor Partners LLC (Sound Harbor). Net proceeds from the issuance of the secured and subordinated notes will be used to purchase a portfolio of approximately $450 million of primarily senior secured leveraged loans. The CLO will have a four-year reinvestment period and a two-year noncall period.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
Sufficient Credit Enhancement: Credit enhancement (CE) of 37.5% for the class A-1 notes, in addition to excess spread, is sufficient to protect against portfolio default and recovery rate projections in a ‘AAAsf’ stress scenario. The degree of CE available to the class A-1 notes is in line with the average CE of recent CLO issuances.
‘B’ Asset Quality: The average credit quality of the indicative portfolio is ‘B’, which is comparable to recent CLOs. Issuers rated in the ‘B’ rating category denote relatively weak credit quality; however, in Fitch Ratings’ opinion, class A-1 notes are unlikely to be affected by the foreseeable level of defaults. Class A-1 notes are projected to be able to withstand default rates of up to 62.4%.
Strong Recovery Expectations: The indicative portfolio consists of 97.5% first lien senior-secured loans. Approximately 93% of the indicative portfolio has either strong recovery prospects or a Fitch-assigned recovery rating of ‘RR2’ or higher, resulting in a base case recovery assumption of 76.8%. In determining the class A-1 note rating, Fitch stressed the indicative portfolio by assuming a higher portfolio concentration of assets with lower recovery prospects and further reduced recovery assumptions for higher rating stress assumptions. The analysis of SHLF class A-1 notes assumed a 35.7% recovery rate in Fitch’s ‘AAAsf’ scenario.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
In addition to Fitch’s stated criteria, the agency analyzed the structure’s sensitivity to the potential variability of key model assumptions including decreases in weighted average spread or recovery rates and increases in default rates or correlation. Fitch expects the class A-1 notes to remain investment grade even under the most extreme sensitivity scenarios. Results under these sensitivity scenarios ranged between ‘A-sf’ and ‘AAAsf’ for the class A-1 notes.
The expected ratings are based on information provided to Fitch as of Sept. 18, 2014. Sources of information used to assess these ratings were provided by the arranger, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and the public domain. Key Rating Drivers and Rating Sensitivities are further described in the accompanying presale report.
The presale report is available to investors on Fitch’s web site at www.fitchratings.com. For more information about Fitch’s comprehensive subscription service FitchResearch, which includes all presale reports, surveillance and credit reports on more than 20 asset classes, contact product sales at +1-212-908-0800 or at ‘webmaster@fitchratings.com‘.
Additional information is available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
Applicable Criteria & Related Research:
–‘Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria’ (Aug. 4, 2014);
–‘Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs’ (July 25, 2014);
–‘Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds’ (Jan. 23, 2014);
–‘Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds’ (May 14, 2014).
Applicable Criteria and Related Research: Sound Harbor Loan Fund 2014-1, Ltd./LLC
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=772528
Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=754389
Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=753057
Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=725537
Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=744158
Additional Disclosure
Solicitation Status
http://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=877874
ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY’S PUBLIC WEBSITE ‘WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM‘. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH’S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE ‘CODE OF CONDUCT’ SECTION OF THIS SITE. FITCH MAY HAVE PROVIDED ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TO THE RATED ENTITY OR ITS RELATED THIRD PARTIES. DETAILS OF THIS SERVICE FOR RATINGS FOR WHICH THE LEAD ANALYST IS BASED IN AN EU-REGISTERED ENTITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTITY SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS ISSUER ON THE FITCH WEBSITE.
Security Upgrades & DowngradesInvestment & Company InformationFitch Ratings Contact:
Fitch Ratings
Primary Analyst:
Aaron Hughes, +1-312-368-2074
Director
Fitch Ratings, Inc.
70 West Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602
or
Secondary Analyst:
Bradley Howe, +1-312-368-2081
Associate Director
or
Committee Chairperson:
Derek Miller, +1-312-368-2076
Senior Director
or
Media Relations:
Sandro Scenga, New York, +1-212-908-0278
sandro.scenga@fitchratings.com […]
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VIII Limited/LLC:
— $364,800,000 class A notes ‘AAAsf’; Outlook Stable.
TRANSACTION SUMMARY
GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VIII, Limited (the issuer) and GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VIII, LLC (the co-issuer) together comprise an arbitrage cash flow collateralized loan obligation (CLO) that will be managed by GoldenTree Asset Management LP (GoldenTree). Net proceeds from the issuance of the secured and subordinated notes will be used to purchase a portfolio of approximately $600 million of primarily senior secured leveraged loans. The CLO will have a four-year reinvestment period and a two-year non-call period.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
Sufficient Credit Enhancement: Credit enhancement (CE) of 39.2% for class A notes, in addition to excess spread, is sufficient to protect against portfolio default and recovery rate projections in an ‘AAAsf’ stress scenario. The degree of CE available to class A notes is in line with, though slightly higher than, the average CE of recent CLO issuances.
‘B/B-‘ Asset Quality: The average credit quality of the indicative portfolio is ‘B/B-‘, which is comparable to recent CLOs. Issuers rated in the ‘B’ rating category denote a highly speculative credit quality; however, in Fitch’s opinion, class A notes are unlikely to be affected by the foreseeable level of defaults. Class A notes are projected to be able to withstand default rates of up to 67.9%.
Strong Recovery Expectations: The indicative portfolio consists of 94.7% first lien senior secured loans. Approximately 91% of the indicative portfolio has either strong recovery prospects or a Fitch-assigned Recovery Rating of ‘RR2’ or higher.
Portfolio Parameters: Most of the concentration limitations and collateral quality test levels are within the range of limits set in the majority of recent CLOs. Fitch addressed the impact of the most prominent risk-presenting concentration allowances in the Fitch stressed portfolio analysis.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
Fitch evaluated the structure’s sensitivity to the potential variability of key model assumptions including decreases in weighted average spread or recovery rates and increases in default rates or correlation. Fitch expects the class A notes to remain investment grade even under the most extreme sensitivity scenarios. Results under these sensitivity scenarios ranged between ‘A+sf’ and ‘AAAsf’ for the class A notes.
Key Rating Drivers and Rating Sensitivities are further described in the accompanying new issue report, which will be available shortly to investors on Fitch’s website at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
For more information about Fitch’s comprehensive subscription service FitchResearch, which includes all presale reports, surveillance and credit reports on more than 20 asset classes, contact product sales at +1-212-908-0800 or at ‘webmaster@fitchratings.com‘.
Additional information is available at ‘www.fitchratings.com‘.
The sources of information used to assess these ratings were the transaction documents provided by the arranger, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and the public domain.
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
— ‘Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria’ (May 24, 2013);
— ‘Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs’ (Aug. 8, 2013);
— ‘Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds’ (Jan. 23, 2014);
— ‘Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds’ (May 13, 2013).
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=707155
Criteria for Interest Rate Stresses in Structured Finance Transactions and Covered Bonds http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=725537
Global Rating Criteria for Corporate CDOs http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=715492
Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria – Effective 4 August 2011 to 6 June 2012 http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=646569
Additional Disclosure
Solicitation Status http://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=827125
ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY’S PUBLIC WEBSITE ‘WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM‘. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH’S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE ‘CODE OF CONDUCT’ SECTION OF THIS SITE. FITCH MAY HAVE PROVIDED ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TO THE RATED ENTITY OR ITS RELATED THIRD PARTIES. DETAILS OF THIS SERVICE FOR RATINGS FOR WHICH THE LEAD ANALYST IS BASED IN AN EU-REGISTERED ENTITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTITY SUMMARY PAGE FOR THIS ISSUER ON THE FITCH WEBSITE.
Security Upgrades & DowngradesFinanceFitch Ratings Contact:
Fitch Ratings, Inc.
Primary Analyst
Robert Rhein, +1-312-606-2314
Director
70 West Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602
or
Secondary Analyst
Christine Choo, +1-212-908-0603
Director
or
Committee Chairperson
Derek Miller, +1-312-368-2076
Senior Director
or
Media Relations, New York
Alyssa Castelli, +1-212-908-0540
alyssa.castelli@fitchratings.com […]
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