Quadrivo Securitisation £1.5BLN26 Dec 2020 12:47
This is a huge (Euro, not £ 1.5 billion) facility where a Quadrivo special purpose company (of the type SYME plans to use) was set up 18 months ago to acquire a diverse portfolio of assets/receivables (loan size, borrower, maturity and geography) being sold by an Italian bank.
It issued 7 different lots of Notes, of different amounts (Euro 400 > 89.8 million) and credit classes (A1, A2,A3, B, C1, C2 and J) all maturing in 2050, the difference in rating (first 3 Aa2, fourth Aa3, next 2 Baa3 and the J 'unrated') being driven by hierarchy in order of payment, which affects the price : the A1 paper pays 0.3% over 3 month Euribor, A2 0.4% over, A3 0.5% over, B 1.0% over, C1 and C2 1.5% over , with J yielding 2% over.
This uprating of the C1 and C2 paper is good news for the holders of that note class : the reward-for-risk calculation has moved in their favour and yield-hungry investors will be interested in buying.
The separate link to Moody's hTTps://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-upgrades-the-ratings-of-Class-C1-and-C2-Notes--PR_436925 tells us that these 2 categories have joined the others (bar J) in being uprated creditwise to Aa3 and gives the reason :
.."Today´s rating action is prompted by an increase in credit enhancement for the affected tranches.
Increase in Available Credit Enhancement:
Sequential amortization led to the increase of the credit enhancement available in this transaction. For instance, the credit enhancement for the tranches C1 and C2 has increased to 33.6% from 25.9% since the last rating action..."
Basically , as the portfolio has performed and (in particular, riskier) loans have been paid back, the 'cushion' of security has grown.
There is no direct read-across to SYME, because this portfolio of assets is different from the sort that SYME is proposing to securitize :
.."RATINGS RATIONALE
The ratings of the Notes are primarily based on the analysis of the credit quality of the underlying portfolio, the structural integrity of the transaction, the roles of external counterparties and the protection provided by credit enhancement.
In Moody's view, the strong credit positive features of this deal include, among others: (i) high GRANULARITY[my caps] of the portfolio with top debtor and top 5 debtors exposure being 1.21% and 3.46% respectively; (ii) 49.7% of the portfolio secured by REAL ESTATE properties; (iii) the STATIC nature of the structure without a revolving period; (iv) the back-up servicer in place since closing; and (v) a SUBSTANTIAL LEVEL OF CREDIT ENHANCEMENT on Class A Notes representing 36.9% of securitized pool balance "
SYME will no doubt try to structure its portfolio with rating agency criteria in mind...or, to paraphrase, 'teach to the test'