DBRS Assigns Ratings to Nomura Resecuritization Trust 2015-6R

DBRS Inc. (DBRS) has today assigned the following ratings to the Resecuritization Trust Securities, Series 2015-6R issued by Nomura Resecuritization Trust 2015-6R (the Trust):

-- $25.7 million Class 1A1 at A (sf)
-- $30.2 million Class 3A1 at A (sf)
-- $4.6 million Class 3A2 at BBB (sf)

There are four groups in this resecuritization trust. DBRS rates securities from Groups 1 and 3, each consisting of one seasoned senior residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS). The ratings on the securities reflect the credit enhancement provided by subordination and the quality of the underlying assets.

Other than the specified securities above, DBRS does not rate any other securities in this transaction.

Interest and principal payments will be made on the business day following the latest underlying distribution date (generally the 25th day of each month), commencing in June 2015. Within Group 2, interest and principal payments will be distributed on a sequential basis to the securities. Within Group 3, interest payments will be distributed on a pro rata basis to the securities, and principal will be distributed on a sequential basis until the class principal balances thereof are reduced to zero.

With respect to Group 1, the underlying security does not provide for a reduction of the principal balance of such security if there are any losses on the underlying mortgage loans, thus taking implied writedowns. No allocation of realized losses will be made to the Group 1 offered securities. Within Group 3, realized losses from the underlying security will be allocated in a reverse sequential order to the securities until the principal balances have been reduced to zero.

The DBRS-rated groups are resecuritizations consisting of one seasoned senior RMBS represented by a real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC). The REMICs are backed by pools of Option ARM or subprime residential mortgages.

The ratings assigned to the offered securities address (1) the likelihood of the receipt by securityholders of all principal distributions to which such securityholders are entitled and (2) the likelihood of the receipt by securityholders of the amount of interest actually received by the Trust to the extent payable to each class in accordance with the priorities described in the operative documents (as such interest received by the Trust may have been reduced as a result of any interest shortfalls allocated to the related underlying securities, and as such interest entitlement may be further reduced by the allocation of extraordinary trust expenses).

DBRS ReREMIC METHODOLOGY EXCERPT
Since a ReREMIC is a pass-through of interest, principal and losses from the underlying certificates, its interest entitlement is usually capped at the actual interest amount collected on the underlying securities. In other words, a ReREMIC trust cannot pay out more interest than it receives from its collateral, and sometimes, what is collected on the underlying securities can be as low as zero.

When rating ReREMICs, DBRS is assessing the ability of the trust to make the full principal payment by the legal final maturity date of the transaction. These transactions typically define interest rate as the lesser of the bond coupon and the available interest funds. Hence, the DBRS rating does not provide an opinion on the timeliness or amount of interest payments the investor may receive. The trust’s only obligation is to pass through the interest proceeds net of fees from the underlying securities.

Notes:
All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

The Rule 17g-7 Report of Representations and Warranties is hereby incorporated by reference and can be found by clicking on the link or by contacting us at info@dbrs.com.

This rating is endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited for use in the European Union.

The applicable methodology is RMBS Insight 1.2: U.S. Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Model and Rating Methodology (June 2015), which can be found on our website under Methodologies.