DBRS Publishes Updated Structured Finance Criteria

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) has today published updated versions of the following methodologies:

-- Cash Flow Assumptions for Corporate Credit Securitizations
-- Global Subscription Loan (Capital Call)
-- North American CMBS Rating Methodology
-- Rating CLOs and CDOs of Large Corporate Credit
-- Rating CLOs Backed by Loans to European Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
-- Rating Global Structured Finance CDO Restructurings
-- Rating Marine Container Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Auto Fleet Lease Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Auto Lease Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Collateralized Fund Obligations Backed by Private Equity
-- Rating U.S. Equipment Lease and Loan Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Federal Family Education Loan Program Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Film Rights Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Private Student Loan Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Rental Car Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Retail Auto Loan Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. RMBS Servicing Advance Transactions
-- Rating U.S. Structured Finance Transactions
-- Rating U.S. Structured Settlements Asset-Backed Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Timeshare Loan Securitizations
-- Rating U.S. Wholesale Securitizations
-- Representations and Warranties Criteria for U.S. RMBS Transactions
-- RMBS Insight 1.2: U.S. Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Model and Rating Methodology
-- Third-Party Due Diligence Criteria for U.S. RMBS Transactions
-- Trade Receivables
-- U.S. Credit Card Asset-Backed Securities
-- U.S. RMBS Surveillance Methodology

These methodologies have been updated to reference the newly published “Unified Interest Rate Model for Rating U.S. Structured Finance Transactions.” See DBRS press release entitled “DBRS Publishes Unified Interest Rate Model for Rating U.S. Structured Finance Transactions” published June 8, 2015.

These methodologies, effective as of the date of this press release, supersede all previous methodologies. DBRS does not deem the changes to be material. Accordingly, this methodology release does not result in any rating changes or other rating actions on existing DBRS-rated transactions.

DBRS criteria and methodologies are publicly available on its website www.dbrs.com under Methodologies.

For more information on ratings for U.S. structured finance transactions, visit www.dbrs.com or contact us at info@dbrs.com.