DBRS Finalises Provisional Ratings Assigned to Globaldrive Auto Receivables 2016-B

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) has today finalised provisional ratings previously assigned to the notes issued by Globaldrive Auto Receivables 2016-B B.V. (the Issuer) as follows:

• Class A Notes: AAA (sf)
• Class B Notes: AA (high) (sf)

The transaction represents the issuance of Notes backed by approximately EUR 652,174,043 of receivables relating to auto loans originated in the Federal Republic of Germany by FCE Bank, German Branch (FCE Germany) to retail and commercial customers. The receivables are serviced by FCE Germany.

The ratings are based on a review by DBRS of the following analytical considerations:
-- Transaction capital structure and form and sufficiency of available credit enhancement.
-- Relevant credit enhancement in the form of subordination and a cash reserve.
-- Credit enhancement levels are sufficient to support the expected cumulative net loss assumption projected under various stress scenarios at AAA (sf) and AA (high) (sf) standard for the Class A Notes and Class B Notes, respectively, issued by Globaldrive Auto Receivables 2016-B B.V. -- The ability of the transaction to withstand stressed cash flow assumptions and repay investors according to the terms under which they have invested.
-- FCE Germany's capabilities with respect to originations, underwriting, servicing and financial strength.
-- The credit quality of the collateral and ability of the servicer to perform collection activities on the collateral. DBRS conducted an operational risk review of FCE Germany and deems it to be an acceptable servicer.
-- The legal structure and presence of legal opinions addressing the assignment of the assets to the Issuer and the consistency with DBRS’s “Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions” methodology.

The transaction was modelled in INTEX DealMaker.

Notes:
All figures are in euros unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodology applicable is Rating European Consumer and Commercial Asset Backed Securitisations.

DBRS has applied the principal methodology consistently and conducted a review of the transaction in accordance with the principal methodology.

Other methodologies referenced in this transaction are listed at the end of this press release. These may be found on www.dbrs.com at: http://www.dbrs.com/about/methodologies

For a more detailed discussion of sovereign risk impact on Structured Finance ratings, please refer to DBRS’s “The Effect of Sovereign Risk on Securitisations in the Euro Area” commentary on: http://www.dbrs.com/industries/bucket/id/10036/name/commentaries/

The sources of information used for this rating include performance and portfolio data relating to the receivables sourced by FCE Germany through their agent, Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

DBRS received quarterly net loss data relating to FCE Germany originations on a cumulative basis from Q4 2009 to Q1 2016. Dynamic data was also provided relating to losses, recoveries and delinquencies as well as pool data and stratifications of the final portfolio to be securitised.

DBRS does not rely upon third-party due diligence in order to conduct its analysis.

DBRS was supplied with third-party assessments at the issuance of the Notes; however, this did not impact the rating analysis.

DBRS considers that the information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating was of satisfactory quality.

DBRS does not audit the information it receives in connection with the rating process, and it does not and cannot independently verify that information in every instance.

This rating concerns a newly issued financial instrument. This is the first DBRS rating on this financial instrument.

The full report providing additional analytical detail is available by clicking on the link or by contacting us at info@dbrs.com.

Information regarding DBRS ratings, including definitions, policies and methodologies are available on www.dbrs.com.

To assess the impact of changing the transaction parameters on the rating, DBRS considered the following stress scenarios as compared with the parameters used to determine the rating (the base case):

Probability of default (PD) rate used: base-case PD of 1.6%, a 25% and 50% increase on the base-case PD. Recovery rate used: base-case recovery rate of 50%. Loss given default (LGD): base-case LGD of 50%, a 25% and 50% increase on the base-case LGD.

DBRS concludes that, for the Class A Notes:

• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD and LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would lead to the Class A Notes maintaining a AAA (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD and LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class A Notes to a AA (high) (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 50% and LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class A Notes to a AA (high) (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 25% and LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class A Notes to a AA (high) (sf) rating.
  DBRS concludes that, for the Class B Notes:
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD and LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would lead to the Class B Notes maintaining a AA (high) (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD and LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class B Notes to an A (high) (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 50% and LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class B Notes to a AA (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 25% and LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class B Notes to a AA (sf) rating.

For further information on DBRS historical default rates published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) in a central repository, see: http://cerep.esma.europa.eu/cerep-web/statistics/defaults.xhtml.

Ratings assigned by DBRS Ratings Limited are subject to EU regulations only.

Initial Lead Analyst: Alexander Garrod
Initial Rating Date: 6 September 2016
Initial Rating Committee Chair: Chuck Weilamann

Lead Surveillance Analyst: Vito Natale

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The rating methodologies and criteria used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at: http://www.dbrs.com/about/methodologies.

-- Rating European Consumer and Commercial Asset-Backed Securitisations
-- Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions
-- Derivative Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions
-- Operational Risk Assessment for European Structured Finance Servicers
-- Operational Risk Assessment for European Structured Finance Originators
-- Unified Interest Rate Model for European Securitisations

A description of how DBRS analyses structured finance transactions and how the methodologies are collectively applied can be found at: http://www.dbrs.com/research/278375.