DBRS Confirms Rating of IM BCG RMBS 2, FONDO DE TITULIZACIÓN DE ACTIVOS

DBRS Ratings GmbH (DBRS) confirmed its AA (high) (sf) rating on the Class A notes issued by IM BCG RMBS 2, FONDO DE TITULIZACIÓN DE ACTIVOS (the Issuer).

The rating addresses the timely payment of interest and ultimate payment of principal on or before the legal final maturity date in September 2061.

The confirmation follows an annual review of the transaction and is based on the following analytical considerations:
-- Portfolio performance, in terms of delinquencies, defaults and losses as of the September 2019 payment date;
-- Portfolio default rate (PD), loss given default (LGD) and expected loss assumptions on the remaining receivables;
-- Current available credit enhancement to the Class A notes to cover the expected losses at the AA (high) (sf) rating level.

The Issuer is a securitisation of Spanish prime residential mortgage loans originated and serviced by Banco Caixa Geral, S.A. (BCG), a subsidiary of Portugal’s largest bank, the government-owned Caixa Geral de Depósitos, S.A. The transaction follows Spanish securitisation law and closed in November 2013.

As of the September 2019 payment date, the EUR 885.6 million portfolio consisted of 9,485 loans extended to borrowers mainly located in Galicia (21.0% of the pool balance), Catalonia (20.0%) and Extremadura (17.5%). The collateral is amortising with a pool factor of 68.1% and has a weighted-average current loan-to-value ratio of 50.7%.

PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE
As of the September 2019 payment date, loans that were one- to two-, two- to three-months’ and more than three-months’ delinquent all individually represented 0.2% of the portfolio balance. Gross cumulative defaults amounted to 0.5% of the original portfolio balance, 26.8% of which have been recovered to date.

PORTFOLIO ASSUMPTIONS
DBRS conducted a loan-by-loan analysis of the remaining pool of receivables and updated its base case PD and LGD assumptions to 3.5% and 21.9%, respectively.

CREDIT ENHANCEMENT
Credit enhancement to the Class A notes is provided by the overcollateralisation of the portfolio, and, as of the September 2019 payment date, increased to 13.2% from 9.0% at closing as a result of amortisation.

The transaction benefits from a cash reserve, funded at closing through a subordinated loan provided by BCG, which is available to cover senior expenses and interest payments on the Class A notes. The cash reserve does not amortise as long as the Class A notes are outstanding and is currently at its target level of EUR 39.0 million.

Banco Santander, S.A. acts as the account bank for the transaction. Based on the account bank reference rating of Banco Santander, S.A. at A (high), which is one notch below the DBRS Long-Term Critical Obligations Rating of AA (low), the downgrade provisions outlined in the transaction documents, and other mitigating factors inherent in the transaction structure, DBRS considers the risk arising from the exposure to the account bank to be consistent with the rating assigned to the Class A notes, as described in DBRS's "Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions" methodology.

The transaction structure was analysed in Intex DealMaker.

Notes:
All figures are in euros unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodology applicable to the rating is the “Master European Structured Finance Surveillance Methodology”. DBRS has applied the principal methodology consistently and conducted a review of the transaction in accordance with the principal methodology.

A review of the transaction legal documents was not conducted as the legal documents have remained unchanged since the most recent rating action.

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 the sovereign risk impact on Structured Finance ratings, please refer to “Appendix C: The Impact of Sovereign Ratings on Other DBRS Credit Ratings” of the “Global Methodology for Rating Sovereign Governments” at: https://www.dbrs.com/research/350410/global-methodology-for-rating-sovereign-governments.

The sources of data and information used for this rating include investor reports provided by InterMoney Titulización S.G.F.T., S.A., and loan-level data provided by the European DataWarehouse GmbH.

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

At the time of the initial rating, DBRS was not supplied with third-party assessments. However, this did not impact the rating analysis.

DBRS considers the data and information available to it for the purpose of providing this rating to be of satisfactory quality.

DBRS does not audit or independently verify the data or information it receives in connection with the rating process.

The last rating action on this transaction took place on 5 October 2018, when DBRS upgraded the rating of the Class A notes to AA (high) (sf) and removed the UR-Pos. status.

The lead analyst responsibilities for this transaction have been transferred to Daniel Rakhamimov.

Information regarding DBRS ratings, including definitions, policies and methodologies is available at 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):

-- DBRS expected a lifetime base case PD and LGD for the pool based on a review of the current assets. Adverse changes to asset performance may cause stresses to base case assumptions and therefore have a negative effect on credit ratings.
-- The base case PD and LGD of the current pool of loans for the Issuer are 3.5% and 21.9%, respectively.
-- The Risk Sensitivity overview below illustrates the ratings expected if the PD and LGD increase by a certain percentage over the base case assumption. For example, if the LGD increases by 50%, the rating of the Class A would be expected to remain at AA (high) (sf), assuming no change in the PD. If the PD increases by 50%, the rating of the Class A notes would be expected to fall to AA (low) (sf), assuming no change in the LGD. Furthermore, if both the PD and LGD increase by 50%, the rating of the Class A notes would be expected to fall to A (high) (sf).

Class A Risk Sensitivity:
-- 25% increase in LGD, expected rating of AA (high) (sf)
-- 50% increase in LGD, expected rating of AA (high) (sf)
-- 25% increase in PD, expected rating of AA (high) (sf)
-- 50% increase in PD, expected rating of AA (low) (sf)
-- 25% increase in PD and 25% increase in LGD, expected rating of AA (sf)
-- 25% increase in PD and 50% increase in LGD, expected rating of A (high) (sf)
-- 50% increase in PD and 25% increase in LGD, expected rating of A (high) (sf)
-- 50% increase in PD and 50% increase in LGD, expected rating of A (high) (sf)

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 GmbH are subject to EU and US regulations only.

Lead Analyst: Daniel Rakhamimov, Senior Financial Analyst
Rating Committee Chair: Alfonso Candelas, Senior Vice President
Initial Rating Date: 19 November 2013

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

-- Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions
-- Master European Structured Finance Surveillance Methodology
-- Operational Risk Assessment for European Structured Finance Servicers
-- European RMBS Insight Methodology
-- European RMBS Insight: Spanish Addendum
-- Interest Rate Stresses for European Structured Finance Transactions

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.

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