Fitch Affirms North Street Referenced Linked Notes 2002-3A, Ltd.NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings affirms one class of notes issued by North Street Reference Linked Notes 2002-3A, Ltd. (North Street 2002-3A). These affirmations are the result of Fitch's review process and are effective immediately: --$100,000,000 floating notes affirmed at 'AAA'. North Street 2002-3A is a partially funded synthetic collateralized debt obligation Synthetic Collateralized Debt Obligation An artificial collateralized debt obligation that is backed by a pool of credit derivatives. Notes: Rather than the traditional pools of assets such as bonds and loans, the pools of credit derivatives that back synthetic CDOs (CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) A programming interface from Microsoft for accessing MAPI-based e-mail, calendaring and scheduling servers. Originally called "OLE Messaging" and "Active Messaging," CDO wraps the Enhanced MAPI library into a COM object that provides the ) created to enter into a credit default swap Credit Default Swap A swap designed to transfer the credit exposure of fixed income products between parties. Notes: The buyer of a credit swap receives credit protection, whereas the seller of the swap guarantees the credit worthiness of the product. with UBS AG referencing a portfolio of $2 billion high grade asset-backed securities. North Street 2002-3A will make credit protection payments to UBS AG for losses that exceed $160 million. North Street 2002-3A closed Dec. 16, 2002 and is managed by UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System . Since the last rating action, the collateral has continued to exhibit stable performance. The weighted average rating factor (WARF WARF Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation WARF Wide Aperture Research Facility WARF Wartime Active Replacement Factors WARF weighted-average risk factor WARF Wartime Attrition and Replacement Factors WARF Whylie Animal Rescue Foundation ) has remained relatively stable at 'AA+/AA'. The deal has continued to perform as expected with a stable WARF and sufficient credit enhancement for the current rating level. In addition, there have been no defaulted assets or credit events on the reference portfolio since close. The rating of the floating notes addresses the likelihood that investors will receive full and timely payments of interest, as per the governing documents, as well as the stated balance of principal by the legal final maturity date. Fitch will continue to monitor and review this transaction for future rating adjustments. Additional deal information and historical data are available on the Fitch Ratings web site at www.fitchratings.com. For more information on the Fitch VECTOR Model, see 'Global Rating Criteria for Collateralized Debt Obligations,' dated Oct. 4, 2006 and also available on Fitch's web site at www.fitchratings.com. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use Terms of Use are rules set up by the owner of an intellectual property or service to govern how they may be legally used. In many cases, terms of service are used as a contractual agreement between a company and users of a service they provide. of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site. |
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