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Fitch Upgrades 11 & Affirms 17 RMBS Classes From 6 Nomura Securitizations.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings

An international rating agency for financial institutions, insurance companies, and corporate, sovereign, and municipal debt. Fitch Ratings has headquarters in New York and London and is wholly owned by FIMALAC of Paris.
 has upgraded 11 and affirmed af·firm  
v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms

v.tr.
1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true.

2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm.

v.intr.
 17 classes of Nomura Nomura (野村 or 乃村 or 埜村) is a Japanese surname. It can refer to: People
  • Gloria Eiko Nomura, Shihan, 6th Dan Aikido. Birankai. Chief Instructor, Aikido Institute of San Francisco, Daly City, California.
 Asset Acceptance Corp. (Nomura), mortgage pass-through securities Mortgage pass-through security

Also called a passthrough, a security created when one or more mortgage holders form a collection (pool) of mortgages and sells shares or participation certificates in the pool.
:

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., series 1994-1

-- Class A affirmed at 'AAA';

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., series 1994-2 Group 1

-- Class 1M1 upgraded to 'AAA' from 'AA';

-- Class 1M2 affirmed at 'A';

-- Class 1M3 affirmed at 'BB';

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., series 1994-2 Group 2

-- Class 2A affirmed at 'AAA';

-- Class 2M1 upgraded to 'AAA' from 'AA';

-- Class 2M2 upgraded to 'AA' from 'A';

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., series 1994-3

-- Class A affirmed at 'AAA';

-- Class M3 upgraded to 'A' from 'BBB';

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., series 2003-A1

-- Class A affirmed at 'AAA';

-- Class M upgraded to 'AAA' from 'AA';

-- Class B1 upgraded to 'AA' from 'A';

-- Class B2 upgraded to 'A' from 'BBB';

-- Class B3 upgraded to 'BBB' from 'BB';

-- Class B4 upgraded to 'BB' from 'B';

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., series 2003-A2

-- Class A affirmed at 'AAA';

-- Class M1 upgraded to 'AAA' from 'AA+';

-- Class M2 upgraded to 'AA+' from 'AA';

-- Class B1 affirmed at 'A';

-- Class B2 affirmed at 'BBB+';

-- Class B3 affirmed at 'BBB;

-- Class B4 affirmed at 'BBB-';

-- Class B5 affirmed at 'BB';

-- Class B6 affirmed at 'B';

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., series 2003-A3

-- Class A affirmed at 'AAA';

-- Class M1 affirmed at 'AA';

-- Class M2 affirmed at 'A';

-- Class B1 affirmed at 'BBB'.

The upgrades, affecting approximately $31 million of the outstanding certificates, are being taken as a result of low delinquencies and losses, as well as increased credit support levels. The affirmations, affecting approximately $249 million of the outstanding certificates, reflect credit enhancement Credit Enhancement

A method whereby a company attempts to improve its debt or credit worthiness.

Notes:
Credit enhancements take many different forms. An example of a credit enhancement would be conversion rights added on to a debt instrument in order to lower the issuing
 consistent with future loss expectations.

Above deals have pool factors (i.e. current mortgage loans outstanding as a percentage of the initial pool) ranging from 2% to 60% and have 15- to 30-year fixed-rate mortgages as collateral collateral (kəlăt`ərəl), something of value given or pledged as security for payment of a loan. Collateral consists usually of financial instruments, such as stocks, bonds, and negotiable paper, rather than physical goods, although .

Further information regarding current delinquency delinquency

Criminal behaviour carried out by a juvenile. Young males make up the bulk of the delinquent population (about 80% in the U.S.) in all countries in which the behaviour is reported.
, loss and credit enhancement statistics is available on the Fitch Ratings web site at 'www.fitchratings.com'.
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