Fitch Upgrades Horizon CMBS Portfolio Transaction.CHICAGO -- Fitch upgrades five tranches of the 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. associated with the following Horizon CMBS CMBS See: Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Portfolio transaction. The transaction is an unfunded, 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 ) that allows investors to achieve leveraged exposure to a diversified portfolio of commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS). The following upgrades are the result of Fitch's review process and are effective immediately: --$20,375,000 tranche A to 'AAA' from 'AA+'; --$7,125,000 tranche B to 'AA+' from 'AA'; --$2,500,000 tranche C to 'AA-' from 'A+'; --$1,250,000 tranche D to 'A' from 'A-'; --$18,750,000 tranche E to 'BBB+' from 'BBB'. These upgrades are the result of positive migration in the reference obligations, as well as reduced time to maturity. The Fitch Weighted Average Rating Factor is currently at 0.37 compared to 0.40 at close. The transaction has not experienced any credit events. 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 to the transaction is based primarily on subordination. Fitch will continue to monitor and review this transaction for future rating adjustments. Additional deal information and historical data are available on the Derivative Fitch web site at www.derivativefitch.com. For more information on the Fitch VECTOR Model, see 'Global Rating Criteria for Collateralised Debt Obligations,' dated Oct. 4, 2006, also available on Fitch's web site. 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.derivativefitch.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. Fitch means Fitch, Inc., Fitch Ratings, Ltd. and their subsidiaries including Derivative Fitch, Inc. and Derivative Fitch Ltd. and any successor or successors thereto. |
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