February 03, 2014
Mumbai
CRISIL upgrades ratings on transactions backed by microfinance loan receivables originated by Grameen Financial Services Pvt Ltd

Transaction Name Instrument Details Yield Terms Original Amount (Rs. Million) Outstanding Amount (Rs. Million)^ Original Tenure (Months)# Balance Tenure (Months) Available Cash Collateral (Rs. Million) Rating
Ponos IFMR Capital 2012 Series A1 PTCs Fixed 188.1 - 19 - 34.0* CRISIL AA+ (SO) [Rating withdrawn]
Series A2 PTCs& Fixed 31.4 28.3 19 3 CRISIL AA- (SO) [Upgraded from ‘CRISIL A- (SO)’]
Ponoos IFMR Capital 2012 Series A1 PTCs Fixed 196.4 - 22 - 22.5$ CRISIL AA+ (SO) [Rating withdrawn]
Series A2 PTCsß Residual 21.8 21.8 22 17 CRISIL AAA (SO) [Upgraded from ‘CRISIL A+ (SO)’]

^As of January 2014 payouts
#Indicates door-to-door tenure, between date of placement and final maturity; actual tenure will depend on the level of prepayments in the pool and the extent of shortfalls
ßSeries A1 PTCs are entitled to receive interest on fortnightly basis. There is an expected schedule for principal repayments for Series A1 PTCs; however, the structure allows for principal payments to be made by maturity date of the PTCs (ultimate payment structure).
&Series A1 PTCs and Series A2 PTCs are entitled to receive interest on monthly basis. There is an expected schedule for principal repayments for both PTCs; however, the structure allows for principal payments to be made by maturity date of the PTCs (ultimate payment structure).
*Additionally, Rs.4.8 Million in the form of subordination of cash flows, expected to be collected over and above the scheduled payouts promised to the Series A2 PTCs, also provides credit support to the same.
$Additionally, Rs.21.7 Million in the form of subordination of cash flows, expected to be collected over and above the scheduled payouts promised to the Series A2 PTCs, also provides credit support to the same.

CRISIL has upgraded its ratings on pass-through certificates (PTCs) under two securitisation transactions backed by microfinance loan receivables originated by Grameen Financial Services Pvt Ltd (GFSPL). The rating on Series A2 PTCs issued under ‘Ponos IFMR Capital 2012’ has been upgraded to ‘CRISIL AA- (SO)’ from ‘CRISIL A- (SO)’. The rating on Series A2 PTCs issued under ‘Ponoos IFMR Capital 2012’ has been upgraded to ‘CRISIL AAA (SO)’ from ‘CRISIL A+ (SO)’. Further, the rating assigned to Series A1 PTCs under both the transactions has been withdrawn as all the payouts pertaining to the instrument have been made in full.

The upgrades in the ratings under these transactions have been driven by the strong collection performance of the pools (refer to performance summary) resulting in zero utilisation of the cash collateral, which has led to an increase in the cover provided to the PTCs. The future payouts to Series A2 PTCs under both transactions are fully covered by the outstanding cash collateral.

Pool Performance Summary (Data as of January 2014 payouts)

Parameters Ponos IFMR Capital 2012 Ponoos IFMR Capital 2012
Asset class Microfinance loan receivables Microfinance loan receivables
Transaction Structure Par with EIS Par with turbo amortisation
Months post securitisation 16 15
Amortisation 85.4 per cent 80.9 per cent
Cumulative collection ratio§ 100.0 per cent 100.0 per cent
Average collection ratio over last three months 100.0 per cent 100.0 per cent
Credit collateral stipulated at the time of securitisation (percentage of initial pool cash flows) 12.5 per cent 8.7 per cent
Credit collateral (as a percentage of future payouts) Fully covered Fully covered
Credit collateral utilisation 0.0 per cent 0.0 per cent
Total overdues^^ 0.0 per cent 0.0 per cent

§CCR = {Total collections in the pool/(total billings + opening overdues at the time of securitisation)}
^^Total overdues = (Total overdues in the pool expressed as a percentage of initial pool principal)

About the Originator
GFSPL is an NBFC-ND microfinance institution (MFI) registered with RBI. GFSPL was incorporated in 1991 as Sanni Collection Pvt Ltd, and was acquired by the current management in 2007; it got its current name after a fresh certificate of incorporation issued by the Registrar of Companies in March 2008. In October 2007, GFSPL took over the entire microfinance portfolio of Grameen Koota (GK), which was part of the T Muniswamappa Trust. GK started its microfinance programme in 1999 after receiving seed funding from Grameen Trust, Bangladesh. Till its takeover, GK was in the business of lending to women organised into JLGs under the Grameen Bank lending model. GFSPL started operations in October 2007. The company has 161 branches across 41 districts of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu, reaching out to over 0.36 million borrowers, as on June 30, 2013. The company had an outstanding loan portfolio of Rs.5030 million as on June 30, 2013.

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