December 18, 2014
Mumbai
CRISIL upgrades ratings on PTCs in two securitisation transactions backed by microfinance loan receivables originated by Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited

Transaction name Instrument Details Yield Terms Original Amount (Rs. Million) Outstanding Amount (Rs. Million)^ Original Tenure (Fortnights)# Balance Tenure (Fortnights) Available Cash Collateral (Rs. Million) Ratings &
Orchid JFSIBL February 2014 Series A PTCs Fixed 434.0 115.9 39 21 35.8* CRISIL AA+ (SO) [Upgraded from ‘CRISIL A+ (SO)’]
Orchid JFSIBL March 2014 Series A PTCs Fixed 239.7 59.0 39 23 18.0$ CRISIL AA+ (SO) [Upgraded from ‘CRISIL A+ (SO)’]
^As after November 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
&Series A PTC holders are entitled to receive interest and principal on fortnightly basis. There is an indicative schedule for principal repayments for Series A PTCs; however, the structure allows for principal payments to be made by maturity date of PTCs (timely interest and ultimate principal payment structure)
*Additionally, scheduled cash flow subordination, assuming no prepayment and foreclosures, of Rs.52.4 million being available as credit support to Series A1 PTCs
$ Additionally, scheduled cash flow subordination, assuming no prepayment and foreclosures, of Rs.25.4 million being available as credit support to Series A1 PTCs

CRISIL has upgraded its ratings on Series A PTCs under the transactions “Orchid JFSIBL February 2014” and “Orchid JFSIBL March 2014”. The rating on Series A PTCs under these transactions has been upgraded to ‘CRISIL AA+ (SO)’ from ‘CRISIL A+ (SO)’. These transactions are backed by microfinance loan receivables originated by Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited (JFSPL; rated ‘CRISIL BBB+/Stable/CRISIL A2+’). These transactions are structured at ‘Par with turbo amortisation’.

The upgrade in these transactions is driven by the strong collection performance of the pool (refer to the pool performance summary) which has led to an increase in the cover available from the outstanding credit collateral in each of these transactions.

Pool Performance Summary (as after November 2014 Payouts)
Parameters Orchid JFSIBL February 2014 Orchid JFSIBL March 2014
Asset class Microfinance loan receivables Microfinance loan receivables
Transaction structure Par with turbo amortisation Par with turbo amortisation
Months post securitisation 9 8
Amortisation 64.3 per cent 67.2 per cent
Outstanding credit collateral as percentage of future payouts 30.1 per cent 29.7 per cent
Credit collateral utilisation 0.0 per cent 0.0 per cent
Cumulative collection ratio (CCR@) 99.7 per cent 99.8 per cent
3-month average collection ratio 99.5 per cent 99.5 per cent
0+ overdues# 0.2 per cent 0.2 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
Janalakshmi, based in Bengaluru (Karnataka), commenced microfinance operations in April 2008, by taking over the portfolio of JSS, a not-for-profit company promoted by Mr. Ramesh Ramanathan. JSS had earlier acquired the urban microfinance programme of Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services and started its own microfinance programme in July 2006. Janalakshmi provides microfinance services to the urban poor. Apart from microfinance (92 per cent of the total loan portfolio as on March 31, 2014), the company also offers other loan products such as enterprise loans, housing loans, and individual loans. As on March 31, 2014, Janalakshmi had a network of 154 branches, with outstanding loans of Rs.20.5 billion.

Janalakshmi disbursed loans aggregating Rs.23.8 billion in 2013-14. It operates in 16 states, with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu together accounting for around 44 per cent of its total loans outstanding as on March 31, 2014 (53 per cent as on March 31, 2013).

Janalakshmi reported a profit after tax (PAT), on a provisional basis, of Rs.506 million on total income Rs.4.1 billion for 2013-14, against net profit of Rs.181 million on total income Rs.1.7 billion for 2012-13.

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