Rating Rationale
December 15, 2022 | Mumbai
 
ML Trust 10
(Originator: Edelweiss Housing Finance Limited)
'Provisional CRISIL AA- (SO)' assigned to Series A1 PTCs
 
Rating Action
Trust Name Details Pool Principal (Rs.in Crores) Amount Rated (Rs.in Crores) Original Tenure  (Months)# Credit Collateral (Rs.in Crores) Ratings Rating Action&
ML Trust 10 Series A1 PTCs 47.93 43.14 390 4.79^ Provisional CRISIL AA- (SO)@ Provisional Rating Assigned
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1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
#Indicates door to door tenure. Actual tenure will depend on the interest rate movement and the level of prepayments in the pool, and exercise of the clean-up call option
^Additionally scheduled subordination amounting to Rs 25.43 crore (assuming zero prepayments and no basis risk), which includes an overcollateralization of 10 percent also provides credit support on the PTCs
&Series A1 PTC holders are entitled to receive timely interest and timely principal (atleast 90 per cent of the monthly billed principal)
@A prefix of 'Provisional' indicates that the rating centrally factors in the strength of specific structures, and is contingent upon occurrence of certain steps or execution of certain documents by the issuer, as applicable, without which the rating would either have been different or not assigned ab initio. This is in compliance with a May 6, 2015 directive ‘Standardizing the term, rating symbol, and manner of disclosure with regards to conditional/ provisional/ in-principle ratings assigned by credit rating agencies' by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and April 27, 2021 circular ‘Standardizing and Strengthening Policies on Provisional Rating by Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) for Debt Instruments’ respectively by SEBI

 

Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has assigned its 'Provisional CRISIL AA- (SO)' rating on Series A1 pass through certificates (PTCs) issued by 'ML Trust 10' under a securitisation transaction originated by Edelweiss Housing Finance Ltd (EHFL; 'CRISIL AA-/Negative/CRISIL A1+').

 

This transaction is backed by a pool comprising Home Loan (HL) and Loan against Property (LAP) receivables originated by EHFL. The ratings are based on the credit quality of the pool cash flow, origination and servicing capabilities of EHFL, credit support available to the PTCs, payment mechanism of the transaction and soundness of the transaction's legal structure.

 

The transaction has a 'par with Excess Interest Spread (EIS) flow back' structure. EHFL will assign the pool to 'ML Trust 10', a trust settled by Catalyst Trusteeship Limited (CTL), which will issue instruments to investors in exchange for a purchase consideration equal to 90% of future principal outstanding as on the cut-off date (October 31, 2022). Investor payouts for Series A1 PTCs are supported by credit collateral and subordination of excess interest spread (EIS) along with a principal overcollateralization of 10 per cent. Series A1 PTC holders are entitled to receive timely interest and timely principal (atleast 90 per cent of the monthly billed principal).

 

Total credit support available in the transaction structure is as below:

 

  • Internal credit enhancement from scheduled excess interest spread and principal overcollateralisation (assuming zero prepayment and no basis risk) amounting to Rs 25.43 crore (53.0% of initial pool principal) for Series A1 PTCs.
  • External credit collateral in the structure amounting to Rs 4,79,31,605  (10.0% of initial pool principal) in the form of Fixed Deposit.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Credit support in the structure
    • Credit collateral of Rs 4,79,31,605 (10.0% of pool principal) provides credit support to PTC Payouts. The PTC Payouts also benefit from scheduled EIS (assuming zero prepayment and no basis risk) aggregating Rs 25.43 crore (53.0% of pool principal).

 

  • Seasoning of contracts
    • The contracts in the pool have a weighted average seasoning of 10.3 months (no. of EMIs paid), resulting in 2.4% principal amortization prior to securitisation. 99.6% of the pool are from current contracts as of cut-off date (31st October 2022) and the 0.4% of the pool are from contracts which have a Dpd of 26 days. None of the contracts are restructured.

 

Weakness:

  • Borrower Concentration
    • Top 10 borrowers constitute 11.9 % of pool principal. There are a total of 332 contracts from 270 borrowers in the pool.

 

  • Basis Risk
    • 23.9% of the pool principal has floating rate (linked to the originator's prime lending rate) and 76.1% of the pool is from fixed rate contracts.  The PTC coupon is floating linked to SBI 3 month MCLR, to be reset every 3 months and with a floor of 11.20 per cent p.a.p.m

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward

  • Credit collateral (internal and external combined) sufficient to cover losses above 4.0 times the base shortfall.

 

Downward

  • Credit collateral (internal and external combined) falling below 2.7 times the base shortfall.
  • A sharp downgrade in the rating of the servicer/originator
  • Collection performance and delinquency profile of the pool
  • Non-adherence to the key transaction terms envisaged at the time of the rating

About the Pool

The pool consists of HL and LAP contracts. The weighted average seasoning (no. of EMIs paid) of the pool is 10.3 months, and the pool is moderately concentrated state wise, with the top three states accounting for 58.3% of the pool principal. The pool has high borrower concentration with top 10 borrowers accounting for 11.9% of the pool principal. The contracts in the pool have an average ticket size of Rs 14.8 lakhs. 99.6% of the pool are from current contracts as of cut-off date and the 0.4% of the pool are from contracts which have a Dpd of 26 days.

 

Key Rating Assumptions

To assess the base case shortfalls for the transaction, CRISIL Ratings analysed static pool information for each of the asset classes of EHFL for originations in the period FY 2015 to Q4 FY2022 (with performance data till Dec 2021). As of September 2022, 90+ dpds for STHL, HL, LAP and STLAP are 1.6%, 4.5%, 7.7% and 3.0% respectively.

 

CRISIL Ratings has estimated the base case peak shortfalls for the home loan and lap asset class in the range of 5.0% to 7.0% of pool principal. CRISIL Ratings has also factored in pool-specific characteristics and adjusted the base shortfall for factors like borrower concentration etc. CRISIL Ratings has assumed a stressed monthly prepayment rate of 1.5% to 2.5% in its analysis

 * CRISIL Ratings does not envisage any risk arising on account of commingling of cash flows since CRISIL Rating's short term rating on the servicer is 'CRISIL A1+'

* CRISIL Ratings has adequately factored in the risks arising on account of counterparties (refer to counterparty details)

* CRISIL Ratings has run sensitivities based on various shortfall curves (front-ended, back-ended and nomal) and has adequately factored the same in its analysis.

 

Counterparty Details

Capacity

Counterparty Name

Counterparty

Rating/Track record

Effect on credit ratings in case of non-performance

Originator and seller

EHFL

'CRISIL AA-/Negative/CRISIL A1+'

No effect.

Servicer

EHFL

'CRISIL AA-/Negative/CRISIL A1+'

Significant effect, because of change in servicing quality and replacement cost of servicer (not factored in by CRISIL Ratings). However, CRISIL Ratings does not envisage the requirement for replacement.

Collection and Payout Account Bank

ICICI Bank

'CRISIL AAA/CRISIL AA+/Stable'

Negligible effect. Account bank can be changed without impacting the rating.

Credit collateral in the form of Fixed Deposit

ICICI Bank

'CRISIL AAA/CRISIL AA+/Stable'

Negligible effect. Bank with whom the fixed deposit is maintained can be changed without impacting the rating.

Trustee

CTL

-

Negligible effect. Can be replaced at minimal cost.

 

Additional disclosures for Provisional ratings:

The provisional rating is contingent upon execution of the following documents:

 

Legal documents

Cash Collateral Agreement

General Power of Attorney

* Trust Deed

* Deed of Assignment

* Security Agent's Agreement

 

Other documents

* Information Memorandum

* Legal opinion

* Trustee letter

* Representations and Warranties letter

 

The provisional rating shall be converted into a final rating after receipt of transaction documents duly executed within 90 days from the date of issuance of the instrument. The final rating assigned post conversion shall be consistent with the available documents. In case of non-receipt of the duly executed transaction documents within the above-mentioned timelines, the rating committee of CRISIL Ratings may grant an extension of up to another 90 days in line with its policy on provisional ratings.

 

Rating that would have been assigned in absence of the pending documentation: In the absence of documentation considered while assigning provisional rating as mentioned above, CRISIL Ratings would not have assigned any rating.

 

Risks associated with provisional nature of credit rating:

A prefix of 'Provisional' to the rating symbol indicates that the rating is contingent upon execution of certain documents by the issuer, as applicable. In case the documents received deviates significantly from the expectations, CRISIL Ratings may take an appropriate action including placing the rating on watch or a rating change on a case to case basis. In the absence of the pending documentation, the rating on the instrument would either have been different or not assigned ab initio.

 

A rating rationale/report indicating the conversion of the 'provisional' rating into 'final' following receipt of all the required final legal documents will be published on the CRISIL website. Please click on the link below for detailed information on CRISIL Rating's policy on provisional rating: Revision in CRISIL policy for assigning 'provisional' rating .

About the Company

Edelweiss Housing Finance Ltd (EHFL) is a housing finance company registered with National Housing Bank (NHB) and was incorporated in FY2011 following the group's strategy of creating a larger retail footprint. The company offers home loans and loans against property. As on December 31, 2021, the company had assets of Rs 4,272 crore.

 

EHFL reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 3.73 crore on total income of Rs 551 crore for fiscal 2021, against a profit of Rs 1.56 crore on total income of Rs 607 crore for fiscal 2020. During first nine months  of fiscal 2022 EHFL reported a PAT of Rs 5.4 crore on total income of Rs 392.6 crore.

 

About the Group

The Edelweiss group comprised 30 subsidiaries and associates as on March 31, 2022. The number of companies has come down from 74 as on March 31, 2016, because of multiple factors such as sale, windup and merger among others. The group had 293 offices (including 10 international offices in 6 locations) in around 136 cities as on March 31, 2022. Furthermore, as part of streamlining its operating structure, the group has restructured the businesses into four verticals namely credit, insurance, asset management and asset reconstruction.

 

The group is present across various financial services businesses, including loans to corporates and individuals, mortgage finance - loans against property and small-ticket housing loans, MSME finance, alternative and domestic asset management, and life and general insurance. In addition, the Balance sheet Management Unit (BMU) focuses on liquidity and asset-liability management.

 

On a consolidated basis, the group reported PAT of Rs 212 crore on a total income of Rs 4320 crore for fiscal 2022, as against Rs 254 crore on total income of Rs 7015 crore for fiscal 2021.  

 

For the quarter ended June 2022, the group reported net profit of Rs 35 crore on total income of Rs 667 crore, compared to profit of Rs 25 crore and total income of Rs 847 crore during corresponding period in previous fiscal.

 

Key Financial Indicators (EFSL - Consolidated)

As on/For period December 31

Unit

June 2022

March 2022

March 2021

Total Assets

Rs crore

41250

43188

45975

Total income

Rs crore

667

4320

7015

PAT (ex-Insurance)

Rs crore

130

523

552

PAT

Rs crore

35

212

254

Gross stage III assets

Rs crore

874

930

1182

Gross stage III assets

%

7.6

7.4

7.7

Net stage III assets

Rs crore

186

201

627

Net stage III assets

%

1.8

1.12

4.1

Gearing

Times

2.8

2.5

3.2

Return on assets (Ex-Ins)

%

1.23

1.2

1.1

Return on assets

%

0.3

0.5

0.4

 

Past Rated Pools

CRISIL Ratings is receiving monthly performance reports pertaining to all CRISIL-rated EHFL originated securitisation transactions.

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
CRISIL Ratings` complexity levels are assigned to various types of financial instruments and are included (where applicable) in the 'Annexure - Details of Instrument' in this Rating Rationale.

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

Type of Instrument

Rated Amount

(Rs Crore)

Date of Allotment

Maturity date#

Coupon Rate (p.a.p.m)*

Ratings&

Complexity Level

Credit Collateral

(Rs Crore)

Series A1 PTCs

43.14

14-Dec-22

20-May-55

11.20%

Provisional CRISIL AA- (SO)

Highly Complex

4.79^

*Floating (linked to SBI 3 month MCLR), to be reset every 3 months and with a floor of 11.20 per cent p.a.p.m

#Indicates door-to-door tenure; actual tenure will depend on the interest rate movement and level of prepayments in the pool and exercise of clean-up call option.

&Series A1 PTC holders are entitled to receive timely interest and and timely principal (atleast 90 per cent of the monthly billed principal)

^Additionally scheduled subordination amounting to Rs 25.43 (assuming zero prepayments and no basis risk) (assuming zero prepayments and no basis risk), which includes an overcollateralization of 10 percent also provides credit support on the PTCs

Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2022 (History) 2021  2020  2019  Start of 2019
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Series A1 PTCs LT 43.14 Provisional CRISIL AA- (SO)   --   --   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Criteria Details
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