Rating Rationale
November 01, 2019 | Mumbai
Prime Trust March 2019
(Originator: Small Business Fincredit India Private Limited)
CRISIL AAA (SO)' converted from provisional rating to final rating for Series A PTCs 
 
Rating Action
Trust name Details Amount rated
(Rs crore)
Outstanding principal (Rs crore)  Original tenure (months)# Balance Tenure
(months)#

 
Credit collateral (Rs crore) Ratings/ credit opinion Rating action
Prime Trust March 2019 Series A PTCs 99.01 93.38* 194 189 11.00 CRISIL AAA (SO)  Converted from Provisional Rating to Final Rating
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
*After August 2019 payouts
# Indicates door-to-door tenure. Actual tenure will depend on the level of prepayment in the pool, and exercise of the clean-up call option
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has converted its provisional rating assigned to Series A pass-through certificates (PTCs) issued by 'Prime Trust March 2019' to 'CRISIL AAA (SO)' The pool is backed by loan against property (LAP) receivables originated by Small Business Fincredit India Pvt Ltd (SBFIPL). The rating is based on the credit support available to the PTCs, the credit quality of the underlying pool receivables, SBFIPL's origination and servicing capabilities, and soundness of the transaction's legal structure.
 
CRISIL has received the below mentioned documents executed for this transaction. These executed documents are in line with terms of the transaction when provisional rating/credit opinion was assigned. Hence, CRISIL has converted the provisional rating/credit opinion to a final rating/credit opinion.
 
Legal documents:

  1. Trust Deed
  2. Deed of Assignment
  3. C&P Agent Agreement
  4. Cash Collateral Agreement
  5. Cash Collateral Power of Attorney
  6. Power of Attorney

We have also received the following additional documents as per CRISIL requirement:

  1. Legal opinion
  2. Information Memorandum
  3. Auditor's certificate
  4. Trustee Awareness Letter
  5. Seller's Representation and warranties

Please click on the following link for detailed information on CRISIL's policy on provisional rating:
Revision in CRISIL policy for assigning 'provisional' ratings
 
The transaction has a 'par with monthly subordinated excess interest spread (EIS)' structure, wherein the trust settled by IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd (ITSL) issued Series A PTCs in exchange of a purchase consideration equal to 90.0% of the pool principal at the time of securitisation. The total credit support available in the transaction at the time of securitization was as below:

  • Internal credit support in the form of scheduled subordination, aggregating Rs 62.57 crore (56.9% of pool principal) which includes overcollateralisation of Rs 11.00 crore (10.0% of the pool principal) and EIS of Rs 51.57 crore (46.9% of the pool principal).
  • External credit-cum-liquidity collateral of Rs 11.00 crore (10.0% of the pool principal) which is in the form of fixed deposit.

Series A PTCs are entitled to receive timely interest and timely principal on a monthly basis. SBFIPL will continue to service the pool contracts as the servicing agent.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Supporting factors
  • Credit support available in the structure at the time of securitisation
    • Credit collateral of Rs 11.00 crore (10.0% of the pool principal) provides credit support to Series A PTCs. The PTCs also benefit from scheduled subordination aggregating Rs 62.57 crore (56.9% of the pool principal) which includes overcollateralisation of Rs 11.00 crore (10.0% of the pool principal) and EIS of Rs 51.57 crore (46.9% of the pool principal).
Constraining factors
  • Borrower concentration
    • The transaction is backed by a pool of 701 loan contracts, and the top 10 customers account for 8.7% of the pool principal.
  • Basis risk
    • There is basis risk in the transaction as the pool yield is floating and linked to the originator's prime lending rate, whereas the investor yield is floating and linked to the investor's MCLR.
Liquidity position: Strong
  • The credit-cum-liquidity enhancement available in the transaction of Rs 11.00 crore (10.0% of the pool principal) will be in the form of fixed deposit placed with ICICI Bank (Rated 'CRISIL AAA/Stable'). The enhancement fully covers 10 months of promised principal and interest payouts even with no collection from the underlying receivables.
Rating Sensitivity factors
Downward

  • For Series A PTCs - Credit enhancement (both internal and external credit enhancements) available in the structure falling below 3.5 times the estimated base case shortfalls
  • A sharp downgrade in the rating of the servicer/originator
  • Non-adherence to the key transaction terms envisaged at the time of the rating
About the Pool
The pool cash flow is securitised and comprises receivables from LAP originated by SBFIPL. At the time of securitisation, the pool had a weighted average net seasoning of 12.3 months. The pool was moderately concentrated with the top 3 states accounting for 61.4% of the pool principal. Average ticket size is Rs 16.38 lakh. All contracts in the pool were current as on the cut-off date (February 28, 2019). CRISIL has adequately factored all these aspects in its rating analysis.


Key rating assumptions
To assess the base case collection shortfall for the transaction, CRISIL has analysed the performance of static pools of LAP originated from September 2017 till February 2019 and their performance till February 2019. CRISIL has also analysed the portfolio while arriving at base case loss scenario. 90+ dpd for micro enterprises (ME) portfolio of SBFIPL was 0.57% as of February 2019.
 
There is a basis risk in the transaction. The pool consists of loans at a floating rate of interest linked to the base rate of SBFIPL and the investor yield is also floating, but linked to the MCLR of ICICI Bank. At present, there is a comfortable gap between the pool yield and the yield promised to the investor. However, during the tenure of the transaction, adverse movement in base rate of the originator compared to the MCLR of the investor may compress the asset side cash flow in relation to the liability side cash flow, thus leading to basis risk. CRISIL has factored this aspect in its analysis by assuming various interest rate scenarios.
 
Borrower concentration is high in the pool and the top 10 customers account for 8.7% of the pool principal. CRISIL has adequately factored this concentration risk in its analysis. CRISIL's credit ratings/internal views on these entities were also considered in the analysis.
 
Based on the above analysis, past experience in rating similar pools, industry benchmarking, and factoring in the strengths and weaknesses of the pool, CRISIL has estimated the base case peak shortfalls to be in the range of 5 to 7% of the pool principal. CRISIL has assumed a stressed monthly prepayment rate of 1.5 to 2.5% in its analysis.

Counterparty details

Capacity

Counterparty Name

Counterparty Rating / Track record

Effect on credit ratings in case of non-performance

Originator and seller SBFIPL Not rated by CRISIL  
No effect.
 
Servicer SBFIPL Not rated by CRISIL Significant effect, because of change in servicing quality and replacement cost of servicer. However, currently CRISIL does not envisage the need for replacement. The trust or investor has right to change the servicer with an intimation to CRISIL.
Collection and payout account bank IDBI Bank Ltd. Rated 'CRISIL A+/CRISIL A-/FAA/Stable/CRISIL A1+ Negligible effect. Account bank can be changed without impacting the rating.
First loss facility in the form of fixed deposit ICICI Bank Ltd. Rated 'CRISIL AAA/CRISIL AA+/Stable' Negligible effect. Bank with whom the fixed deposit is maintained can be changed without impacting the rating.
Trustee ITSL Adequate track record Negligible effect. Can be replaced at minimal cost.

About the Originator
SBFIPL is a non-banking finance company that provides LAP, loans against gold (LAG), and personal loans. Backed by Lyra Partners and Arpwood Partners Investment Advisors LLP, the company commenced operations in September 2017 after acquiring the performing loans in Karvy financial services limited's retail portfolio. The acquired loan book predominantly comprises of ME and small and medium enterprises (SME) loans (76%) and LAG (21%). Within LAG, the company acquired loans with mark-to-market loan to value (LTV) less than 90%.

Past Rated Pools
This is the first securitisation transaction being originated by SBFIPL and evaluated by CRISIL.


Key Financial Indicators
As on / for the nine months/for the year ended Unit 31-Dec-18 31-Mar-18
Total assets Rs crore 1267.7 1303.3
Total income Rs crore 129.5 81.2
Profit before taxes and goodwill amortisation Rs crore 32.8 2.1
Gross NPA % 4.2 1.4
Gross NPA* Times 0.34 NA
*NPA adjusted with Karvy Financial Services Limited

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
CRISIL complexity levels are assigned to various types of financial instruments. The CRISIL complexity levels are available on www.crisil.com/complexity-levels. Users are advised to refer to the CRISIL complexity levels for instruments that they consider for investment. Users may also call the Customer Service Helpdesk with queries on specific instruments.
 
Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)
Type of instrument Rated amount
(Rs crore)
Date of allotment Maturity date* Coupon rate (%) Outstanding
rating
Credit cum liquidity enhancement
(Rs crore)
Series A PTCs 99.01 30-Mar-19 28-May-35 9.85%# CRISIL AAA (SO) 11.00^
*Indicates door-to-door tenure. Actual tenure will depend on the level of prepayment in the pool, and exercise of the clean-up call option
#Floating - linked to investor's MCLR
^Additional credit support in the form of scheduled subordination, aggregating Rs 62.57 crore (56.9% of the pool principal) which includes overcollateralisation of Rs 11.00 crore (10.0% of the pool principal) and EIS of Rs 51.57 crore (46.9% of the pool principal)
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2019 (History)  2018 2017  2016  Start of 2016
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Series A PTCs   LT 93.38 CRISIL AAA (SO) 26-04-19 Provisional CRISIL AAA (SO)              
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Links to related criteria
CRISILs rating methodology for ABS transactions
Evaluating risks in securitisation transactions - A primer
Legal analysis in structured finance transactions

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