Press Release|Structured Credit

KBRA Affirms the Ratings for TruPS Financials Note Securitization 2018-1 Ltd

19 Mar 2025   |   New York

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KBRA affirms the ratings for four classes of notes of TruPS Financials Note Securitization 2018-1 Ltd (TFINS 2018-1).

TFINS 2018-1 is a static cash flow CDO and will not allow for any reinvestments in the portfolio. The collateral consists of trust preferred securities (TruPS) issued by community and regional banks and their holding companies, along with TruPS, surplus notes, and a bond backed certificate issued by insurance companies and their holding companies.

The initial portfolio at closing consisted of 77 assets from 66 obligors with a total collateral par value of $537.8 million and rated liabilities of $467.8 million. It now contains 55 obligors with a total performing par value of $405.8 and rated liabilities of $338.0 million. The performing balance and rated liabilities have both decreased approximately $2.1 million since last year’s surveillance. Since last year, the K-PD, which adjusts for the asset tenor, increased slightly from 8.3% to 8.4% while the WAL slightly decreased from 10.4 years to 9.8 years.

The surveillance used information from the December 2024 trustee report through the December 2024 payment date. All rated notes have received timely interest payments since the transaction closed.

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Further information on key credit considerations, sensitivity analyses that consider what factors can affect these credit ratings and how they could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade, and ESG factors (where they are a key driver behind the change to the credit rating or rating outlook) can be found in the full rating report referenced above.

A description of all substantially material sources that were used to prepare the credit rating and information on the methodology(ies) (inclusive of any material models and sensitivity analyses of the relevant key rating assumptions, as applicable) used in determining the credit rating is available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) located here.

Information on the meaning of each rating category can be located here.

Further disclosures relating to this rating action are available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) referenced above. Additional information regarding KBRA policies, methodologies, rating scales and disclosures are available at www.kbra.com.

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