Monday, June 1, 2015

RAM Ratings reaffirms ratings of Diners Malaysia’s card-receivables-backed notes



Published on 21 May 2015
RAM Ratings has reaffirmed the respective A2/Stable/-, A3/Stable/- and BBB2/Stable/- ratings of Domayne Asset 2 Corporation Berhad’s (DACB 2) Class A, Class B and Class C Notes (collectively known as “the Senior Notes”). DACB 2 is a special-purpose vehicle that had been incorporated to undertake the issuance of the Senior Notes, to partially fund the purchase of Eligible Receivables from Diners Club (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (DCM or the Originator).
Based on monthly transaction reports from the administrator as of the calculation date of 23 April 2015, the outstanding RM33.5 million of Class A Senior Notes were supported by sufficient credit enhancement in the form of an available overcollateralisation (OC) of 63.18%, backed by RM42.07 million of Financed Receivables and RM7,720,820 (as at 29 April 2015) in the SPV Principal Account. Based on the portfolio composition as at 23 April 2015, the available OC sufficiently meets the required OC of 37.4% to fund charge- and credit-card receivables as well as 690.4% for D-cash receivables. The reaffirmation of the ratings is premised on this and the fact that the respective charge-card, credit-card and D-Cash receivables’ key performance parameters – such as payment rate, portfolio yields and charge-off rate – remained within our base-case assumptions. As at 23 April 2015, the reserve account contained RM335,000 – in line with the required threshold.
On a portfolio basis, the 2-month rolling-average collection rates and 3-month rolling-average excess spread averaged 25.4% and 1.3%, respectively, in 2014. We note that the 3-month rolling-average excess spread had inched close to the 1.0% rapid-amortisation trigger threshold during the reviewed period. Nonetheless, the available OC provides sufficient support for the repayment of the Senior Notes within the 15-month rapid-amortisation period in the event of a breach in the rapid-amortisation triggers. Having said that, as D-Cash receivables continue winding down, we have observed improvements in the 2-month rolling-average collection rates and corresponding enhancements in the 3-month rolling-average excess spreads since January 2015.
In the meantime, DCM is looking at revising the subordination percentage of D-Cash receivables to reflect the Originator’s revised business strategy, of offering D-Cash with a shorter maximum tenure of 24 months compared to the previous 60 months. At this point, DCM is still reviewing the details of the proposal; no revision has been effected. Any revision will be subject to confirmation of the relevant ratings by RAM.

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Daniel Wong
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danielwong@ram.com.my

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