OREANDA-NEWS. The number of combined defaults and deferrals for U.S. bank TruPS CDOs decreased to 17% at the end of March 2016 from 17.4% at the end of February 2016, according to the latest index results published today by Fitch Ratings.

In March, eight banks representing $108.5 million of notional in 17 CDOs cured. In addition, one performing issuer with notional of $10 million in one CDO redeemed its TruPS. One defaulted issuer, with a combined notional of $27 million in two CDOs, was sold with a realized weighted average recovery of 7%.

One bank with total notional of $11 million in three CDOs began deferring for the first time. Furthermore, two issuers with a combined notional of $11 million in three CDOs re-deferred. One issuer representing $2.5 million of collateral in one CDO was closed by the FDIC and was marked as defaulted in Fitch's bank TruPS universe.

Across 74 Fitch-rated Bank and mixed Bank & Insurance TruPS CDOs, 228 defaulted bank issuers remain in the portfolio representing approximately $5.2 billion of collateral. As of March 2016, 97 issuers are deferring interest payments on $1.2 billion of collateral compared to $1.7 billion of notional deferring at the end of March 2015.