Fitch Affirms ALL SLC 2010-1; Outlook Stable
KEY RATING DRIVERS
High Collateral Quality: The trust collateral consists of 100% Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans. The credit quality of the trust collateral is high, in Fitch's opinion, based on the guarantees provided by the transaction's eligible guarantors and reinsurance provided by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) for at least 97% of principal and accrued interest. Fitch currently rates the U.S. 'AAA' with a Stable Outlook.
Sufficient Credit Enhancement: Credit enhancement (CE) is provided by overcollateralization (OC; the excess of trust's asset balance over bond balance), excess spread, and for the senior notes, subordination provided by the subordinate notes. As of April 2015, senior and subordinate parities are 116.50% and 108.76% respectively. The trust cannot release excess cash until all notes are paid in full.
Adequate Liquidity Support: Liquidity support is provided by a debt service reserve fund sized at the greater of 0.25% of the bond balance and \$500,000. The debt service reserve fund is sized at \$600,901 as of April 2015.
Acceptable Servicing Capabilities: ACS Education Services, Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc., and Sallie Mae Servicing are responsible for the day-to-day servicing of the loans in the trust. In Fitch's opinion, they are acceptable servicers of FFELP student loans.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
Since the FFELP student loan ABS relies on the U.S. government to reimburse defaults, 'AAAsf' FFELP ABS ratings will likely move in tandem with the 'AAA' U.S. sovereign rating. Aside from the U.S. sovereign rating, defaults and basis risk account for the majority of the risk embedded in FFELP student loan transactions. Additional defaults and basis shock beyond Fitch's published stresses could result in future downgrades. Likewise, a build-up of CE driven by positive excess spread given favorable basis factor conditions could lead to future upgrades.
DUE DILIGENCE USAGE
No third party due diligence was provided or reviewed in relation to this rating action.
Fitch has affirmed the following ratings:
ALL SLC 2010-1:
--Class A-3 at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;
--Class B at 'AAsf'; Outlook Stable.
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